Felimath the dragon

Apparently one dragon wasn't enough, so I decided to make another.  I needed to do something with all the things I learned and ideas I came up with while working on Oscar.  This dragon is named Felimath.  The only reason he's named that is because it just came into my head while I was working on him, and it seemed like a good name.  Felimath is actually the name of one of the Lone Islands in the Chronicles of Narnia, but it just sounded good for this dragon.

I made Felimath in the same way I made Oscar, but I used ultrasuede this time, and it was MUCH easier to work with.  I also made his armature slightly differently, and used 26 gauge paddle wire, so he's much more posable than Oscar is.  Here he is fully felted:

 

He actually looks something like a wingless dragon in this picture.  In the really early stages, he looked more like some sort of carpet monster that had been run over by a vacuum cleaner.  He's blue and purple because I was planning on making his body that shade of blue, but I found out I didn't have enough fabric.  The purple is because I ran out of blue wool.  I actually wound up making him grey, which was a bit of a problem because the wool fibers liked to get caught in the seams.

 Here's a side view:

 

Here he is with the start of a skin:

  

Woohoo!  Body and tail all done!  That would be my physics homework that he's on top of.  The sun had set, and the only place with enough light to sew by was occupied by physics, and I didn't see any need to move it. 

 

Okay, now comes the insanity part.  After I finished his legs and body, I need to do his feet.  This is one of his feet before doing anything with it:

Now each of those toes needs to be covered, so I need to cut out a piece of fabric to sew around them:

 

Done!  Well, almost, he needs a little piece of blue sewn on there as a paw pad.

Just showing off how dexterous his little toes are.   That's a pin he's holding.

Next day, better lighting, holding another pin.  I have no idea what he's doing with it, maybe he's conducting an orchestra.

...and now he's holding my scissors.

 

He still doesn't have wings.  These I sewed the normal way, right sides together, then turned them right side out and put the armature in.

All done!  Well, mostly done, he needs some eyes and a face.  I think I made his wings a little small, oh well.

And now he is finally done!  I'm not sure what he's doing here, maybe he's singing.

 

Feed me! (Oh yeah, he has a tongue. :))

 

Nap time.

 

Oscar decided to jump off his perch on my cardboard wall and explore the floor while I was working on Felimath.  

Felimath decided to check out big brother's perch while Oscar explored the floor.

Then he decided to check out a lamp.

Then I realized that he matches my bike almost perfectly!  He looks like he's singing again in this picture.  Like he's just gently rocking the wheel back and forth and singing.

 

He can hold on pretty well with those little toes of his.