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BiblioCraft Corner: Strong Strong Edition...plus a new and exciting arrival!

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Have you ever really loved a book? Have you ever wanted to show how much you loved that book by making something? I feel this way a lot. Sometimes this results in awesome crafts and sometimes.....not so awesome crafts. This is the start of a new series' of blog entries called BiblioCraft Corner, all about crafts I (or you) make that are inspired by or created from books!

 For our inaugural entry, I'd like to share the craft I worked on this weekend. Remember when I blogged about Zita the Spacegirl a few weeks ago? Well, my favorite character is Strong Strong and I really wanted my very own Strong Strong (though maybe not quite so large as he is in the book!), so I decided to make one! I asked the author Ben Hatke if he minded my creating a Strong Strong doll and he was cool with it. 

(Strong Strong is the big guy!)

Of course then it took me several months to get around to it...but I started it this weekend! Here's what I've got so far. Please keep in mind that I do not sew, I was just relying on my memories of making a pillow in the Girl Scouts when I was in 2nd grade...


 I used an old sweater I bought at Goodwill and sketched him out sewed three sides of him and then flipped him inside out and sketched his face and star on! I've got to make a yellow star for his chest, put some stuffing in him and stitch him up and then he'll be ready for some adventures in space!

Have you ever been inspired to make something because of a book? Tell me in the comments or send me a description and photos to my email address to be featured on the blog!

DFTBA,
Sti

P.S. Guess what we got in the mail today!
 It comes out October 2nd! Have you placed your hold yet?

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