Creating a Monster

Do you want to know what I love about creating things? It all starts with as idea, everything in this world began with an idea, simple or complicated that's what it comes down to.  Someone had to get the idea to grab two sticks and somehow weave fibers to make clothing, someone even had to get the idea to pull on the "pink dangley thing" under a cow and drink whatever came out of it...hmmm. 

A couple weeks ago I went to the fabric store called Quilts ETC in Sandy, Utah. First I had to go to get more fabric for my quilt that I kind of screwed up on  and secondly they were having an awesome sale! (**good tip, make sure to stay on your favorite fabric/yarn/quilt/whatever stores email list, they will send you info on sales and classes and thats awesome!)  I saw a little quilt that had this little monster made of something or other appliqued to the plain front and that was it.  I loved the idea but really wanted it to be something of my own so the other day at school I drew this...

It's weird but I always put hearts in my artwork and so I figured this shouldn't be any different, and of course I wanted to make him out of felt because I just love working with felt.  I purchased 1 1/4 yards of the fabric for the front, which is an olive green and the same amount for the back piece of fabric which is an off white color with brown polka dots.

Here's the layout of it while i was planning on where stuff was going and changing a few things from my original idea.

When working with a basic piece of fabric and the thinner felt that I use, its great to these smaller pins on hand, I never really use them when I'm sewing the felt onto my hats but when it's a bigger project like this, and I don't want anything to move around I will bust these out.

This is as far as I have gotten as of a half hour ago, I use a cushion from our couch (a pillow works well too) to put underneath the work as to avoid stabbing yourself with the needle or, heaven forbid, sewing your project to your school scrubs...hmmm.

My goal is to have this done before the weekend so I can take this down to my mama bear (in Price) and she can help me with putting the back on.  I love that I can use my mom as a reference, she seems to know everything about crafting and is always willing to help me.  I've noticed every sort of craft store that I have gone into lately actually has "beginner's nights" where you can go in and those really experienced can help you out with anything.  If you have any questions on the places that I go to get materials such as fabric or yarn or what some of my favorite places are in the Salt Lake Valley please email me at asay.stephanie@gmail.com or befriend me on facebooooook!

Steph