Placing the spines:
I always look at the dragon from the side and the back, before deciding where to place the spines. For this little dragon, I decided to place the first spine where it would cover the clumsy stitching I did on the neck:

I know you can't see it in the photo, and I apologize for that. My batteries started to die at this point, so I had to ration my photo's. I'm sewing the first spine in this photo:

Another thing I watch for when placing and sewing the spines in place is to follow the line of the head and neck. This little dragon has it's head slightly twisted to the right, I want to make sure I sew the spine to follow that slight twist:

I space and sew the other two spines in place.
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