Sock Monkey

My older brother threw a hint at me a couple of months ago.

He mentioned that he had never had a sock monkey before.

Michael loves monkeys.

So I knew right then that I had to make him a sock monkey for Christmas!

This was going to be my first project ever using my sewing machine!

I got the pattern and pair of socks from my boyfriend's mom, 

who is amazing at sewing!

I was so excited to start working on the sock monkey!

After playing around with my sewing machine I felt confident enough to begin the sock monkey!

I was so excited when I got the two legs done!

My first sewing project was coming to life!

I am very pleased with how the sock monkey turned out!

And I must say, I am in love with using my sewing machine!!

Superman Pillow

This year I racked and racked my brain trying to figure out 

what to make for my younger brother for Christmas.

After much browsing on Pinterest and through my craft books,

I still didn't have any idea.

I knew that he liked Superman, Cowboys, Tarheels, and frogs.

I couldn't think of anything to do with Cowboys or Tarheels

and I had already made him several frog items.

Finally, between brainstorming with my boyfriend and Mom,

we came up with the idea of a Superman pillow!

Well, I am new to using my sewing machine and don't have a lot of material.

I have quite a bit of felt so I decided to make his pillow out of felt.

And so the process began..

I cut out the diamond shape on yellow then on red.

I hand drew the Superman emblem with maker onto the felt.

I then cut out the emblem out.

I hand used black permanent marker to go around the edges of the logo and add depth.

I used black embroidery hread to hand sew the logo.

I used yellow to hand sew the logo onto the blue of the pillow.

I then used my sewing machine to sew the pillow together and then stuffed!

I love the way it turned out!!