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Cat Project and Problems
September 4, 2007
 This
cat is one of two patterns I d/l from a freebie site.
Thomas cut two out of a cardboard box for me and I pm'ed
one side of both halves for some stability.
 Sides
of a cereal box are even all around so I chose to cut
those to go round the edges. As I figure it, that beats
the heck out of having to use a ruler and try to cut
straight on my own. Since it's a small project, I'm
hoping the cardboard is strong enough.
The cereal box cardboard
was taped all around one side, bending and trimming to
fit the shape of the cat. |
 Then
the bottom part was taped and the sides started. This is
where it starts to get tricky. As I started up the
sides, the tape on the bottom strained and started
popping off. I taped it back up and added more.
 At
this point I decided to do a layer of pm across the
bottom and let it dry before continuing up the sides.
Once this is dry, I plan
to work up the sides til I'm almost to the neck, add a
layer of pm, let it dry and put something inside to add
some weight to the bottom. Probably some more of the dry
tile grout. |
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Cat Progress
September 5, 2007
The first part dried and is
pretty rigid. I filled a plastic sandwich bag with tile
grout, sealed and put in the bottom. Why? Because this
will be sitting outside and it needs some weight in the
bottom to keep from falling over or blowing away.
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The sides are all taped up,
clumsily, but the best I could do. As I went up the
sides, I stuffed in wadded up newspaper, taped some
more, stuffed, taped until I got to the head.
Naturally when you get to
the smaller parts, nothing wants to fit right. I
adjusted the best I could, planning to add more paper in
the places it slumped. Hope I learn from this because I
think it looks pretty bad.
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