White Fox Tail WIP

Thursday, October 29, 2009

Well I finally pulled out the time to sew an Arctic Fox tail from scratch. Took the liberty of snapping a few photos of the process. I'm gonna wear this to Halloween 2009 and then reused it along with things that I will sew later on for cosplay.



This is fake long hair fur $20/yard from M&L Fabrics. Yes I know that is fucking crazy to buy. But it's the only place that carries it where I live. BOOOO. okay enough of that. Below is the outline of the pattern that I drafted on.



After it's been cut out and nicely groomed. This is probably the worst part of all. Such tedious work and messy. Fur goes everywhere. The best tip I can give you is one that a few experience fur maniac would know, comb the fur in the opposite direct of your cutting line or else you will end up murdering ends of the hair/fur into a chaotic ugliness. Okay onwards we will have to sew it together. This is the alien looking object I have achieved after sewing the darts and the seams where I am suppose to. I hope I did at least. Looks somewhat like a rolled up cone shape with the fur on the inside until I flip it inside out to the correct way.



And now the second to finishing touch; it is incomplete as for I have not sew the top part where it attaches to my belt loop yet. But the main tail is done and stuffed. Hurry, thank god it only took me no more than a 1-2 days of on and off to get it done.

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