Petey Piranha and King Boo...

Yes! I finished making the Petey Piranha costume for my friend :D I hope she likes it. It is made of felt, and foam stuff (the petals). When you put it on, your head is in the middle of the mouth :) With it, she's just going to wear a long sleeved green shirt, green sweat pants and a red skirt with white polka dots on it.
Then, for some reason my mind was still on the theme of Mario characters so I carved Petey Piranha's companion (on Mario Kart at least), King Boo, into a pumpkin!

King Boo is my favorite Mario character :3

Ahhh, I've been so lazy lately... all I did this weekend was wander around the house and watch Ghost Hunt on youtube (which is really scary, but really good, by the way!) I also went to the craft store and bought some fabric to make my friend a Petey Piranha costume out of... we'll see how that turns out D:
So the only thing I sewed this weekend was this:
That was fun to make :)
Also on my list of things to do before Halloween is make a Star Trek emblem and sew some gold rick rack to my Dad's shirt (he's going to be Spock) :D

Getting ready for Halloween

Yes! Halloween is coming up soon :) I will be going as the archeology/mythology specialist from Star Trek: TOS... okay, well I don't think there really is that position on the enterprise but that is totally what I would be if I was a starfleet graduate. I intended on making the dress myself (and accomplishing one of my goals in the meantime) but unfortunately I couldn't find a patern so I had to buy one off of the interwebz
This is the one I got: http://trekcostumes.com/images/60289.jpg
So, to go with it, I made a tricorder out of a shoebox... It needs quite a few touch-ups but overall I think it turned out okay :D

I also made this really crappy phaser lol:

Wow... I'm such a dork ^___^

So this is the result of this weekend :D I think it turned out okay... It is actually a character of mine named Risu. She is a curious little kitten who lives on a farm. She is also constantly trying to escape the crazy rooster (named Kaba) who is always chasing after her.
And here is the drawing of them :)

Other Stuff

Ugh. For some reason I cant make a cat >:o I'm in the middle of making one right now and it's not looking so good... I'll just have to wait and see how it turns out.
In the mean-time here's some other stuff I've made:

Domo-Kun!!! (I made the big one, not the small one)

A doll for my sister

Kakashi (for my friend)

and with the scraps from Kakashi I made a little Kakashi!

and last, but not least, I made this Domo Ipod case :D

Hurrah for Fall!

The cool front that blew in today just reminded me: I really love fall. The air is so crisp and it just feels so good to be outside! And is it just me or does fall smell good too? Also, fall gives the opportunity to wear scarfs :D A scarf is something I have never quite managed to finish before. I've attempted knitting one a few times but I'll start out with 20 or so rows and end up with 35... then I just flat out loose interest and give up. (haha! I'm such a failure XD) But this year will be different. I will succeed in making a scarf by the end of the winter! (and I shall post it on this blog!... hopefully)

So there's one of my goals, here are the others:
1. Learn to crochet something other than a blob
2. Make a frog plushie for Ingo Ringo
3. Make a purse out of shopping bags
4. Sew a dress (for myself to wear)
5. Make a quilt (or a quilt-like bag)
6. Sell something I make
7. Go to Vatican City and start speaking Latin to a random person!!!

Well, #7 is completely irrelevant but basically I'm going to attempt to accomplish these things and record my progress here. We'll see how it goes!

Also, here are some examples of things I've made so far:

(Data, Star Trek TNG)

(Mr. Spock, Star Trek: TOS)

I'll wait until later to upload some more pictures :)