Assignment 2 – Rachel and John

Rachel and I picked a rabbit and a ram to morph together. Initially, we had trouble figuring out how to cut the patterns for each animal and combine them, so we chose instead to come up with our own patterns inspired by the book. We focused a lot more on the rabbits form for the head, and included features of the ram in smaller ways. Because we were creating a stuffed animal, we felt that a more comical approach towards the features (i.e. small horns and a chubby torso) would be better suited for this project. We imagined an animal we would have had as children.

Since this was our first time sewing something, both Rachel and I learned a lot from this project. Both of us became familiar with the sewing machine and how to sew by hand. We also learned how to embroider, which came out looking really nice. We experimented with the horns by sewing lines on the fabric before putting them together which added subtle indents similar to that of actual horns.

If we had more time, we would have added more detail to the body. The final result was great but I was anxious as to what the animal would look like before I attached the head. To go further we could have added palms or put some of the fur from the body on top of the head.

What we might have done differently is use a single pattern for the back of the body and the head, so the result would be more cohesive. this would be more challenging as rather than create the main parts separately we would have to do the majority of the work on one part. I think that we would have to be more careful concerning the measurements of the patterns but the result would look very interesting.

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