Epic Pokemon is a go!

I bought as many threads as I could today at Michael's! They were missing about 13, which is not too shabby... and an even better bonus was that I didn't hold up the line too much! Booooooooooooo yah. Though, I'm pretty sure the old bitty behind was having a fit because she had to stand for 2 extra minutes, like hand-tapping on the counter and everything, haha.

I just didn't get the aida cloth for it because I got confused about the chart sizing for the project. It said 72.24 cm x 127 cm. Will worked that out to be like 4 feet tall! Uhh...that can't be right? So I held off on buying the cloth and checked it out after. It's actually supposed to be half that, just the program doubled counts.

Ughghg I can't wait to start!

#28 Crochet Roses

I'm learning how to crochet! I tried to learn a few years ago, and gave up. Not so sure why I just gave up on it, but I think that for me to bother learning something I need an actual project to try out with the technique. Something relatively easy for a beginner like me! So I found a cute and simple pattern on how to crochet some roses. Basically it's just single chains and some double chains, which are within my grasp, haha. Magic circle? Oh helllll no. Not yet at least, haha.

It's kind of addictive. I like the way the hook feels, all shiny and metal. I've made about 8 over the week, and still take a while making them. Only because I've been multi-tasking as well as I'm a super newb to the art of crochet. I like it! Hopefully I'll keep making things with it, but crochet clothing doesn't really appeal to me that much. I just like cute things - plushies, hearts, roses, etc.

Onto the pictures!

All the roses in a jar. I made the felt plush hearts last year around Valentine's.

Red and pink roses!

The tutorial I used had a stem/leaf crochet pattern part too but I was kind of lazy and didn't want to buy more yarn so I just used the pipe cleaner suggested and left it uncovered.

Speaking of which, the tutorial was from PlanetJune!

Is this crazy?

I've been pretty obsessed with Pokemon lately. Last night I found a blog where someone was cross-stitching every Pokemon from the original 150 to make a huge mural, from a pattern found on the Sprite Stitch forum. Thinking this over, it seems insane, but I want to try it too! They have a Generation II pattern, which is what I'd probably make because it's the game I've got and the Pokemon I love. :D

I went through all the threads I've got and I have 26 out of the 101 that I need to make it. Yup, 101 threads. The largest I've ever attempted had 50ish and that was crazy enough! I dunno, I feel it's time to try something huge again - and colourful to boot. It's supposed to be 14.2x25 inches...it'll look amazing on the wall.

My game plan will be to do a couple of pokemon a week, maybe one or more depending on how I feel. I think this time though I should go all out and buy all the colours at once. When I did my last huge one, the major reason why I gave up was because I was sick of doing it piece-meal and going to the craft store every other week to get more colours.

Hopefully I'll start this next week! Yay!

#27 Valentine's Wreath

Finally for something a little bit more girly! Inspired by this tutorial I made a wreath for the reddest holiday of the year. I also just like hearts on things.

Instead of fabric glue, I used hot glue because I'm too impatient for fabric glue to dry, and I don't have enough coordination to do that action quickly either. So hot glue it was.

Here's the progress picture:

I wrapped the wreath in fabric scraps and glued them down as well. Then covered with fabric roses and embroidered felt hearts as I went.

The detail shot! It's got large roses as the base, then smaller roses, then topped with felt hearts that I used a blanket stitch around the edges.

And the whole shebang! I just tied a ribbon around the roses before glueing the heart in place.

I looooooooove it. Really easy tutorial to follow from that blog, just takes a lot of time, and hot glue. :)

#26 Flareon Cross-Stitch

I got Pokemon SoulSilver for Christmas because I'm 12 years old. Not really, but I do love the games! I especially love the pokewalker, haha. This post is dedicated to my love of Pokemon.

I actually started this cross-stitch back in September or so, but Michael's was missing two main colours when I was there...and then I got lazy about heading back to check if they were in stock, so I left it until the past weekend. Flareon was always my favourite Eevee evolution. :D

#25 Boo and Bob Omb Plushies

I think I may have started a small tradition for the holidays...well, I found nerdy people to craft for! Aka, the future brothers-in-law, haha. Last year, I cross-stitched them both some gaming related pictures that they really liked so I decided to follow up on that theme again this year.

I used Seremere's tutorial on how to make a boo plushie for Aaron, and altered it to make Bob Omb for David! The problem with crafting at my parent's house is that I never have all the items I usually need for things. Hitting up Creative Zone on the odd trip to Terrace is a pain! And Walmart is incredibily unreliable for finding the right stuff. Anywho, so I tried to used fabric glue that I bought for it, and it just didn't stick on at all. I ended up hand-sewing on all the facial features as well.

Anywho, onto the pictures!

Boo. I wish the stuffing wasn't grey. D: You can't really tell in the picture, but if you look close at it in person you can sort of see it through the white felt.

Bob Omb! I did a lot more improvising on this one obviously, lol.

Together now!