Spider

I wanted to put a spider on top of the bookcase.  I searched high and low for a paper pieced spider.  I did find a tarantula, but it wasn't what I wanted.  The legs were spread out around it, and I need all the legs pointing down, onto the bookcase.  So what's a girl to do?    I designed my OWN spider pattern, and I am in the process of paper piecing it!  Perhaps I made it a little too complicated...  It's VERY  hard to align all these spider legs, they are so skinny!  I have to pin everything about a half inch apart before I sew.  A HAIR OFF and it looks out of whack so fast!  My seam ripper is my new best friend!  Here's a picture of my progress:

I have the body done.  It was 5 main sections, and some of the sections had sections too!  The "eye" section had 4 parts.  YIKES!  These legs though, they're gonna be a real challenge...