Firefly Finger Puppets!

AKA: Ain't nobody got time for Simon Tam.

I just posted a pattern for these Firefly finger puppets. Hello Captain Mal, Inara, Wash, Zoe, River, Jayne, Kaylee and Shepherd Book!

I originally designed the finger puppets to be part of a page in a Firefly busy book (that I'm still working on designing). However, a Firefly-fan-friend needed a Christmas present, so I made them and gave them to him. There will be more finger puppets to come (Star Trek TOS characters and some Star Trek TNG supplemental characters--the TNG busy book I originally made from someone else's pattern had no female characters at all. So.).

Now I have to make a second set for my busy book, so I'm looking at improvements.
Mal, Wash, and Kaylee are all really good.

Shepherd Book, Zoe and Jayne are recognizable but on a level just below Mal, Wash, and Kaylee.

Inara and River? Pretty generic. There's a reason I didn't do Simon Tam--he's totally generic. I'm not sure what to do with Inara and River, frankly. Inara might benefit from a less cartoonish lip. River might need hair that doesn't look sort of like dreads. I could make an alternate party-Kaylee and an alternate freed-hair Shepherd Book, too.

Oh, and Saffron, I feel, could be included. Cleavage stitching might need to be employed.

Other finger puppet sets I'm considering making:

• PBS Pack (Mr. Rogers, Bob Ross, Julia Child)
• Star Trek captain series (Kirk, Picard, Sisko, Janeway, Archer)
• ABBA (Because, well, why not.)
• Golden Girls (let's be honest...I should probably do a whole busy book page design for that)
• All 12 Doctor Who Doctors (and some supporting characters--though, frankly, this is a market that has some play in this space already. Whovians are crafty.)

As I say. When I start doing a thing, I really DO a thing. 

Making Betty White

Hi Betty White!
I got a few requests to make a process post showing how I make my ornaments/felt crafts. So I took pictures while making a new ornament: Betty White!

I'm going to walk through some of my techniques and tips and tricks and you'll also see some of my thought process/adjustments as I go along (this is my first time testing the pattern).

(Forgive the basement lighting--the color will be inconsistent, but you'll be able to see what I'm doing, generally.)

And because there are so many pictures...it's behind a cut!

Hello!

Welcome to The Craft Subversive blog.

A while ago I downloaded a felt busy book pattern to make for my impending baby. That baby is now turning 2 and the busy book is done, plus some.

It got my creativity flowing, and I already had all this felt... So I started designing new busy book pages.

And then I started designing other things. Ornaments/badges, finger puppets... you know. Like you do.

I already had all the pattern pieces (I made them in photoshop), so I thought I'd write up instructions and put them online.

And thus was born:

The Craft Subversive Etsy Shop

Ta dah!

And then I had some people say they'd really like more detail--some in-process photos or some tips and such. This is why this blog is here. Along the way, I'll post tips and tricks, new things I'm working on, etc. It's a learning process for me too, so share in my pain!