Then he sketched out the pattern pieces and cut them carefully out
of paper
Afterwards, he used the pattern to cut the fabric – neon pink felt
for the front, black for the middle and bright orange felt for the back.
Kieran
stitched everything on the face by hand. He did a marvellous job. He calls it
zombie stitching.
Along the
way, Kieran thought it would be cool to try out all the fancy stitches on the
Bernina. He referred to his “stitch manual” frequently.
We spent a long time at Fabricland, looking for just the right accessories. Kieran chose three metres of ric-rac, one metre of the purple tassle-y stuff
for the hair and black belt material for the ammo strap.
Plus he felt it
was important to make a couple of lethal weapons.
All done - this is the finished result – but wait, what about that
zipper...
Undo the zipper and the ric-rack guts spill out. Only an 8 year
old would think of that. HA HA HA!
Kieran
added lots of extra gadgets to the ammo belt
This is the funniest, most inspiring thing I have seen in ages. Kieran could get a patent and make a fortune. Brigit tells me that she saw the zipper/battle wound, gut thing coming. I sure did not! She and Kieran must have the same sensibility. And the ammo belt is inspired. What a mother's day. And hey, keep up the blog posts. Love to see what you are working on.
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