{"id":20085,"date":"2015-02-18T05:33:45","date_gmt":"2015-02-18T10:33:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.shadowmanor.com\/blog\/?p=20085"},"modified":"2015-02-12T11:30:41","modified_gmt":"2015-02-12T16:30:41","slug":"giant-squid-pillow","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.shadowmanor.com\/blog\/?p=20085","title":{"rendered":"Giant Squid Pillow"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.shadowmanor.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/giantsquid-150x100.jpg\" alt=\"Giant Squid Pillow\" width=\"150\" height=\"100\" class=\"contentimg\" \/>Giant squid are undeniably awesome, but just as undeniably hard to cuddle due to their unfortunate insistence on living underwater.  No more must your squid-snuggling proclivities go unslaked&#8211;this <a href=\"http:\/\/build-a-diy.tumblr.com\/post\/60084351985\/8-foot-giant-squid-pillow-youll-need-2-yards\">Build-a-DIY tutorial<\/a> has a pattern and easy instructions for making a big plush squid of your very own.<\/p>\n<p>Their sample squid is 8 feet long, but the pattern could be scaled down (or, I guess, up if you want a mega-colossal squid).  You could make a whole shoal* of different sizes and colors.<\/p>\n<p>The tutorial calls for felt, but the construction method seems to indicate that it would work with pretty much any fabric so this would be a good way to use up scraps from other sewing projects.  You could have velvet squid, brocade squid, even faux-fur squid if you&#8217;re feeling particularly ambitious.<\/p>\n<p>The tutorial also suggests polka-dot fabric for the underside of the tentacles to suggest suckers, but also links to a <a href=\"http:\/\/theinboxjaunt.com\/2013\/04\/16\/free-motion-quilting-circles-tuesday-tutorial\/\">method<\/a> for creating quilted circles for a more three-dimensional appearance.  You could also do both, quilting the polka dots on the fabric for a really sucker-y look.<\/p>\n<p>This is a fun project which doesn&#8217;t require advanced sewing skills, and the payoff is a cuddly squid of your very own.  What could be better?<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>\n<br \/>\n*I couldn&#8217;t remember if a group of squid was called a &#8220;school&#8221; or not, so I startled typing, &#8220;a group of squid&#8221; and Google auto-suggested &#8220;a group of squid is not called a squad,&#8221; which makes me sad.  I want to be able to yell, &#8220;Look!  A squad of squid!&#8221; and I&#8217;m terribly disappointed that I can&#8217;t.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Giant squid are undeniably awesome, but just as undeniably hard to cuddle due to their unfortunate insistence on living underwater. No more must your squid-snuggling proclivities go unslaked&#8211;this Build-a-DIY tutorial has a pattern and easy instructions for making a big plush squid of your very own. Their sample squid is 8 feet long, but the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-20085","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-doom-it-yourself"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.shadowmanor.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20085","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.shadowmanor.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.shadowmanor.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.shadowmanor.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.shadowmanor.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=20085"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"http:\/\/www.shadowmanor.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20085\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24181,"href":"http:\/\/www.shadowmanor.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20085\/revisions\/24181"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.shadowmanor.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=20085"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.shadowmanor.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=20085"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.shadowmanor.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=20085"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}