If I have nothing to do with my hands I start chewing on my nails. A 41 year old woman really should not be doing that anymore but it is the truth. Thankfully there is always something new to discover and currently I am trying to teach myself to needle felt and how to sew soft animals/toys. I like to needle felt a lot but when they warn you that those needles are sharp, they are not kidding. You should see my poor fingers. My children sat around me and just silently handed me band aids. My youngest asked, why I kept on working when my fingers were bleeding. I said:" because it is fun." You should have seen the look she gave me ; )
A nod to our lion head bunny, Angus
Another endeavor I am on is to teach myself the art of making soft animals/toys with fabric. I started with birds because I love them and all the possibilities one has to use different fibers and embroidery to create a unique piece. My very first one, is based on a snowy owl.
The feathers are cashmere, a find at our local thrift store. And lots of stitching with colored cotton and added beads.
My second bird is a crow from the Aesop's fable, were the crow borrows feathers to look just as grand as the other, more colorful birds.
Books I can recommend for learning are: The artful bird by Abigail Patner Glassenberg. She also blogs!
And for needle felting I love these two books: Little felted animals and Wool pets.
But if you are going to start needle felting definitely invest in some good leather thimbles. Heck you actually need them sewing the birds as well come to think of it ; )
Another endeavor I am on is to teach myself the art of making soft animals/toys with fabric. I started with birds because I love them and all the possibilities one has to use different fibers and embroidery to create a unique piece. My very first one, is based on a snowy owl.
The feathers are cashmere, a find at our local thrift store. And lots of stitching with colored cotton and added beads.
My second bird is a crow from the Aesop's fable, were the crow borrows feathers to look just as grand as the other, more colorful birds.
Books I can recommend for learning are: The artful bird by Abigail Patner Glassenberg. She also blogs!
And for needle felting I love these two books: Little felted animals and Wool pets.
But if you are going to start needle felting definitely invest in some good leather thimbles. Heck you actually need them sewing the birds as well come to think of it ; )
2 comments:
These birds are so fantastic! Really wonderful. I hope you didn't lose power during the storm - we lost ours for about 2 days, so I couldn't sew!
Actually we got lucky! We only lost power twice, both times while we were sleeping. But I have been sewing by hand mostly anyway ; )
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