One of the projects I'm currently working on is a Smallworks Kells Wyvern. The picture above is directly from the website of Melinda Small (link below) and is the pattern I'm using to make my own little mascot. A while back, I made the Dragon pattern (#4063) offered by Simplicity and was dissatisfied with the results. I reviewed it a few years ago on
Patternreview.com. Since then, I've been hoping to find a pattern that looks a little more ... artsy... realistic... kinda... and I found a line of wonderful patterns by artisan
Melinda Small. Her fantasy patterns are wonderfully detailed and instructions are very good. I'm not a doll maker, maybe this is why my Simplicity Dragon was such a fail, so having every detail, from tools to stitch size is extremely helpful.
I've selected fabrics, traced patterns and cut them out. Currently I'm putting it all together, which is taking a bit of time. But here are a couple pics of my current status.
The pattern requires several fabric choices, and here are the selections I made:
The picture below is the current state of my dragon/mess. The pieces are small and curves are tight, but her directions are very good. I am finding this project to be difficult, but doable, and as long as I take my time, I think the little bugger will end up being a wonderful little mascot to guard my front door.
More progress to be posted soon... I'm hoping he'll be ready for his first flight within a month.
