Egged Toothless the Night Fury, "How to Train Your Dragon" movie

Hello!

Today I would like to show you another Toothless the Night Fury. What's different about this one is that it's supposed to be a gift, but what makes it more special, is that it's... egged!

Egged Toothless (as I call him) is (if I remember well) fifth Toothless I've made as a gift. After I'd finished sewing it, I put it into an egg made from paper-mache. It was a difficult and long process, but I think that the final effect is amazing! 

The most difficult step in a whole process was opening the egg... but let it remain a mystery.

And here you have final effect - egged Night Fury. Egg design was inspired by "Gift of the Night Fury" short movie.

Egg with my Toothless (in fact, egg was much smaller than plush in embrion position, so I had to squeeze it):

Toothless pencil case, "How to Train Your Dragon" movie

Check out my very new pencil case with Toothless!

One month ago I started new schoolyear and I got an idea to make a pencil case with my favorite film character, which is Toothless from "How to Train Your Dragon". It was difficult to make, because while the dragon is rather thin and long and has big wings, pencil case is more of a cylinder shape. But I've made it, and it took me about 5 days (plus I had to find a good zipper).

Dimensions: 35 cm long, 20 cm wingspan.

Changewing, "Book of Dragons"

Hi,

I've just finished my newest dragon, which is Changewing from "Book of Dragons" short and "Riders of Berk" series. Species belongs to dragons' Mystery Class. This medium-sized dragon can spray acid, has hypnotizing look and can change its skin color in order to disappear in any environment. 

Dimensions: 66 cm / 26 inch long, 60 cm / 23,5 inch wingspan.

Changewing is also one of the first dragons for which I used foam to make claws, hooks, teeth or fangs. I really like this material, because it's stable and soft, looks nice and it's easy to sew through.

So, enjoy Changewing! 

PS: Mine, unfortunately, is unable to change its skin color. Forgive me :)

Changewing from "DreamWorks Dragons: Rise of Berk" game.

Glaedr, Christopher Paolini`s "Inheritance" cycle

Hi again!

In this post, I would like show you one of my favorite dragons - Glaedr, one of the main characters from Christopher Paolini's "Inheritance" cycle. He appears on "Brisingr" book cover.

Glaedr is a huge dragon of a golden color. He is very wise, he was Saphira's and Eragon's teacher, with his Rider Oromis. Dragon lost his leg during war with Galbatorix' army, however my toy Glaedr has got both legs.

Dimensions: 44 cm / 17,3 inch long, 60 cm / 23,6 inch wingspan, 22 cm / 8,6 inch high. 

Took me about three-four days, but I don't remember exactly - I made it over one and a half year ago.

Enjoy!

Here you see my Glaedr's head compared with drawing from "Brisingr" cover.

Skrill, "Book Of Dragons"

After Toothless the Night Fury, it's time for another dragon from Strike Class, mentioned in "Book of Dragons" short. Those of you who are really into HTTYD franchise definitely know this one :)

Update: Check out the renovated Skrill.

It's all about the Skrill - a dragon that is hard to be spotted. Extremely fast, agile and beautiful dragon that can conduct electricity.

Dismensions: 58 cm / 22,8 inch lenght, 74 cm / 29,1 inch wingspan.

Original Skrill from the short. 

And at the bottom, you can see a Skrill figure that I was taking inspiration from. The figure apparently exists, however it's not yet available in stores.

Toothless the Night Fury, "How To Train Your Dragon" movie

Here is the first part of my "How To Train Your Dragon" project. 

Toothless the Night Fury - the main character of all movies and series, the dragon trained by Hiccup. It's the only Night Fury ever seen on Berk and the first dragon to be ever trained by a Viking.

Update: Check out the Toothless renovated version.

Being hunted town, Toothless lost one of two tail fins. Once Hiccup saw it, he decided to help him and thus created a prosthesis of the fin, as the dragon was unable fly with its tail wounded. Fortunately, Hiccup even found a way to make the tail fin controllable by Toothless himself so that he could fly alone. But as a loyal friend, he has never escaped and eventually convinced Hiccup to return to the red tail design.

Dimensions: 

Length: 38 cm / 22,8 inch 

Wingspan: 58 cm / 22,8 inch

Height: 16 cm / 6,3 inch 

It took me about 4 days to make the Night Fury him, however it wasn't until two months later until he got the red tail fin.

Claws made from a modelling clay.

The original Toothless the Night Fury. Source: School of Dragons Game Guide.

Junior Delta

The first member of the airplane fleet of Fanciful Sewings is Junior Delta, a miniature of a Boeing 787 Dreamliner belonging to LOT Polish Airlines wearing the registration number SP-LRD.
The only thing the wings are stiffed with is the regular filling sewn through.
Initially, all the writings were written with a waterproof marker on separate pieces of a fabric glued to the fuselage, but both the marker and the glue turned out not to be waterproof at all. I have got rid of them and embroidered all the writings and details instead.

An iconic picture with Junior Delta and his bigger brother, SP-LRD, at Warsaw Chopin Airport.

Welcome!

Hello!

Welcome to my blog about my handmade toys and accessories. Sewing is my greatest hobby, and I hope you will enjoy the blog.

How did it start? When I was a kid, I loved all kind of toys, especially these cuddly ones. What I've been also fond of are the toys of movie or book characters, and if I really wanted to have any toy, I just had to get, no matter how.
I started to sew. At first, I created simple animals. I would sew them from old, unused clothes. My first toys were a chicken, a few dogs and... a white beet. For some reason.

Soon the time came to try my strengths in movie characters. I've always loved to watch movies, especially cartoons. If I really liked some character (let's be honest, it's always been about animal characters) I really badly wanted to have a replica on my own. But since movie toys are either very expensive, or not satisfactorily enough resembling the original thing, or simply not available, I decided to take care of it myself. Why not to make toys on my own? 

I can't remember what I started with, but I guess it was Hedwig, the owl from Harry Potter series. 

While writing this post, I've made about 20 different plushies.

Few days ago I opened a new, quite ambitious project - I'm planning to sew all dragons from the "How to Train Your Dragon" franchise, including shorts and "DreamWorks Dragons" series. My desire to have a replica of a character was really limited to Toothless and maybe just a few specific species, but I treat sewing all the dragons as a challenge that will surely develop my skills and grow my collection. 

I hope you will find this blog interesting!