A more feathery kitchen

I was able to finish the bird mobile I mentioned earlier, and although I had made it to spruce up the living room, decided to hang it in the kitchen. I think they belong there actually, now that I see them bobbing in their splotch of sunlight. These guys were easy and fun to make, and really you could do any creature you wanted. I basically drew my bird on paper and cut out various felt colours, then made wings out of patterned scraps, filled them with polyfill and added their feathers and faces. The embroidery was the most enjoyable part. I only recently became interested in embroidery, and I'm really looking forward to learning more about it. So far I'm just making things up (as you can see, I sometimes get a little carried away with the whole "why not!" factor).









I have a tote bag to show you soon too (with a squirrel on it, yay!), another project from Amy Karol's book. You know, I really dig her book. I like how loose she is with the instructions. This may sound like a problem at first but I actually find it liberating. I have books with tons of instruction and I still make mistakes with those, and I spend way more time trying to decipher what I'm supposed to do before I do it. That stresses me out!

I hope you are having a good weekend, whoever and wherever you are.