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01-02-2008, 07:49 PM

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Flying_V_Goddess

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Originally Posted by jbsstrawberry

Well, Maybe you could use the fur on the dkr brown part, and fleece on the belly part. And you don't have to make the complete brown part of the body, just underlap it where the fleece part would be. That way he would have a furry body and a fuzzy belly, and you only have to applique one layer of each.

Its not a bad idea, but I think it'd look even better if the Totoro was all fur (except for the eyes and whiskers and that sort of thing, of course...haven't decided what I'm gonna do about that). That's just my preference.

Hey, I just thought of something. There was an article in a quilting magazine where they appliqued these turtles out of batik fabric, but they cut out little shapes out of the backs of the turtles so that the fabric underneath would show through. Maybe for the belly I could cut out the V shapes and then the brown fur underneath would show through and fluff it out a little bit so it looked like the belly and the V's were one piece. Think that might work? Certainly sounds easier to sew than the body, the belly, and the V marks layered together.

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