My friend Sheila likes to deep-sea dive, and I enjoy making her shark-related things for Christmas and her birthday (which are five days apart).
I don't have photos of this little
shark pouch in progress because it came together so quickly, and it involved sewing AND a zipper, and I knew if I stopped to take photos I'd lose my momentum and never get back to it.
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| The body and tail are worked in one piece, and the fins are worked separately and then sewn on. |
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| He doesn't look all that vicious. |
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| Until he opens his apex predator jaws! |
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| I went to my favorite high-end chocolate store and got some interesting bars. Pop rocks! |
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| Mr. Shark chowed down. I hope the chocolate made it to its destination before being totally digested. |
Scary things I did for this project: I accidentally bought a 22" zipper instead of a 7", so I figured out how to cut it to the right size. I then sewed those felt teeth onto the zipper and sewed the zipper into the mouth opening. Badly.
I have encouraged my friend, who is a quilter of the highest caliber, to feel free to rip out the zipper and reinsert it properly because: shame.
1 comment:
Deep-sea Diver friend here - I LOVE my shark pouch! He is ADORABLE, and I think I will either use him to keep my chargers in (new Iphone, ipod charger, etc.) for home and travel, or maybe sewing notions for when I travel to classes. Either way, he will be a very vain shark - as he will get shown off regularly! I will take your advice and eventually re-sew the zipper/teeth - but I must admit - I'm pretty impressed that you did it - I hate zippers too! :) Poprocks chocolate was a hit at Christmas, the rest is safely in my fridge for parceling out a bit at at time. Thanks so much, my crafty friend!
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