oh, that’s just three strings of faux fur which are… braided

9/9 Cadence is now back to her old beauty!
It took a bit longer than expected, but now she is ready to be picked up by her owner. It was intersting to meet my own skills from some years ago, and where I improvedover that time.

and having companies like MS, Amazon or Rolls Royce and their small reactors we are a step closer to a glowing bright future

8/?
still working on Cadence, had not too much time. Complete new head piece, some imporvements in stabalizing mane and ear fabric pieces to prevent wrinkles. Currently sewing her back mane. I used a lot of pins to trace the old sewing line :D

7/?
when Minky looks like a miniature towel after washing, go get a brush. For years now I am using a cheapo dental brush, but also a toddler hair brush.
Pictures of before and after

6/?
all parts are clean now!

5/?
The body is also ready to be washed. Ears, wings and the head it self are taken off. Without the stuffing the stains in her coat are much more visible

4/?
Today I started disassembling the plushie. These parts are in the washing machine right now. On the photos you can clearly see the stain as shadows. The end of the tail has the old / to be colour

3/?
- and improve some areas
On this pictures you can see the discoloration by soot. The room she was in didn't burn but had a lot of soot on the walls. Luckily Cadence had been laying on the floor, where the damage due to soot was a lot less. On a table she would been dark grey

2/?
Cadence looks quite dirty on the pictures, but inreality it is much more, mainly to to that unique smell of ... yes, house fires.
So I will do the following the next weeks and months
-open all hand-sewn threads
- replacing the filling
- washing
- replace parts as needed
...

… my daily routine consisted of employed work (9to5), sewing for hours until 10 or midnight and some sleep.
Now I can make up for everything that I laid back. And that’s a lot 😅

So, again, THANK YOU SO MUCH!!