Sharktopus Plush

I'm a brand new member to The Needle, and this is my first post. *waves*

And what would be better for my first post than.... DUN DUN DUUUUUUUUN....
SHARKTOPUS!!! Half shark, half octopus, 100% cute!



He's actually not that bad of a guy. He just wants to take a tiny nibble of your leg is all....




Here he is watching tv with my boyfriend. See, friendly as can be!


This was a recent commission a friend asked me to create for his girlfriend. Its a monster based off of a made for tv SyFy movie, Sharktopus. I'm really happy with how he turned out. I'm absolutely in love with his little tentacles and now need to think of even more things to add tentacles too. I received an email from the director of the movie Sharktopus, asking me what it would take for him to get one for himself. So now I'm working on another one for the director. :D

Octozombie

Introducing octozombie! He is made with 100% wool and has needle-felted mouth, eye sockets, eyeballs, teeth, and blood. Detached tentacle reattaches with use of a magnet hidden inside. Tentacles are wired for posability. His fish prey is also 100% wool, with a needle-felted head wound.
I just sent this fearsome creature to terrorize the Big Apple. He's my entry in the APW Gallery's Custom Toy Exhibit, running April 3 to April 27. The exhibit is actually contest, with the grand prize being a solo exhibition. So if you live in or near New York, please go see the exhibit and vote for octozombie!
Also, you can now become a fan of Plushroom Soup on Facebook, and you can also follow me on Twitter!

It Came from beneath the Sea

Behold Edmund, another ferocious monster from the dark depths of the sea:

Edmund is about 35 percent smaller than my previous sea monsters—I wish I had a larger one on hand to photograph him with so you could compare—but he's no less terrifying . . . to fish, at least.

I think he's pretty awesome, but I think he still needs something. A toupee, maybe? What do you think?

Sigmund the Sea Monster

I have been a bad blogger lately. I've participated in a few craft shows, but mainly I've been buried under custom orders, like this one:
Some of you may remember this guy from the 70s cartoon Sigmund and the Sea Monsters. The show was on-air a few years before I was born, so I never watched the show myself. And, after having watched a few clips on YouTube, I can't say I feel I missed anything. :)

But making a plush version of Sigmund was a ton of fun. I basically adapted my monster pattern, making the body a bit wider and longer. Then, I added eight tentacles and a smattering of wool felt leaves tacked together one by one.
I'm very proud of Sigmund, and even though he's probably the most time-consuming plushie I've made to date, I can't wait to adapt the pattern for various other sea creatures.