A friend of mine had their birthday at the start of November, so I needed a gift. I’m not sure how it started, but I’ve generally gifted her self-made things over the years. So when the birthday came around this year, that was the intention again. However, I first needed to come up with a plan. Since we were supposed to start a new roleplaying campaign, I figured I’d try to make a representation of our planned character species, a Kitsune. Because I was entirely unsure how to do a fox person, I settled on a pokemon. SewDesuNe/CholyKnight has a free pattern available of a Vulpix. As Vulpix is quite fox-like and also has multiple tails, it seemed like a good option.
The original pattern has a weird hair roll thing on the head, and tiny curled tails. That hair was left off and I decided to draft my own tails, so there are three somewhat curved tails and two that are more upright. It was quite a fast sew, and interesting construction where you sew a front and a back, attach those together and then sew on arms, legs and tails separately. I think I started sewing down his features on Friday evening and sewed him together on Saturday evening, maybe?
There patterns are always lovely to work with as everything fits together so well. The fabric is generally more of a pain, but that’s because it sheds like there is no tomorrow. Again, the lint roller was my best friend while working on this. However, it’s all worth it in the end because they are so lovely and soft and ready for cuddling!