Over the weekend I was fortunate enough to come across a lengthy piece of blue (what we think is fake) suede in the fabric shop. It was screaming out to me to make some birds…so I did.
It was kind of difficult to sew with. I kept feeling as though the needle hole would tear, but when I came to stuff it turns out that fabric is really hard wearing and the resulting bird has a really nice soft appearance and feel.
I also tried something different with the legs and they have held in position really well, while being a lot easier to get in place. The eye is sewn on this one rather than being a bead…just because I couldn’t be bothered to find my pot of seed beads!
The stitching on these is with darning wool rather than embroidery floss.
And, the underside is the opposite side of the blue suede effect. Still lovely and soft though.
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Tags: bird, blue, craft, gift, handmade, ornament, sculpture
