How Monsters are born.
Some of you might not know this , but in addition to being the Headmistress here at the Orphanage for Wayward Monsters , I also teach a lot of children how to sew. Sometimes they ask me funny questions about monster making like , " How do you do that?" . The answer is that my heart tells my hands what to do , but that is not a very detailed answer. The following story is how a monster was born this evening , the long version.
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| This is the desk in my sewing room. If you look close I bet you will see some familiar things ( but don't look too close ok?) |
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| This particular birth began over coffee this morning before work. I drew this little critter in my notebook. I don't always draw first , and even when I do , that doesn't mean the monster will turn out like the drawing. You'll see. |
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| Next I pile all the fabrics I want to use on the desk. These come from another pile that I was too embarrassed to photograph because it is so messy. |
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| Then I sit at my desk and I stare at the pile. I think about the shapes I will need to cut out. It's probably best if you imagine numbers and algebra type symbols spinning around my head. In reality , I was singing a few lines from a Belle and Sebastian song that was stuck in my brain all day. |
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I cut the shapes. This is everything except the belly of the worm critter , because I have no idea what to do about that part at this point. |
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| Across the room is my sewing machine. I only have one chair , so I drag it over here. |
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| I always make the teeth first. |
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| The I start sewing the stripey body. |
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| This is part of the face. |
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| Ah , there we go , almost a real face. |
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| And then the bottom jaw. |
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| The eyes are next. I call them "eye sandwiches" because it's 3 layers of eye material. |
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| This is a good stage because now the monster sort of has a personality and I start to feel not alone. |
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| I start to think maybe it needs feet so I make a few. |
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| I decided to use yellow fur for the belly and sewed it together , but Eeek! I forgot the feet I made! |
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| So I just turn the feet into antlers , problem solved! |
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| Now I stuff the monster , through a hole I left in its head. Yikes! |
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| I sew the hole in the head shut by hand , which means I move the whole operation onto my bed so I can be closer to my computer ( that means I am watching TV) . There are tarot cards scattered on the bed because I am also an Oracle. |
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| I sew pom poms on its back because life is too short. |
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| The monster is born! I hug it and give it a big kiss because my heart made it and I love it. I place it the Orphanage next to Raccaroo for the night so he won't be lonely. I will have to wait until Angela comes home before I name him. Angela is my best friend and she is really good at naming monsters , I think it is a gift. |
And that is it. This monster took a little less than an hour and a half , including the time to take the pictures. Hope you enjoyed it! I know I did!
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