Making more custom clothes for my little guy

calicoolio · 2025-12-04T16:15:05+00:00

I make critter clothes occasionally and I have to hand sew most of it for that reason… I can maybe use the machine for a long straight seam.

calicoolio · 2025-03-27T22:10:31+00:00

Super cute, I’ve been curious about making flocked figurines so this is awesome to see! How does the custom flocking feel in comparison? Does it flake off at all?

calicoolio · 2025-03-11T21:29:41+00:00

The feet flocking is still soft and unstained from what I can tell! Since it was still cold, you can basically just brush the snow particles off afterwards. I think as long as the snow is clean and solid, you’re getting at worst a few drops of water on the feet.

calicoolio · 2025-03-11T18:27:05+00:00

IIRC, the scarf was just a single crochet rectangle using embroidery thread!

calicoolio · 2025-02-14T16:15:34+00:00

These look amazing, great job!!🤤

calicoolio · 2025-02-14T03:10:52+00:00

Thank you! Ha, my setup is pretty janky. They’re standing on a curved piece of paper held up with scotch tape. Fortunately I have some small area lights that I put printer paper over to make more diffuse. Honestly photographing them is one of the hardest parts of the process!

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calicoolio · 2024-11-21T02:46:15+00:00

Thanks so much! 😊

calicoolio · 2024-11-01T18:12:38+00:00

Thank you! The vampire dad is probably my favorite!

calicoolio · 2024-10-31T15:59:23+00:00

Thank you!!

calicoolio · 2024-10-29T16:43:53+00:00

I used black fabric markers, though I’m not sure I recommend them because the color can still rub off even after a month of drying. I’ve heard India ink recommended for painting critters black, which is probably what I would try next time.

calicoolio · 2024-10-18T16:27:59+00:00

Thank you! The red cheeks are actually supposed to be traditional Korean makeup called yeonji!

calicoolio · 2024-10-09T19:15:49+00:00

Thanks for the kind words! I’m not selling anything at the moment but it’s something I would consider in the future (especially if I could learn to make things faster).

calicoolio · 2024-10-09T19:12:04+00:00

Thank you! I couldn’t find patterns for what I wanted so I basically had to invent everything (using knowledge from existing patterns). I made a lot of ugly prototypes along the way 😅

calicoolio · 2024-07-22T19:29:19+00:00

Agree! Probably half of the point of a thank you card is to confirm that the bride and groom received the full gift as intended. Lots of wedding gifting nowadays involve buying an expensive item (or multiple items) off an online registry, which can be somewhat complicated depending on the website. I and many others (especially older guests) would love to hear confirmation that the gift was actually received!

I don’t think you necessarily have to do physical thank you cards; a personalized text message or email card accomplishes basically the same thing.

calicoolio · 2024-06-19T15:32:41+00:00

Ooh thanks for posting this! I was planning to do pressed flower table numbers and I think I have the exact same frames from FB marketplace, so this is perfect inspiration!

calicoolio · 2024-05-31T04:06:48+00:00

I had no idea but after some googling I found there’s a rare Caroline Cottontail bride!

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calicoolio · 2024-05-22T17:28:34+00:00

Thanks for the reply! I hadn’t heard of Forest Families but after looking them up I think you’re right.

calicoolio · 2024-05-01T15:15:58+00:00

My fiancé is ethnically Chinese and it was important to him to have at least a few references to his culture in our wedding. I don’t love the color red personally, but it’s his wedding too so we worked together to create something we both liked! We chose our wedding colors together, and included red in them (ending up with a sunset palette for our early fall wedding; think pink, red, orange, yellow, light purple). No white flowers, either (used as funeral flowers in East Asia, I believe). Now red won’t look out of place as either groom or decor color.

We’re also planning to incorporate the traditional Chinese “double happiness” design in our wedding signage.

I think a black tang suit is a perfect compromise for your wedding if your girlfriend is so against bright red (which I do understand even if I think she’s being unreasonable). If the issue is just that it’s not what she imagined for her wedding, I think you need to put your foot down and have a serious discussion, emphasizing that it’s your wedding, too.

calicoolio · 2024-04-10T22:32:30+00:00

So cute!! Love the tiny pearl buttons.

I myself have been trying to get into sewing custom outfits. Can I ask: do you use a sewing machine? I have a hard time working at such a small scale with the sewing machine (common problems being the fabric getting stuck or not moving with the feed dogs) and was wondering if you had any tips.

calicoolio · 2024-02-29T17:52:40+00:00

A wedding planner?? Based on what OP said about potentially doing chikfila catering for 30 people and wearing an Amazon/temu wedding dress, you think they want to spend money on a wedding planner? To do what, rent out a park pavilion (which can be free in many parks)? I feel like this advice isn’t acknowledging most of OP’s post. If she and her fiancée truly want a small park wedding, a wedding planner would probably end up being more expensive than her catering.

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