What Mon-stors Are Made Of - #1

I thought it would be fun to add a new series on the blog centered around what Mon-stors are made from. If you've been around for a while, or if you're just discovering Lu & Ed, you may have noticed I say they are made with up-cycled fabrics. But just what does that mean? Wonder no more! This series will show you just what Mon-stors are made of! Rawr!

This week, I'm showing off these XXL PJ pants I found at a thrift store, as modeled by my son (by standing in one leg of the pants, haha!)....

That I turned into this Mon-stor. (sorry for the blurry photo, it's the only one I snapped before I packed it up for it's new home!)

And this tote.

And two plush (only one shown here because I ran out of stuffing, whoops!).

 The tiny scraps of fabric I had left I diced and stuffed the plush monsters with! :) And that is how Lu & Ed is keeping the Earth clean - by using post production and gifted fabrics fabrics, there is no excess air pollution or waste from textile factories and since I use every last little scrap, so there is absolutely no landfill waste from the production of Mon-stors going into landfills. Makes ya feel all warm and fuzzy inside, right? ;)

Tune in next week and see what I've done with these pants!

$20 Tuesday

It's Tuesday. I had $20. What did I do?

 Went to my favorite thrift store, and bought fabric! Here are my finds!

I scored this awesome double sheet in my favorite shade of blue, with tie reverse tie dye circles all over it. $4.99

 Eight feet of navy cotton gauze. $2.99

 This sunny, brand new fleece blanket, 60"x60" - $4.99

And this is actually a polar fleece night gown, but I love the charcoal on pale pink print! Can't wait to turn it into monsters! $2.99

With my 20% discount for bringing in a donation of goods, my total came out to $12.76 for all these awesome fabric finds! Can't wait to show you what I make with them!

I ♥ Thrift Stores

I picked up some amazing finds today at a thrift store - some fuzzy blue fleece and this super amazing TROLL fabric! I also obtained a little white thing that holds about 15 spools of thread, which helped tame the clutter of the sewing area a bit. :D

Eye couldn't wait to do something with the spotted fleece. :) I'll finish this guy up tomorrow. I've sewn so much in the past two days my own eyes are crossing. I need sleeeeeeeep.