Sock Monsters - The Making of... (continued)

The Spotty Legless Monster

Again, with this monster i used what i had learnt from making the previous monsters and created it without designing it first. I like the idea of seeing something in its simplest form - a sock - and visualizing what it could become. I knew straight away with this sock that i wanted it to have really long arms or legs (and later on stuck with arms).

• For this monster i used two socks instead of one. Below is the sock cut into the pieces i needed for each body part. The 'toe' part of the sock was not needed for this monster. I then folded the two longer pieces inside out and in half.

• I then sewed up the edge of the long piece of sock and left a gap for the stuffing and repeated with the other long piece. I then stuffed both arms and put them aside. I wanted this monster to have a plump mouth so i turned the main body of the other sock inside out and placed some stuffing where the heel is. I sewed around the lips and through the middle to keep it tight and to keep all the stuffing in place.

• I used buttons for eyes again and sewed 2 above the mouth. To try and get a tidy finish with sewing the arms on, i turned the body inside out and made two holes for the arms to poke through. I sewed around the edges of the top of the arms and into the body. When i turned it back the right way round it worked fairly well but i had to touch it up a bit and get the arms to attach tighter.

• After attaching the arms, i had to sew up the top of the head, which i did inside out and sewed in a half moon shape to make a rounded clean stitch head. I then stuffed the body with cushion stuffing.

• I then sewed up the bottom and tried to make sure there wasn't a lot of fabric sticking out so that the monster is able to sit up alone (this sort of worked...)

And here is the finished Spotty Legless Monster!