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Old 01-03-2008, 11:51 PM
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Originally Posted by MissTreated
Fur can surely be a challenge. Are you using a fake fur, or a real fur? In either case, be sure to cut the fur from the back, preferably with a scalpel, using a mirror image of your pattern, so when you turn it over to the right side, it's the way you intend it to be.

When you sew it, secure it well with pins. As you sew around it (with a machine, I assume) use a smaller zig-zag, sweeping the fur away to the side as you stitch. The fur will cover the stitches with a little coaxing after you are finished.

The worst part of the whole procedure is getting fur up your nose!

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Fake fur. I didn't think there was anyplace the average person could get the real stuff (besides going into the woods and hunting for the animals myself).

Smaller how? Width wise or length wise (or both)? I assume you mean width...

Oh my God! I totally forgot about getting fur up my nose! I took a sewing class in the 10th grade and after we learned the basics and took time to think what we wanted to make we went to Hancock Fabrics to buy the materials. I saw this blue fur and thought of this top the drummer of my favorite band wore for a music video. So I bought half a yard of the stuff and tried to re-create it. There was fur EVERYWHERE and I ended up snorting the stuff. It was awful...
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