So while on Pinterest one day I found an adorable stuffed monster called a "Pajama Eater." Kids can feed their pajamas to it in the morning and then at night the monster gives it back but others have made them to keep their remotes in or as a backpack. Recently I went to pick up the brand new sewing machine Katrina bought forever ago and used once (lol love you Kat!) and all this flannel fabric thinking I would try my hand at pajama pants but have not gotten around to it and also because one look at the pattern and I was confused. Well upon seeing the Pajama eater I couldnt resist and It would be the perfect gift for Stephanie who turned 2 today, the daughter of our friends Lisa and Stephen! The
blogger who came up with the idea had a pattern but it was $8 and I figured there couldn't be too much to it so I decided not to buy it and just figure it out.
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| I got started right away and went to Joann's spent about two hours because they decided to rearrange the whole store, plus I dont know exactly what I need and what fabric is what. Once I picked out my fabric (cotton) I walked to the other side of the store where they had flannel for $2 per yard and the fabric I picked was $7. So I put my fabric back and looked through the flannel...after 30min nothing matched as well as my original choice soooo I went back and got my other fabric. It was 1 yard for the body, 1/2 yard for the inside, I bought a quarter for the feet, a 12in zipper, white felt, fiber fill, and buttons for the eyes. |
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| So I figured it worked pretty much like making a pillow and it was but with quite a few things to think about. The hardest part was figuring out the mouth and zipper and then sewing the arms and legs on within the seam. This picture is when I had the head done and the inner lining, legs, and arms but trying to decide how it all comes together. I also glued on the felt and button eyes. Worked from 9pm-2:30am and finished this morning working from 9:30-12! |
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| I made a bow with the same fabric from the feet and dont you just love the eyelashes?! |
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| This was the hardest part but Im happy with how it turned out! I did teeth but you could do felt lips too. |
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| Also I dont know how to get the edges round on the foot pads but it still looks ok. |
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| Button eyes |
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| Unzip the mouth to fill the monsters tummy! |
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| You can see the seams are not quite as straight as I would like. |
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| All done! Im planning on making a Pirate for Miri our friends' daughter who loves pirates. And maybe a Transformer for Judah since he starting to go on sleepovers he can take his clothes in it! |
