To begin by clarifying that obviously I am not an expert in sewing, I am simply a hobbyist doing a small project for my daughter.
Todo comenzó cuando mi abuela me entrega una gran bolsa de retazos de tela, ella normalmente los utilizaria para hacer ropa o cobijas y demas, aunque debido a su problema de la vista ha dejado de hacerlo con tanta frecuencia y decidió darmelas a mi, ya que sabe que me gusta experimentar y aprender cosas nuevas. Es por ello que vuelvo a esta comunidad que en su momento me abrió las puertas me recibió con los brazos abiertos, haremos un pequeño pulpo!
It all started when my grandmother gave me a large bag of fabric scraps, she would normally use them to make clothes or blankets and others, although due to her vision problem she has stopped doing it so often and decided to give them to me, since knows that I like to experiment and learn new things. That is why I return to this community that at the time opened the doors for me, welcomed me with open arms, we will make a little octopus!
Lo primero es seleccionar las telas que utilizaremos, en mi caso fueron estas dos, ya que a mi novia le gustaron y a que me regañó por querer hacer un pulpo con piel de leopardo..
Para ser honesto me emociona mas el reto de entender como funcionan los patrones que cualquier otra cosa.
The first thing is to select the fabrics that we will use, in my case it was these two, since my girlfriend liked them and she scolded me for wanting to make an octopus with leopard skin..
To be honest, I'm more excited about the challenge of understanding how patterns work than anything else.
Luego de ver muchos patrones en internet y hacer diversas pruebas fallidas, me tomé el atrevimiento de hacer mi propio patron, basandome en los conocimientos adquiridos con los fracasos previos logicamente. Esto lo digo de ante mano, porque no podré darles una "receta a seguir" sino mas bien un "veanme intentado no fracasar".
After seeing many patterns on the internet and doing various failed tests, I took the courage to make my own pattern, based on the knowledge acquired with previous failures logically. I say this in advance, because I will not be able to give you a "recipe to follow" but rather a "see me tried not to fail".
Luego de haber creado mi primer patron, me dispuse a utilizarlo a ver si habia quedado funcional y efectivamente asi fué, pensa que lo ideal era utilizar 4 piezas para la cabeza, aunque luego me di cuenta que 3 era un buen numero y me dabahn buen tamaño y considerando que estaba trabajando con retazos, no podia experimentar demasiado o me iba a quedar sin material.
After having created my first pattern, I started to use it to see if it had been functional and indeed it was, I thought that the ideal was to use 4 pieces for the head, although later I realized that 3 was a good number and it gave me good size and considering I was working with patchwork, I couldn't experiment too much or I was going to run out of material.
Una vez habia formado ambas cabezas las uní y las rellené con.. no se lo que sea, una especie de algodon sintetico que me dió mi madre, luego me enteré de donde lo sacó y es que de hecho, al ver que estaba funcionando el experimento fui a reunirme con ella justamente a eso, a pedirle mas relleno para utilizarlo en los tentaculos. Es importante no cometer el error que yo cometí, se debe agregar la cantidad de relleno suficiente para una cabeza, porque es reversible y si se llena mucho quedarà muy duro al momento de doblar.
Once I had formed both heads I joined them and filled them with ... I don't know what it is, a kind of synthetic cotton that my mother gave me, then I found out where she got it from and is that in fact, when I saw that the experiment I went to meet with her just to that, to ask her for more filler to use in the tentacles. It is important not to make the mistake that I made, you must add enough padding for a head, because it is reversible and if it gets too full it will be very hard when bending.
Una vez llegué a su taller lo primero que veo es justo lo que necesitaba, aunque para mi sorpresa, no era nada muy especial simple relleno de almohada que ella saca y corta en trozos mas pequeños y asi poder utilizarlo para sus proyectos. Ya estando ahi y al estar emocionado con mi proyecto, me sentí como niño en dulceria y empece a revisar su estuche de ojos, al inicio el pequeño pulpin iba a tener ojos verdes y azules, aunque el tamaño no me terminó de gustar del todo y me decidí por unos de color negro que veran mas adelante. Es importante utilizar de estos que funcionsn como una especie de remache en la parte trasera ya que no se salen al jugar, asi que si, tuve que descoser para colocarlos..
Once I arrived at her workshop, the first thing I saw is just what I needed, although to my surprise, it was nothing very special, simple pillow filling that she takes out and cuts into smaller pieces so that she can use it for her projects. Already being there and being excited about my project, I felt like a child in a candy store and began to review his eye box, at the beginning the little pulpin was going to have green and blue eyes, although the size did not quite like me and I decided on some black ones that you will see later. It is important to use these that work as a kind of rivet in the back since they do not come off when playing, so yes, I had to unsew to place them.
Ya que estaba ahi, utilicé sus herramientas y su espacio de trabajo para mejor comodidad (Si reconocen el espacio, dejenmelo en los comentarios). Al igual que con la cabeza, ví muchos patrones y pocos me dieron lo que yo estaba buscando, entonces me dispuse a hacerlo desde cero nuevamente. Lo que se me hizo mas dificil fue marcarlo en la tela, en este caso utilicé un lapiz 5B que encontré en la mesa y algo de tiza blanca para la tela mas oscura.
Since he was there, I used his tools and workspace for better comfort (If you recognize the space, leave me in the comments). As with the head, I saw many patterns and few gave me what I was looking for, so I set out to do it from scratch again. What was more difficult for me was marking it on the fabric, in this case I used a 5B pencil that I found on the table and some white chalk for the darker fabric.
Luego fué mas de lo mismo, cortar, coser rellenar.. comiendo un poco de cereal entre una cosa y otra para recuperar energias. A este punto estaba muy cansado y rogaba porque se acabara el dia para ir a la cama, solo un mensaje que llegaba eventualmente diciendo "amor, ¿Como vas? Dejame ver" me daba algo de energia y me recordaba lo importante que es la responsabilidad, yo dije que iba a hacerlo y debia cumplirlo. Mis respetos para los que se dedican a esto prefesionalmente, requiere mucho esfuerzo!
Then it was more of the same, cutting, sewing, filling ... eating a little cereal between one thing and another to regain energy. At this point I was very tired and I was begging for the day to end to go to bed, only a message that would eventually arrive saying "love, how are you doing? Let me see" gave me some energy and reminded me how important responsibility is. , I said I was going to do it and I had to fulfill it. My respects to those who are dedicated to this professionally, it requires a lot of effort!
Esta fué la peor parte de todas, odio los alfileres, no se trabajar con ellos, no sostienen nada con fuerza y lo que hago es puyarme constantemente. Aun asi lo hice mejor que pude para sotener todo en su sitio y me dediqué a coser nuevamente, contaba cada que terminaba uno, luego que logré 5 sentí alivio porque me faltaba menos de la mitad..
This was the worst part of all, I hate pins, I don't know how to work with them, they don't hold anything tight and what I do is constantly poke myself. Even so, I did the best I could to hold everything in place and I dedicated myself to sewing again, I counted each time I finished one, after I achieved 5 I felt relief because I was missing less than half.
Uno a uno fuí acabando los tentaculos y este fué el resultado, si bien admito que las costuras estàn mas descuidadas que lo de costumbre y que debi hacer mejores remates, me niego a descoserlos, fué una tortura colocarlos en su sitio. Algo que noté y que me gustaria compartir es que la tela de seda al ser mas dura no queda con una forma tan redondeada como la rela naranja que es de algodon. Espero esto dure y no lo vea sin ojos en un par de dias de juego..
One by one I finished the tentacles and this was the result, although I admit that the seams are more neglected than usual and that I should have made better finishes, I refuse to unseam them, it was torture to put them in place. Something that I noticed and that I would like to share is that the silk fabric, being harder, does not have a shape as rounded as the orange cotton fabric. I hope this lasts and I don't see him without eyes in a couple of days of play.
Si Pulpin, yo tambien creo que este lector llegó hasta aqui sin leer, solo vió las fotos y se perdió de una buena lectura.. aunque ellos ayudaran a comprarte tu estanque asi que debemos ser comprensivos Pulpin, es mas, mostremosle la esponjosidad de tus musculos.
Yes Pulpin, I also think that this reader got here without reading, he only saw the photos and missed a good reading. muscles.
Gracias por leernos y formar parte, aun quedó mucha tela que podemos utilizar parscmas experimentos, ¿Hay algo que te gustaria ver?
Thanks for reading us and being part of it, there was still a lot of material left that we can use for more experiments, is there something you would like to see?