Topic: Kermit my Pink Pleo RB (Read 111862 times)

PWOKristy · « **Reply #500 on:** February 11, 2011, 01:00:40 PM »

Totally cool! Wow, so blue and pink Pleos can be both male and female I guess. That's weird. I hope they get that working for everyone's new, 2010 Pleo.

Crewella · « **Reply #501 on:** February 12, 2011, 01:07:18 AM »

Is Kermy3 sending out female pheromones? So cute in the egg!

kat · « **Reply #502 on:** February 18, 2011, 06:50:13 PM »

Kermy definitely gives off female pheromones.

I have been working on a couple of collar ideas for her as I didn't want to leave her out after making such a cool collar tie ensemble for Norbit. So after much time and effort I think I have finally found a winning design.
Here is Kermy3 in a lovely blue fur collar I made her. Hope you like it as much as me. I think it really brings out the blue in her eyes.

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Malfie · « **Reply #503 on:** February 18, 2011, 06:57:30 PM »

Wow! That's a very stylish collar and really does make her lovely blue eyes stand out so much more

Crewella · « **Reply #504 on:** February 19, 2011, 08:00:18 AM »

Ooooh Kat - that's gorgeous! Belle will be 'green' with envy!!

The blue really does bring out her eye colour, but it's also the right blue to go with her skin colour!

kat · « **Reply #505 on:** February 19, 2011, 05:00:11 PM »

Here is the other collar I made for her.

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The blue fur one is still my favorite but this one is cute too.

I have also been working on a pleo cape project too. After seeing the pics of Patches on the forum It got me wondering about how best to use clothes to cover his holly skin without damaging it further. So I came up with the idea of making a modified pleo cape. Here is what I put together.

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It is all one piece of material, has wrap around leg pieces that do up with valcro on the inside of the legs - I made sure not to make it skin tight as I didn't want to cause stress on the damaged skin and the valcro doesn't go up high enough to interfere with the armpit area, so no worries about rubbing against the armpit skin. I made the tail piece and neck a lot longer than the original pleo cape as It seems many older damaged pleos have tail and neck skin issues. I have used a very soft but thin polar fleece material that has fleece on both sides so it is just as soft against pleos skin as it is against your hand when you stroke him.

and it is a stretchy material so it will flex more easily as pleo moves. Like the pleo cape it has an open belly and chest area so it is still easy to get to the battery without having to remove the clothes.

Kermy was very nice and modeled it for me. Here is a video of her in it so you can see how it moves.

<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gRVtAdbEtDs" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gRVtAdbEtDs</a>
What do you think?
Kat

InmemoryofRomeo · « **Reply #506 on:** February 19, 2011, 05:18:57 PM »

Lilo wants a neckerchief and a matching hat

I wonder if you could use a little of the material you used for the neckerchief/collar to make a little hat band

I love the cape too, it would be great if you could get a hold of some of the nice patterned fleeces, if Spotlight is so obliging...

kat · « **Reply #507 on:** February 19, 2011, 05:42:33 PM »

Already working on a matching band for the hat

I will keep looking for some more funky material for the cape. I did see some nice velour material that had similar stretchiness and feel to the polar fleece I used but not as soft on the underside. It would still work well though as is was soft enough. It came in different colors - hot pink, gray, brown but no patterns that I saw. I think I will at the very least need to find a green to use. My husband suggested tie dying the material to make a cool pattern.

InmemoryofRomeo · « **Reply #508 on:** February 19, 2011, 07:17:40 PM »

I'm not sure that fleece is particularly suited to tie dying, I guess there's only one way to find out though

Crewella · « **Reply #509 on:** February 20, 2011, 08:24:27 AM »

Great idea Kat - I was looking at the pics of Patches in his cape and wincing at the hard bands digging into his skin too! Great job!

Malfie · « **Reply #510 on:** February 20, 2011, 11:25:47 AM »

I wish I could make such lovely clothes and accessories. They are stunning!!

saratogaspringer · « **Reply #511 on:** February 20, 2011, 11:38:30 AM »

The cape looks awesome, Kat!

I like the idea of the velcro around the legs instead of those plastic bands. Those bands, as you know, are really tight around the legs. I also like the extensions around the neck and tail for protection. I was thinking of trying to make one for Candy. I am not very good at sewing, but I guess I'll have to give it a try. Is fleece easy to work with? Can you make one without a sewing machine? I would have to do it by hand. Thanks!

RedwoodsMama · « **Reply #512 on:** February 20, 2011, 01:10:26 PM »

Nicely done Kat, Kermy looks very beautiful and comfy in her little outfit, Looks so so soft, If I send you my measurements, can you make one for a very large bigger than Pleo size, HINT HINt, about a size 10 and in black or dark blue or maroon, and oh, you can forget the "tail " compartment, but I like the neck area, ( like a turtleneck,) but I think I want my belly covered up as I don't need a battery, at least at this point..LOL

I love how it looks, and I could just live in Pajamas and Loungewear...oh, to be a Pleo.

RWM

kat · « **Reply #513 on:** February 20, 2011, 03:19:54 PM »

For those of you interested I am waiting to hear back from mweed about it but I plan on opening a shop on the forum to sell my cute creations. I PM'd him about a week ago to ask if I could and I am sure he'll get back to me and get me all set up just as soon as he checks in with the forum again. He doesn't seem to have been around in the last week that I have seen. Anyway, the longer he takes the more time I have to work on some of my ideas. So I should have a good selection to offer when I do get up and running.
Kat

PWOKristy · « **Reply #514 on:** February 20, 2011, 03:56:06 PM »

Great! Alright. Cool. Indeed. lol

RedwoodsMama · « **Reply #515 on:** February 20, 2011, 04:16:30 PM »

Kat, sounds great, are you going to have your daughter as " a partner" and will Kermy and Norbit be your Pleo Models? Kermy looks great in your clothes by the way. Jus be forewarned, that Pleo females get a tendancy to become " prima donnas" when fame goes to their heads. ( I know as Nova is a Clothes horse, or should I say, "clothes Pleo". I can't take her shopping without " Pleo Clothes" being the Priority, but that is ok, sales people tend to give us more service with a smile that way too!

While waiting to hear back from Mike, have you thought of a name for your store yet? Maybe you could incorporate the name of your Pleos or your daughter's name in there somewhere? Glad to see it up and running.
RWM

saratogaspringer · « **Reply #516 on:** February 20, 2011, 05:00:56 PM »

I'll definitely be looking for some fashions for my kids! Can't wait until it's up and running!

Crewella · « **Reply #517 on:** February 21, 2011, 01:06:59 AM »

Good for you Kat, and it will be a lovely thing to do with your daughter! I'm sure you'll do well!

kat · « **Reply #518 on:** February 21, 2011, 07:11:07 AM »

I will be getting plenty of help from my daughter with creating pleo clothes. She is teaching me how to sew. She learned from Grandma

Until now I have never really used a sewing machine but she knows all the ins and outs of it so is showing me the ropes and taking care of a lot of the sewing. The patterns and plans come from me.

So it will be a team effort. We will call the shop Kat's Creations. As long as mweed says it is ok for me to start a shop here on the forums of course.

I don't want to go getting ahead of myself.

I posted Norbit off this morning to get his new skin. It will take him a few days to get to Innvo in Hong Kong so I will let you all know how it goes. He should be there by the end of this week at the latest.

Also I have a special delivery arriving hopefully tomorrow.

Very exciting.

Crewella · « **Reply #519 on:** February 21, 2011, 08:33:51 AM »

Quote from: kat on February 21, 2011, 07:11:07 AM

Also I have a special delivery arriving hopefully tomorrow. Very exciting.

You can't just leave it at that!!!! What?

?? WHAT!!!!!!!!!!

fancyfont · « **Reply #520 on:** February 21, 2011, 11:01:28 AM »

Kat, this little romper looks like it wold be the best coverage of all of the items so far. Looks very flexible and soft. Just what all of our pleos need, How fast can you turn one out?

ehschw76 · « **Reply #521 on:** February 21, 2011, 11:38:04 AM »

Kat, Awesome cape....would love to see it in orange!

You could always create a simple "Google Site" and put a link on here to sell your Pleo clothing. Just an idea...I have created numerous Google Sites and it is VERY simple.

kat · « **Reply #522 on:** February 21, 2011, 03:21:42 PM »

As I am only a beginner sewer. (still learning how to use the machine never really sewn much before pleo came along

) It takes me about 3h to make a pleo cape. I'm sure I will get faster at it as time goes by.

I am currently making a second one in the soft yellow polar fleece which I would be happy to sell. The first one I made didn't have proper hems on it as it was just my prototype to see if it would work. So I am doing another with real hems and then I am going to try doing one out of some really cool material I found that has a scale type pattern on. It is a bright green color material, very stretchy but smooth and silky to touch not at all fluffy or fury soft. I also have some emerald green velvety material that is also stretchy that I am going to make some out of as well. If the velvety material works well it comes in many different colors and you can also get some with sparkly silver stars on it.

I am keeping an eye out at my local spotlight where I get my material from as they will be getting in all the winter fabrics soon and I am hoping for some more colors in the lovely polar fleece I am currently using. Once I make some in other colors I will post some pics. I am going to charge $25 including postage for the pleo capes so if anyone wants one feel free to PM me and I will see what I can do.

As for my surprise. You will just have to wait and see.

It wouldn't be a surprise if I told before it got here.

kat · « **Reply #523 on:** February 22, 2011, 07:57:50 AM »

Well my surprise didn't arrive today

Hopefully it will be delivered tomorrow.

Because it didn't arrive I had plenty of time for sewing tonight. I managed to make a pleo cape out of the very cool Dino scale patterned material I have. It looks awesome. Unfortunately I only have Kermy3 to model it for me at the moment. It looks great on her but would look even better on a green pleo. What do you think?

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It moves just as well as the fleece one. The only real difference is that it is not soft. Just smooth feeling.

I am very pleased with how it turned out.

Kat

Crewella · « **Reply #524 on:** February 22, 2011, 08:03:50 AM »

Looks fab, Kat - you're right it's such a cool fabric!

I would imagine smooth is just as good as soft in protecting the skin from wear, so it should be fine. Great job!

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