>>30004 Was it very hard? I've wanted to get into plushomancy, but small patterns seems hard to do on a sewing machine and I generally don't know where to start. Link the etsy listing and I'll make a canvas or denim poner.

>>30013 Here's the listing: https://www.etsy.com/listing/776492854/small-beanie-pony-pdf-sewing-pattern-w Definitely go for it! It's very much worth the effort and I feel much more confident to take on another project after completing it. I would say the actual sewing was the easy part. All of the prep work is where the real effort goes. In total, it probably took 8 hours, but I'm basically a complete beginner, I was missing some materials, and I didn't even know what a ladder stitch was. The hardest part was honestly figuring out how to go from the digital pattern to a tracing on fabric. I cropped all the individual pieces from the page, scaled everything about 120% (largest size I could get the body on 8.5"x11" paper), then printed the pattern off. After that, I cut the pieces out and used tailors chalk to trace them out onto the fabric before cutting. Probably any chalk would do, and you might even have some luck placing dusting some chalk over the pattern and then rubbing it into the fabric, but make sure you grab chalk when you go to the craft store for fabric scissors, stuffing, and buttons. You really have to be careful sure your tracing matches well with your pattern before you cut since the edge of the fabric will be your guide most of the time when sewing on the machine. As you're tracing you inevitably end up pulling and stretching on the fabric, so always double check. After you get the pieces cut out of the fabric, you can start following the tutorial that comes with the pattern, which was actually pretty well written. Turing the mane and tail right side out took a surprising amount of time just because I made the turning holes a little small and they're weird shapes. The mane came out a little wonky, there's a narrow part in the middle that goes in between the ears that can't be too wide, and the large swoop of the bangs I accidentally made way too large somehow and had to go back and stitch tighter. The body is full of plastic beads, I used a funnel to fill most of it, and added a bit of stuffing to fill out what I couldn't fill with beads. I also used a pair of tweezers to put a few cc's of beads in 1 by 1, which took forever. I wouldn't recommend this, but I really wanted it to be full and heavy and didn't have a smaller funnel. The I overstuffed the head, which pulled out some stitches in the center of the ears and was tricky to remedy with hand stitching, but I think it came out fine for being a bit of a scraggly ragdoll pony and I was able to cover the worst of it permanently when I attached the hair. For the mane and tail, I added a piece of batting like the tutorial recommended, and added a small amount of stuffing to the tail. I think I could have probably gone without the batting and just done the stuffing, and kinda wish I added stuffing to the mane as well, but it's fine. It took me a minute to figure out how to get the batting in the middle, but what you do is put it on the bottom under the 2 outside halves of the piece, and then when you turn it inside out, it ends up inside. Finally, I highly recommend doing the "optional" gusset for the belly. As long as you're careful not to stitch the two sides of the body together, it's easy and gives the pony a very nice shape.

>>30013 >>30021 Some final notes in case you really go for it: I used black upholstery thread and a straight stitch on the machine. If you're scaling it up (and you probably should to make it easier, the pony is pretty small otherwise), the seam allowance on the pattern is no longer to scale, and should be largely ignored (so no need to trace it), except when doing the parts of the tail/mane where the seam allowance loops back and touches itself. I eyeballed those seams, but might have gotten better results with a line to follow. Cut between those seams *after* stitching to make turning the pieces right-side out possible. Otherwise, if you traced and cut accurately enough, just keep the needle a *constant* 1/4" from the edge of the fabric and it should come out perfect. Don't be afraid to go slow, I ran the machine at its lowest speed for everything but the longest, straightest, runs. If you make any mistakes, don't panic, you can always just use a seam ripper and try again, as long as you don't damage the fabric, the sewing should be the most forgiving part of the process.

Just gonna repost a friend's art. I love the hair.

>>30013 https://plushie.horse/

>>30031 Derp

Hello again NHNB. This is a component of a WIP that is blocking on other things. https://u.pone.rs/oMjQBvhA.mp3

>>30219 sounds nice

Ponytube is still alive on Peertube, correct? I'm looking for alternatives to YouTube to potentially upload some pony vids.

>>30277 Yeah ponytube is still around.