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    Dreams Do Come True: The Tauntaun Sleeping Bag Ready For The Holidays?
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    Image of GoesTo11 GoesTo11
    07/09/09

    In reply to Dreams Do Come True: The Tauntaun Sleeping Bag Ready For The Holidays?
    What the hell fun is it if you don't have to scoop the innards out first?
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    Image of OMG! Ponies! OMG! Ponies!
    07/09/09

    In reply to Dreams Do Come True: The Tauntaun Sleeping Bag Ready For The Holidays?
    I'm totally asking Obi-Wan Santa to bring me this for Life Day!
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    Image of ViciousWarGoose ViciousWarGoose
    07/09/09

    In reply to Dreams Do Come True: The Tauntaun Sleeping Bag Ready For The Holidays?
    My wife is working on a pattern for this, the tricky part will be finding the fabric for the lining. The Playschool lightsabers are perfect for the zipper.
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    Image of blackeyedgurl blackeyedgurl
    07/09/09

    In reply to Dreams Do Come True: The Tauntaun Sleeping Bag Ready For The Holidays?
    For once, I actually wish I had kids. This is awesome. I want one. I bet my kitties would like snuggling in it. Wow. Saddest. Comment. Ever.
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    Image of Alexis Alexis
    07/09/09

    @blackeyedgurl: I usually measure my linen/blanket purchases in chihuahua snuggle capacity. It's essential.
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    Image of Willow01 Willow01
    07/09/09

    In reply to Dreams Do Come True: The Tauntaun Sleeping Bag Ready For The Holidays?
    I hope it smells ok on the inside....
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    Image of sororitysheep sororitysheep
    07/09/09

    In reply to Dreams Do Come True: The Tauntaun Sleeping Bag Ready For The Holidays?
    You know, given proper fabric, I could totally make that. More labor required than just clicking the mouse and waiting for its arrival on my doorstep, but it looks doable. I'm a hobbyist. Thing's basically nothing but layers of fabric. Well, and the tauntaun head.

    I wonder where I could find blue intestine-patterned fabric.
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    Image of kagekiri kagekiri
    07/09/09

    @sororitysheep: Make sure to include the lightsaber zipper. It's a pretty awesome added touch.
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    Image of crashedpc - Haifisch crashedpc - Haifisch
    07/09/09

    @sororitysheep: Hand crafted goods are always more awesome! Love that homemade touch.
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    Image of Wenchette Wenchette
    07/09/09

    @sororitysheep: How about trapunto quilting? If you used a medium loft batting and a short stitch length you could freehand the intestine pattern. It would look awesome with a pale blue satin.
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    Image of sororitysheep sororitysheep
    07/09/09

    @Wandering Wench: Quilting is something that I actually have yet to learn. I did a quick google though, and it's so geek-tastic but the sample image for trapunto quilting on Wikipedia is totally the Wrath of Khan style Starfleet uniform!


    Quilting would also definitely make it much more of a proper sleeping bag though. I may have to get serious about this project. This could be amazing. I still have the fondest memories of my full figural Mickey Mouse sleeping bag from my childhood (although it's slightly tainted by inherent Silence of the Lambs associations of essentially wearing a Skinned Mickey Suit).
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    Image of Wenchette Wenchette
    07/09/09

    @sororitysheep: Just make sure to either use spray fabric adhesive or lots and lots of pins to keep that satin in place, it is a slippery pain in the ass to work with. I think faux fur would be awesome for the outer layer (again, terribly difficult to work with).

    For the zipper pull I recommend either a per-maid die-cast key chain or a polymer clay doo-dad.

    This could be epic. :) Faved you.
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    Image of sororitysheep sororitysheep
    07/09/09

    @Wandering Wench: Ooh, fab, thanks for the tips! And for the fave, too. ^_^
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    Image of cletar cletar
    07/10/09

    @Wandering Wench: Polar fleece might be easier to work with than faux fur. I've seen that gray color in Polar fleece at Hobby Lobby.
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    Image of atrus123 atrus123
    07/09/09

    In reply to Dreams Do Come True: The Tauntaun Sleeping Bag Ready For The Holidays?
    My geeky romance sensibilities want to know if I can zipper two together... and then go out into the woods with the wife and pretend we're Han and Leia.
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    Image of NerD: Blattella NerD: Blattella
    07/09/09

    @atrus123: Can we make atrus a starred commenter please?
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    Image of geesejuggler geesejuggler
    07/09/09

    @atrus123: Awww, geek love at its best!
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    07/10/09

    @NerD!!! - R.O.A.C.H.: Yay! Thanks for the suggestion.
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    07/09/09

    In reply to Dreams Do Come True: The Tauntaun Sleeping Bag Ready For The Holidays?
    Please dear god make this in adult sizes.
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    Image of quidsquid quidsquid
    07/09/09

    @NerD!!! - R.O.A.C.H.: I don't know what to say to this. The vision is actually kind of scary.
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    Image of blackeyedgurl blackeyedgurl
    07/09/09

    @NerD!!! - R.O.A.C.H.: I want one too. My fingers, toes, and light sabers are crossed!
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