Hi there!

I have not really delved too much into this community, so I decided I would not that I have a project in my hands!
I am entirely new at this, and I am going to be building a fursuit of my beloved Panda Shepherd dog character, Pepper.



She will be a personal suit, obviously. Once I get a good grasp on how to make one of these bad boys well, I'm going to move on to some cow projects.
But anyhow, I'm fairly/somewhat confident in a lot of what I'll be doing here now. I have some good friends helping me a long the way.
However, something I am petrified of confronting is sewing!

I have not laid my hands on a sewing machine nor do I have some very good experience on hand sewing.
I am mostly focused on handsewing, because if I can't work well with a sewing machine, I can decide to just... hand sew everything.
I literally plan to practice sewing in the time that I'll have before I construct my suit, but the problem I have is that I don't know ANY really good hand sewing techniques.
What is the usual, best hand sewing technique for Fursuits? Does anyone have some tips on this technique? Is there a website that teaches it? Or can someone simply explain it to me in a simpleton fashion so that I can grasp and try it? I'm almost certain I'm overcomplicating things, but I love to have something to work off of so I don't feel like I'm doing it wrong! That, and I want to be timely with this suit and take the time to do it correct!

ANY help with that would be amazingly appreciated... I will be posting updates on this thread of the progress of my suit as well. <3 Thanks so much in advance!