Tuesday, February 15, 2011

Anime Kaigi 2011

With Anime Kaigi fast approaching (okay it's in July, give me a break) and me doing Artist Alley stuff, I felt it was time I got some stock ready.

Along with prints and buttons that will be improved and finalized in designs as soon as I get my hands on Photoshop, I'm going to have an array of products. First on my list to complete is fleece hats. I thought of using felt but decided that while somewhat cheaper than fleece (or so I noticed at my local Joann's), it wasn't a good material to make durable, or even wearable hats. With that in mind I looked online to find Joann's is having an awesome sale on fleece- 50% off- and I headed over with Brit to stock up.

With two yards of green (for Gir), two yards of yellow along with 1/4 yard of red (for Pikachu), thread, needles, supplies for Brit, and a savings of $35, I now am on my way to making my wonderful hats. I do have to wait to get my sewing machine back from my sister but in the meantime Hala is graciously helping me out.

For those interested, I am using this pattern:

This pattern:

And this tutorial:

I'll update with images on how it's going