Happy Hifuumo Friday everyone!
It's officially been one year since I started doing this. Minus only a handful of weeks (I think only two or three?) I have consistently gone outside and touched grass for an entire year.
This might not be significant to newer Hifuumo Friday appreciators, but it is to me. I first started doing this because I've spent half of my life staying indoors as a bona fide hikikomori. I had really bad agoraphobia and would never leave my room, nonetheless my house.
And whenever I did, I'd be panicking inside and be overwhelmed in sheer terror.
I haven't quite felt that way for what feels like a long time now. I managed to see friends I cared for deeply in another city at a place I didn't know without dissociating the whole time.
Nor did I repress my personality to do so. I was just...myself, even if I cried a lot.
I even got a job I enjoyed that was nothing but walking around places and talking to complete strangers.
/And/ I went to a big convention, in cosplay, and had a great time!
That isn't to say that I'm 'cured' or feel nothing at all anymore; I do still feel anxious, I do still feel scared about things outside (Particularly animals). But...it's more manageable now. A lot more manageable.
It isn't all-consuming and crippling like it used to be.
And I'm really, really happy about that. I didn't think I'd ever get to feel this way for a very long time. I still have things I need to do, things I need to overcome and confront—but I feel like I actually can now, instead of it being a pipe dream.
Most of all, I'm just really happy to be doing something instead of languishing endlessly.
I have some things I need to do still and still have new places to go to, in time. But I'm really looking forward to it.
I love you all, I hope you have a great day/night!
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Fumo plush pattern I made for customs making
This is a pattern I made from scratch and that I use for making my customs. It is based on the v1.5 models. Its the definitive version since I made tests before, as I said its from scratch, I could never sacrifice a legit fumo and bootlegs arent reliable for patterns snatching imo since their quality varies.
This is mainly for hand sewing and fairly beginner friendly. I havent tried on a machine because I dont trust these for such small details so I cant garantee you it will looks good if you assemble it with a cheap machine.
Seam allowances and other guides to match the pieces are included there.
I didnt include more hair pieces like the bangs because it would be too specific and this is a general pattern, not one for making [specific character]. I do these parts from scratch as well. If anyone would like help with hair of a specific character I can help (as long as its a character I know, else it would require me to use more time studying the design).
Make the design of the face before cutting the pattern. Methods I recommand using are: machine embroidery (the best), hand embroidery and heat transfert vinyle (require some skills). Ive made a hand embroidery tutorial a while ago. You can also maybe use the face of an existing fumo but its either very costly if you use a legit, or might not get good results if you use a cheap bootleg.
This PNG should be 1:1 scaled but ive added a square on the corner for good mesures. I dont use foot mesures (and i dont know how to use it) so its only cm sorry.
For any additional question, anyone is free to message me.
Customs ive made using this pattern:
Hand embroidery tutorial I mentionned (not at all lazy to link my post):
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