Animals
Having made a few batches of previous bonnie birds and developed a decorative pattern that I think works for them – see previous posts here – I’ve been keen to develop alternative patterns, something as it turns out is easier said than done. Here are a few examples of what I’ve come up with thus [...]
Jolene made this wee bunch of ‘flowers’ a few weeks ago and has seemingly been doing her best to ignore it ever since, I’m not sure why though, personally I think it’s rather fab and so I’ve decided to go behind her back and share them with you! Unfortunately I struggled to get a decent [...]
Maybe it’s been the first rays of spring-time sun but I was compelled to decorate the latest couple of Bonnie Birds in vibrant yellows and reds. I decided to stick with the simple design for these birds although I’m mulling over a variety of options for future generations of the Bonnie Birds … actually I’d [...]
Hitchcock’s, The Birds, was one of my favourite films as I grew up, the eerie notion that birds of all shapes and sizes should be overcome with an insatiable lust for human flesh, attacking young and old alike without provocation and otherwise simply sitting and waiting on some playground climbing frame for their next unsuspecting [...]
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It’s funny how an idea can sprout wings and take-off (dreadful pun entirely intended), such as it has been with these bonnie birds. It’s rather refreshing to have something I can make out of papier mache that doesn’t take forever and a day and that isn’t a bowl! Aside from this pair I’m hatching three [...]
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I’ve been watching Jolene create her fabric finches for months now, I suppose it was inevitable that I would end up taking some inspiration from them and feeding it into what I’m doing myself … indeed, Jolene alluded to as much here. The WIP previews she gave there though have long since been finished, and [...]
Hard as it is to believe the blog here has been on the go for a year, the first post being made on 27th December 2008. I think we’ve both come a long way since then both in terms of style and approach! The blog was initially conceived as a venue for sharing our arts [...]
You’ll need: printer paper sharp needle sharp scissors 6″ x 4″ piece of felt 36″ of 6 stranded embroidery thread stuffing Stitches used: Blanket Lazy Daisy Instructions: Click on the pattern below and print and cut it out. It’s sized to A4 so you’ll need to make sure your page size is set to [...]
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For those who don’t know DeviantArt is a massive online artists community which spans the globe and contains the work of many thousand artists and crafters, amateur and professional alike. I recently came across Karolina’s work while browsing through the submission feed and I’ve got to say it simply knocked my socks, her gallery is fabulous. [...]
Jolene has been experimenting with some different fabric for her felt finches and come up with these wee charmers. On the one hand we have a wee tartan or light tweed fellow and on the other we have an adorable little fluff ball, incredibly soft to the touch made out of a deep polar fleece. [...]
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