June Rewards & Tutorial Post Archive

here's information on the rewards for this month! it's a fast food theme! 🍟🍔

June patreon shop access

june's patreon shop password can be found at this link:

https://www.patreon.com/posts/83870970

Ditto fries sticker

golden brown and delicious~

• Receive by pledging to either:

- $5 sticker tier;

- $10 sticker, tips & tutorial tier;

- or $60/$65 ditto plush tier

• Rewards are mailed out weekly, based off your renewal date
• Unlimited slots
• ~3" size

This sticker is made from water resistant glossy vinyl. While they are water resistant, they should not be submerged in water or placed on cups that will be run through the dishwasher. They are not UV resistant, so please do not place them outside.

Ditto nuggie plush

nuggie ditto was chosen as the reward for June by those in the ditto plush tier! they have a removable container and a squeaker inside~

all slots are full!

Burger turtle sewing pattern

here comes burgle - slowly but sure to deliver on flavor!

this reward will include:

• written & video instructions
• embroidery files for 4x4 hoop size

The pattern will be released on June 30!

Receive by pledging to one of the following tiers between June 1 and June 30 (existing patrons must RENEW in June):

- $5 tips & tutorials tier;

- $10 sticker, tips & tutorial tier;

- or $60/$65 ditto plush tier

• Intermediate difficulty
• Can be made with mochi (recommended), minky, or fleece, but no non-stretch materials

usage rules for pattern:

• you can sell plushies you make with the pattern
• there is no limit to how many you can sell but you cannot get these mass produced by a factory
• you cannot claim the pattern is your own & you must credit me in social media posts & sales listings
• you cannot redistribute or resell the pattern

In addition, I'll be making posts on how this plush was patterned throughout the month. You can find the posts here (will be updated as they're posted):

1. Concept & first prototype

2. First cheese attempt

3. Taking apart the prototype for the pattern

4. Designing the embroidery

5. Second & third prototype

6. Editing the third prototype

7. Fourth prototype

8. Fixing the cheese pattern

Post archive

In addition, patrons get access to all prior posts. Here is an archive to help you find prior tips & tutorial posts.

Accessible to all Patrons

Mochi minky color guides:

- Hopen textiles mochi minky color guide w/ all 229 colors

- Big Z mochi minky color guide

Accessible to $5 tips & tutorial Patrons & higher

Business:

- Auctions through Google Forms 

- Shipping to Germany - registering for the German Packaging Act

- German Packaging Act - year-end reconciliation

- Tracking business mileage

- Material cost & pricing: total cost vs. amount used

- Organizational spreadsheet recommendation

- Pricing for shipping costs

- Perfectionism & plush making

Embroidery:

- Testing embroidery tension (with embroidery file)

- Tension issues & keeping your machine clean

- Making embroidery test files

- What's that random line in my embroidery?!

- Preventing bulging around satin stitching on mochi

- Having your embroidery machine sew small objects

- Two ways to do double-sided in-the-hoop (ITH) plush

- Trimming underneath applique

- Puffy 3D applique technique, method 1

- Puffy 3D applique technique, method 2

- Placing details in the seams of ITH plushies

- Using tear away stabilizer to prevent embroidery transparency

- How to make 3D egg yolks

- Embroidery bobbin thread

- Transferring embroidery placement to your digitizing program

- Fixing gaps in embroidery

- Removing embroidery hoop "burn marks" from mochi

Materials:

- My favorite tear away stabilizer

- Eco friendly shipping supplies

- Packing & shipping materials recommendations

- Hopen mochi vs. JoAnn's mochi & its effect on patterning

- Big Z Fabric always has coupons!

- How to buy mochi from Hopen Textiles on Aliexpress

- The impact of fabric on your pattern

- Hopen Textiles mochi minky swatch books

- Spoonflower alternative & sublimation discussion

- Fixing matted minky

- Shop recommendation for bulk keychains for plush charms

- Testing scents for plushies

Patterning:

Patterning a plush from start to finish series:

- Shiba patterning series (WIP)

- Kaiju patterning series

- Burger turtle patterning series

Darts

- How to pattern darts: slice & separate method

- Converting a seam to a dart, method 1

- Converting a seam to a dart, method 2

- How to pattern darts: triangle method

- Also check out various entries in the patterning series listed above!

Gussets

- What is a gusset and what is its purpose?

- Also check out various entries in the kaiju & burger turtle patterning series!

Misc.

- Determining pattern adjustments with a photo editing program

- How to pattern folded ears

- How to pattern a curled tail

Photography:

- Editing photos with the Snapseed phone app

- Lightbox recommendation

- My large photobooth setup

Sewing, general:

- Fabric getting sucked into the feed dogs when you sew?

- How to sew a donut shape

- Ladder stitching mochi plushies shut

- How to sew a 4 part sphere

- How to sew a clean dart

- Hand sewing details onto ITH plush

- How to make double-sided 2D claws

- Lining items to hide raw edges

- Sewing opposing curves

Sublimation:

- Preventing ghosting

- Preventing blue & black spots on sublimation

- Fabric shrinkage & sublimation

- Tracing seams onto the back of sublimated fabric

- Process of sublimating a "true blue" mochi color

Tools:

- A list of plush making tool recommendations

- Doll needles

- Die cutting machines like Cricuts & Silhouettes

- My recommendations for sewing & embroidery machines

- Hemostats/forceps

- My favorite pins & clips and their uses

- Scissors hurting your fingers? Time for tape!