The big challenge of starting a blog is always the first post, isn't it? It's like looking at a blank sheet of paper and willing yourself to write, only multiplied. Do you start with a generic introduction? Do you launch right into the meat of whatever the blog is about?
I vote for a bit of both, so here goes: I'm Caz. I'm 24, the age at which you realise you were never as old as you thought and now you're older than you thought you would be. I've lived in Chile for a while, struggling to learn the language, and now I'm back home for a siesta.
The most important parts of home are friends, family, and the sewing machine I couldn't fit in my luggage two years ago. Boy, was I excited to come home.
I didn't waste much time getting started:
My brother is one of the three people on Earth who like Aquaman. And Christmas was just round the corner, so I thought: you know what one of his presents can be? Something utterly ridiculous!
I made the pattern myself. Got the basic shape by drawing around my own hand, then drawing again and bigger to allow for his massive man hands. After that, it was just a case of cutting out shapes for the shirt, belt, hair, and so on. (With a few cheeky last-minute edits when he mentioned that he liked the bearded, rugged Aquaman better than the clean-shaven one.)
The buttons have been sitting in my sewing box since university, waiting for a worthy project. They've finally found one. I think they must have been spare buttons from some clothing item that's been lost to the mists of time.
I sewed the little scales on his shirt by hand. As you can see, it was the first time I'd hand-sewn anything in a loooong time.
Sadly, no progress photos. I hadn't decided to make a blog back then.
But hey. Not bad for a first puppet or a first post, eh?
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