almost dinner

I am so excited someone else has made a giant squid!  It looks great.  Too bad it lives in Ohio, or we could get our squid together for a play date!

[reblog from]:  renaitrenicolette:

Sooooooooo, I lied.

Made this for boyfriend’s birthday. He figured out that I made a body pillow so I gave him his other gifts first and said this broke without telling him the shape. But he’s not broken! He’s a happy blue squid body pillow. Got the inspiration from almost dinner. 

I think the hardest part was sewing the top fins on. I also had to sew the tentacles on by hand since all I have is a Lil’ Stitch sewing machine. I’m sad to say goodbye to him.  He was such a fun project to work on since this was the first big project I’ve done. I know boyfriend will take great care of him though. =)

Sometimes it’s way too hard to get out of bed.

[reblog from followjeanne]

I’ve been asked a couple questions about my giant squid body pillow, so here are a couple answers:

How did I make him?  I drew these two pattern pieces, and the rest (like the tentacles) I cut freehand.  His tentacles are stuffed with a polyester fiberfill and his body is stuffed with four king size pillows.  He’s huge.

Am I selling him or any of his kind?  The short answer: no.  This project took a fair amount of time (particularly stuffing all those legs), and when you factor in the material cost, I couldn’t price them for what you guys would want to spend.  

However I do think it would be really fun to teach others how to make their very own squid-friend.  If you would be interested in taking such a class and are in the SF Bay area, shoot me a message here or here.

Edit: As requested, I will also be making copies of the pattern.  If you are interested in one, drop me a line and I’ll let you know when they’re ready.