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Making a Bird

December 4, 2015

My local artists group, the Wellesley Women Artisans, is holding our third annual holiday art swap next week. Each of us is making a small piece of original art which we’ll wrap and then swap with someone else. I felt like this was a great opportunity to make a fabric bird again.

bird without feathers

There were a few years (2007-2009) when birds were my obsession. All of the fabric I bought was for birds and my desk was covered in Audubon guides. Then I wrote a book of bird patterns and when it was finished I felt totally done with birds.

bird

Still, though, I really like birds and every so often I like making them. For this one I chose a vintage print that a friend of mine found in a pile at the Winchester dump. It’s lovely! I pulled some Kona solids to coordinate. I listened to Lotta Jansdotter on the Craftsanity podcast while I made this and together it was a pretty heavenly way to spend a Thursday morning.

The Artful Bird

Get the pattern for this bird in The Artful Bird: Feathered Friends to Make and Sew.

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Comments

  1. RLC says

    December 4, 2015 at 10:14 am

    What a lovely little bird. Great work. ๐Ÿ™‚

  2. Amruta says

    December 5, 2015 at 8:41 am

    So lovely and realistic. You are amazing and my inspiration to make stuffed animals.

  3. ACS Blog says

    December 12, 2015 at 5:16 am

    This is a really cool idea! Our Christmas tree is still barren and the price for decoration is just too much to bear! Iโ€™d probably make a white birth and use some glitters to make it โ€œfestiveโ€.

    • Abby says

      December 14, 2015 at 8:57 pm

      Sounds beautiful ๐Ÿ™‚

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