I made the patterns for these monsters today. I got a lot of inspiration off of Pinterest so I am not saying these are 100% unique, they are however hand drawn by me.
Mrs. G's Monsters
One family studies teacher's crazy monster creations!
Thursday, August 8, 2013
Simple Monster Patterns
One of the first projects my students are going to make next year will be the simple monster made from two pieces of fabric. They will choose one of five ready made patterns. They will be allowed to decorate the monsters as they so choose.
Thursday, August 1, 2013
Pinspiration!
Okay so normally I'm not usually one to go blindly along with different trends, I don't have twitter, I barely use instagram, I don't even know what snap chat is! However Pinterest was something I started using in December 2012.... and I got quickly addicted.
So when I learned I would be teaching FS next year I started a board on Pinterest for inspiration and ideas about monsters.
Here is that board.
HERE!
That's about it for now, I think I might spend some time in the craft room today and start on some more monster ideas.
Maybe?
We will see!
Tootles
Mrs. G!
So when I learned I would be teaching FS next year I started a board on Pinterest for inspiration and ideas about monsters.
Here is that board.
HERE!
That's about it for now, I think I might spend some time in the craft room today and start on some more monster ideas.
Maybe?
We will see!
Tootles
Mrs. G!
Tuesday, July 30, 2013
A Summer Thought
At the moment I am super excited to be teaching sewing to all the grade seven's and eights at my school this year. We will be creating plush monsters. I have yet to figure out all the details, but I still have a month to do that, AND that's where this blog comes in. I'm going to document all things monster related here.
So that means....
- pictures of my finished creatures
- possible patterns for the students
- any information I find regarding donating the monsters
- links to monster inspiration
- ideas for the classroom in general
- basic sewing help
- AND anything else I deem appropriate.
So for now I'm just going to upload a few pictures of the monsters I have created so far, and then we will see how it goes from there.
I called this post a 'Summer Thought' because right now updating a blog on a regular basis should be no problem whatsoever, of course my daily to do list only consists of cooking, cleaning, and crafting.... We will see if this continues when the school year actually starts.
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This is Bucky, my first monster. He will be the model for the first template I create for the students. His monster type is of the Key family. |
A close up of Bucky's face. His eyes are all like o_O! |
This patch was just to showcase the heart stitch the school's sewing machine could do. |
A tag to show this was a Gokcen Creation. The G was stitched by the machine which is pretty cool. |
Bucky from behind. A cute little button tail. |
This is Pinky. She is also of the Key family. I made her right after finishing Bucky so I could give her to my sister for her birthday. |
A close up of her face. I fixed the little mustache like threads before giving her to her new home. |
I LOVE LOVE LOVE!!! Pinky's tail.... this is a technique I will be using again for sure! |
This little guy was made from a pattern I bought on Etsy here. He is going to be my classroom mascot. |
This is Colonel Glomp. I made him using a tutorial I found on Youtube from Threadbangers. Click HERE to see it. |
He's got a really neat pocket mouth. I haven't come up with a name for his family of monsters. I do know that this style might be too complicated to have as a template for my students. |
His hears, legs and bum have popcorn kernels in them so they would hang down. |
Instead of making a tag I embroidered the G on this monster's bum! He (she?) also has a tail! |
This is Snowball, a cute little puff created to be sent to my sister-in-law who is currently living in California. This is to remind her that she was once known as Captain Winter.... |
Using fun fur has excellent results, but the process is awfully messy. I like the patter of this "Puff" monster family, but it might be a bit too simple to use in class. |
This is Dot. She is a slug type monster. If you look closely each of her spots is attached with a different fancy stitch. |
Here is Dot's back. More fancy stitches, including the ever present G! |
A few of the 200 stitches the machine is capable of! |
I will continue to make monsters and post my findings here.
Tootles
Mrs. G
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