So ya got a ball of string laying around and looking for a BIG Halloween decoration?
I have the idea for you, A GIANT Spider web!
How to:
Run straight lines of string from points around your yard wrapping each one around the center point once to secure a single center point.
Starting in the center wrap the string around the straight lines working in one direction (clockwise or counter clockwise, crafter's choice!)
Done!
I did say easy right?
Now I know this photo is blurry but I really like the shot of my friend, Maria taking pictures looking up at the web.
But my web needed a spider, dontcha know. So off to my wonderful copy of:
Wild & Wonderful Fleece Animals:
With Full-Size Patterns for 20 Cuddly Critters
By
Linda Carr
Fleece is soft, warm, easy to work with, and simple to sew—requiring no lining or edge-finishing. Even brand-new sewers can make the perfect gift in a weekend, or less!
This book provides easy step-by-step instruction to make a range of cuddly fleece creatures to keep or give away--in a variety of colors, textures, and patterns. Each of the 20 animals is featured in a full-size photograph, along with a variation in one or more colors or sizes. There are easy-to-follow line drawings and step-by-step text instruction for construction and assembly of each one. Linda adds her own creative touches to each of the simple shapes--decorative trims, bright appliques, and quick, secure closures. Full-size tissue patterns and templates are included for each of the projects. Fleece fabric is easy to find, and the selection of colors, patterns, and textures is increasing in larger craft chains and in traditional fabric outlets.
Includes full-size, fold-out patterns and templates for each of the 20 projects.
Linda Carr designs toys, dolls, and kids’ and doll clothing for Vogue patterns. She has worked with Vogue to create many licensed patterns, including Jim Henson’s Muppets, Cabbage Patch Kids, World Wildlife Federation toys, and the Madame Alexander series. Linda was featured in the February 2007 issue of Vogue Patterns. She is also the author of Classic Cloth Dolls: Beautiful Fabric Dolls and Clothes from the Vogue Patterns Collection.
So I gathered up the pattern pieces that come in the book and my supplies to make this great spider.
I cut out my pattern pieces. I am, as usual mixing it up a bit. I didn't have black fleece but I did have a black wool felted sweater, and it works great with fleece. Also, be the queen of plaid, I decided that my "Plaidspider" was to have a plaid belly.
I marginally deviated from the directions by using double sided fusible "web" hehe to adhere my plaid belly fabric to the underside body piece.
I sewed up the spider as indicated by the super easy directions and great illustrations.
I did make one more slight change. I had giant fluffy pipe cleaners that I used for the legs that hooked very nicely to Plaidspider's web!
Click on images to enlarge and see the great little smiling face!
Like the ghost in the background pop over to Sweater Surgery to see how I made it from, yes a sweater!
OK now I went a bit crazy with the pictures but they were so cool!
Please note: Superfly is "caught" in the web!
Now here I am just being downright silly. This isn't a chainsaw it is a hedge trimmer , but hey, it looks cool hu?
A grip friend of mine lit the web for night by placing and pointing the lights at the same level as the web.
That is the neatest decoration ever!!
Posted by: Bonney | October 09, 2008 at 12:01 PM
This is so fantastic and would be so much fun to make! I'll be linking to this!
Posted by: Rachel | October 09, 2008 at 12:38 PM
You never fail to amaze me with your crafting prowess. I *wish* I had a beautiful yard to decorate. I would do it with the multiple skeins of glow-in-the-dark yarn I had planned to knit with, but now with all the toxic talk buzzing around the innerwebs, I'm afraid I'd cause someone to get some fatal disease. Hmmm. Mebbe a little web in my living room window...
Posted by: MonkeyGurrl | October 09, 2008 at 03:54 PM
GREAT GREAT GREAT!
So simple an idea.
Posted by: Dave Lowe | October 10, 2008 at 04:24 PM
This is ADORABLE!!!!!!!!!!!
Posted by: Michelle | October 14, 2008 at 07:24 AM
This is ADORABLE!!!!!!!!!!!
Posted by: Michelle | October 14, 2008 at 07:24 AM
Giant spider web is looking awesome..!
Posted by: Ebony | October 17, 2008 at 04:16 AM
I MAKE A WEB OF FLUORESCENCE STRING. AND LIGHT MY YARD WITH 16 FOUR FOOT BLACK LAMPS, I HAVE BEEN DOING THIS FOR THE LAST EIGHT YEARS, WE ARE KNOWN AS THE GLOWHOUSE
Posted by: RICHARD | August 16, 2009 at 12:14 PM