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Felt Cookies

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This week I finished toning chapter 4 of Small Shen, so the book is officially two-thirds done! I’m taking a few days off, before I get to work on the last third of the book. In other news, a few weeks ago, I did an interview with IGotSuperpowers.com at Adelaide Comic-Con, and it’s now up online, thanks to Nathan.

This week I get to show you… felted cookie magnets. It’s from a kit I bought from a Japanese shopping site, and there’s 4 separate kits in the series. I bought them all, but can’t say there’s a lot of variation between the different cookies. They’re magnets though, so if you’re looking for stuff to stick to your fridge…

 

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Step 1: The boxes. Aren't they cute? Great packaging!


 
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Step 2: Open everything up, and check that it's there. Usually it is.


 
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Step 3: None of these are particularly complicated to sew, but here they all are, all at once!


 

Here’s the final 12 cookie-magnets:

 
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Fruit Custard Tart

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It’s nearing Christmas, so I wish you all a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! I’ll be working all through the holidays until I finish the inks for chapter 2 of Small Shen, which will probably be next week.

So this week, I leave you with the last of my felt cakes – the last one I had in the line of kits I bought. It’s the Fruit Custard Tart!

 

Fruit Custard Tart 1

Step 1: Here's the last kit I had in the series for felt cakes. I think this was meant to be a mobile phone charm.

 

Fruit Custard Tart 2

Step 2: Take everything out, check that it's all there. Usually I have no complaints with Japanese kits.

 

Fruit Custard Tart 3

Step 3: Sew the base and the strawberry on top. Make all the little berries.

 

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Step 4: Add the berries onto the top of the base, then start sewing the custard bits together to surround the base.

 

This is the end result. Pretty complex compared to some of the other felt cakes:

 

Fruit Custard Tart

Creamy Green Tea Roll

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I should be in New York by now, attending NYCC. I’ll be hanging by the BentoComics table mostly! I’ll be back in Sydney at the end of October!

 

Green Tea Roll

Step 1: The second last of these Japanese kits I bought, this green tea roll cake appear to have an extra slopping of cream on top. Why not?

 

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Step 2: Hurray for pre-cut felt! This kit especially, because of the "cream" bits that are long and straight.

 

Green Tea Roll 3

Step 3: Sew the roll cake together. Thank god for the pre-cut pieces - cutting spirals are always a horrible chore.

 

Green Tea Roll 4

Step 4: Finished with the roll cake. Start with the little bits and pieces that go on top of the roll cake.

 

Green Tea Roll 5

Step 5: Glue the cream bits on, and what a mess I made of the glue (again). It's not glued on very well, so a few of the cream bits can fall off. Am hoping that by sewing the top bits on, it'll help keep the cream bits on the roll cake.

 

Quite small, but ends up looking pretty cute:

 

Creamy Green Tea Roll

Wooly Strawberry Cake

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This week has been a rather quiet week. I’m done celebrating the end of Odd Thomas 3 (House of Odd), so I’m settling down into doing some doodling while the next book is being figured out. Apart from doodling, also crafting, of course. And catching up on some reading and gaming.
 

Strawberry Roll

Step 1: I bought this off Rakuten.co.jp again. I belated noticed that this one was listed as "challenging" (ie. the hardest difficulty level). Be prepared for bloodied fingertips!

 

Strawberry Roll 2

Step 2: Pull everything out of the box, and check that it's there.

 

Strawberry Roll 3

Step 3: Start stabbing the main body of the cake. This one takes the longest, since you're taking a big wad of wool and making it shrink and adhere to a certain shape.

 

Strawberry Roll 4

Step 4: Finally get the roll cake done. Add some nice strawberry filling and cream to it.

 

Strawberry Roll 5

Step 5: Hash out the remaining bits and pieces, including the strawberry and blueberry. The strawberry was a specific shape, so it took ages to do.

 

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Step 6: Stick everything on top, and needle it in. Only the small flaky bits left!

 

The final product! Pretty nice, methinks:

 

Strawberry Roll