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Shauntinasha — MLP:FiM Plushie Wing Tutorial
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This is the tutorial for plushie wings that fit on *Meliadhor 's Pony Plushie pattern here-It's amazing.
I made a Rainbow Dash Plushie to go with it. So yeah. Download for best image results
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I have no idea they just do o.o
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great! mine did too.
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Oh boy! I dunno if I could find the time. My suggestion would be to make an ovular shape (the shape of the closed wings) and essentially just make an itty bitty oval pillow and then stitch the design of the feathers.
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Painted them with Acrylic paint, although, since I've had them done for awhile, the white paint has sort of yellowed a bit, so I suggest some sort of like...glaze or something, I haven't tried it, but you might want to find something to do that with.
To get the perfectly identical shapes, I trace the shape of a pony's eye from the internet (there are tons of pony-eye-shapes resources) and cut out the, in this case, oval. Then I do a light layer of white paint on the paper eye shape and stick it, paint side down, where I want it on the face, either before or after sewing, doesn't really make a difference. Then, the paint lightly transfers to the fabric. With a paintbrush, paint on more white paint in the shape of the little "imprint" you just made. Wipe of the excess white paint, and paint the opposite side of the paper eye, apply to opposite side of face. Let dry and re-trace the oval eye shape, then, cut a smaller oval out of that to be the iris, or the coloured part, of the eye. Repeat the above steps but with the colour of the iris that you want it to be. And then, let it dry. For the pupils, I just sorta "eyeball it" (wink,wink, get it?) and paint on the black dot that is the center of the eye. Afterwards, you can add the big white, shining parts to make the eye have more shape to it, and ta-da, you're done
Something that I might suggest, if you don't really care about the cuddliness of your pony and it's just for display, you might be able to use "puffy paint" which is the kind of fabric paint you use that feels plasticy, you could use that for the same process but on thicker paper such as a flash card/cardstock. That way, the eye is for sure not going to be discoloured.
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I'm sorry, I didnt read the whole comment, but maybe if you use the fabric paint in white, it wont yellow. The white paint I use on my plushies has never yellowed and I've had them for a while :3
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Ah! Thanks for the suggestion. I'll probably just use white felt in the future, this project was more of a little mini thing jsut to see if I could do it with what I had
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Here are some tips:
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x) Good luck, it's NOT easy!
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Hahahaha
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Teehee, dw and i know this might sound silly but i just lost the link, mind if you send it again:L
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Oh. and what material did you use for the body and wings?
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how did you do the eyes on the pony? if you dont mind me asking.
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I just painted them with acrylic paint by hand; I dont know if this means they're washable anymore,though.
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Okie dokie. Thankies so much. That helps me out so much.
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Wow. But please, how do you make it using the template? Not the wing, the actual body? Pleeeease help!
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ooohhhboy.
xD It's difficult to explain. I'll have to ask the pattern maker if I can make a tutorial using their pattern and then I'll get back to you
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Why, thank you. iwillloveyouforeverandever
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I talked to the Pattern Creator, and they approved. However, with the holidays a couple weeks away, I'm pretty freakin' busy 
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That's brilliant! Thanks so much! ^^
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You're welcome! Let me know if you need any help
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>w< I shall indeed!
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If I may ask, how'd you manage to sew in Dash's main and tail? Also, if I may ask, how did you size up that pony template for printing? Your looks rather larger than the template, and thusly much more appealing. XD And finally thanks for the wing tutorial, this would have been confusing otherwise. XD
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For her tail I just sorta stuffed it all in there and machine sewed it on a reallly really wide thread or seam or whatever you wanna call it so it didnt get messed up, or alternatively you can tie some thread tightly around an end and stuff it in there and then hand stitch REALLY tightly aaround the tail.
The mane I've got explained here (I REALLY need to do a tutorial on it, I get so many questions
Good luck! If you have anymore questions, I'll do my best to explain
Also, thanks, I felt like if nobody else would do it and I was gonna make Dash anyways, might as well share my secrets
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Hm, well all of that should be quite interesting to try and pull off. XD Well, I just ordered a sewing machine I'd wanted, so, if I may ask, how do you size up that one free template for pony plushes they have here on DA? I hear that the regular template is rather small, but I have no idea how to enlarge it for printing.
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(I'm cheap and this is my method for pattern resizing):
For those of us without MEGA scanners/printers, I take regular 8.5 x 11 pieces of printer paper and zoom in to my desired size (View>Zoom>100% (or your preference))
For example. the pony I made, I just clicked "Full View" (Or Download) And took my paper and placed it over the screen and very lightly traced the shape of the pattern with a felt tip marker or mechanical pencil. Anything works, really, just don't press hard on the screen, of course x)
A good size for this pattern when doing the entire thing by machine would be probably 200% because then you have room for mucho seam allowance, which is important since the pattern has all these curves
But for hand sewing, 150% is fine for me. Of course, if you want a HUGEEEE pony, zoom in more
(so much talking for so little information, I apologize. x) )
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Ok, terribly sorry for having not responded to this for an entire month. 
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Thanks. ^^ Though by now, nicely enough, have gotten my first draft pony done. Found a lot of nice technical errors to learn from, and running by the fabric shop for another yard of fabric in just a few minutes....
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I've found it takes several tries before I can get a plushie the way I like it, as well. Lemme know when you finish? I'd like to see
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[link] Here you are, my almost finished first prototype. ^^ Just need to add some eyes, mane, etc. Think prototype number 2 will be incorporating your wing designs.....
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omggg. So cuddly looking!
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Well, since this is my first practice pony, meant to sort out as many technical errors as I'll encounter, it's just cotton.
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I use acrylic paints and hand paint them with both pieces facing eachother so I can mirror them with my eyes xD
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XD My first set is going to be a disaster, then.....oh, though for the eye pieces, what material to use?
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I paint the eye pieces as well. x) Straight on the fabric. Acrylic paint is *supposed to* stain the fabric, though I have yet to wash anything I've painted on.
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Ah good, I have a bit of acrylic I can play with. ^^ Oh, though if I may ask, what type of fabric do you use for the eyes? Oh, and.....hm......any suggestions on how I can get the eyes on now that the head is already sewn up? Didn't consider that until just now. XD
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Haha, I don't think you understand, I literally paint straight onto the doll. There is no underlying fabric?
To do the eyes, I usually cut a small circle of paper, any paper, to the size and shape of the eye I want to paint. Then, I paint that circle with a coat of white paint (for the eyeball part) and i just stick it right on the fabric, paint side facing the fabric, this has to be done carefully to not smudge the paint. Then, carefully (again) remove the piece of paper (BEFORE THE PAINT DRIES. THIS IS IMPORTANT.) and the shape of eye you want should be there very lightly in white paint. Paint with more white on the fabric to brighten. Now take that same little piece of paper and flip it over, so the side you originally painted would be on your index finger or facing down or whatever. Now paint this side (should be the opposite of the original side, is what I'm getting at.) and do the same on the other side of the head.After the white dries, just use black paint and do small dabs at first and gradually grow larger depending on the size of the pupil you want, and where you want the pony to be looking. You can also do the coloured iris part before this, but it doesn't really make a difference. As long as you make sure all parts of the eye have been drying for at the very least, half an hour, before you add on another part of the eye. The last thing you should paint is the eyelashes/eyebrows. The mouth, I suggest painting on after you sew the pony anyways or it'll look funny. The nostrils, too.
The most positive thing I can say about this method, is you are sure to have equally shaped eyes. Also, after you let the white part dry, then you can get in assembly line mode. Paint the pupil on one, while it dries, paint the other, then the iris on the first and while it dries paint on the other. If you paint the face while you paint the cutie marks, this becomes the ultimate organized painting ever o3o That's my method!
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Wow, thank you very much for having bothered to write all of that out, I was indeed mis-understanding you. XD
Well spectacular, thank you very very much, I copy pasted all of that down into a save doc, so hoping I can get my plush finished up by the end of this weekend. ^^
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Haha, you're welcome
Have fun, good luck!
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