I spent one evening cutting out circles from wool and felt to embellish some wool scarves that I saved from the thrift store. I hope to have about 6 to take to Artfest for vendor night.
The owl got finished up and is ready for stuffing. And in the meantime I hooked up another squirrel holding an acorn. My plan is to buy about 4 bags of stuffing when I head down to pick up my son today. Luckily our meeting spot is right near Craft Essentials so I can zoom in before he gets out of school.
We have our Rug Hooking meeting tonight at Pepa's at 7pm. Always fun to see what everyone is working on!
A new hooked bird that got finished up last night during the Academy Awards.
And just for fun I thought I'd show you how I make the fabric painted owls. First I just do a rough sketch of owl shapes with a Sharpie on some cotton fabric. Then I sew around the outline. I trim off the excess and cut a 2" line down the middle back to turn it inside out. Then I stuff it with polyfil, sew up the opening and paint several coats of paint on the cotton. Decorate it with more paint and add legs...I will show more photos as I go along.
7 comments:
Mary those scarves are fabulous!
We have 3 of your creatures at my house and they make us so happy, we talk to them or about them just about every day. I thought you should know.
Thanks Julie and Kel!
Always appreciate your comments!
Happy that your creatures get talked to! I am sure they enjoy your company!
I love your new bright blue bird. And can't wait to see the painted owls. I made some Christmas pillows that I painted on muslin. Just another way to create something fun!
I am just finishing some wool owls for birthday gifts. I'll post pics on my blog tomorrow, when the last one goes in the mail!
I love the birds that you hook - they are always so bright and pretty. (love the wool circles too)
The scarfs are just sooo creative and fun.
Putting one of those on would make anyone
smile : )
Thanks for sharing the how-to on the painted
owls. Love to see how things are done.
Your rug hooking is fabulous. I checked out a book
from the local library on rug hooking and I have heard of a fabulous wool cottage in the woods to buy wool...I am afraid to go because I think I will become
addicted to wool lol!
Oh Mary, those wool circles are making me hap.py! xoxo
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