These Eyes

Every time I start a ghostly creature I’m surprised by how long the prep takes. Now that the 3.5” squares for all 9 creatures are cut, I tell myself it’s just a matter of deciding on a layout and sewing it together. 

Pre-spider web eyes

Not. 

Each creature has a different layout with a different number of additional foundation-paper-pieced parts. Our Boy Mickey has 2 eyes, no mouth,

5 left-leaning and 4 right-leaning snowballs (not interchangeable, believe me, I’ve tried!), 

1 double snowball and 2 half square triangles. Oh, and a star or two. 

Tonight I tried some fussy cut sparkly webs for his eyeballs. Like! Now to decide which eye layout looks best…. 

BOOne on the left for eyeball comparison.

It’s no wonder these take forever, but it sure is fun to play around with the options.