My little sister, Rachel, was visiting us from D.C. these past few days and it was so great to see her. We immediately started thinking up projects for her new gocco and drooling over the big package of Sizzix paddle punches that just arrived. My sister and I used to craft together all the time when we were kids and I really miss her now that we live so far away.
While she was here I was patiently sewing many tiny wing feathers onto this owl, and he is finally complete tonight. His head is rotated much more than the the other owl and his feathers are a different shape. Here is a wing detail from this owl.
When I took a few steps back to look him over the other day I realized that he bears a strong resemblance to the very first original soft toy I designed, back in May of 2005. Do you see it? That was so funny to me. I guess I still see owls the same way, but now I can interpret them in fabric with more complexity.
Saturday was the closing of Beyond the Book at the Honan-Allston Branch of the Boston Public Library. It was a fun show and I was so excited to learn that this piece
had won the Librarian’s Choice Distinctive Merit Award. How nice!
He looks great. I like the colors a lot.
Congratulations on BOTH your announcements 🙂
Mazel tov! And that new owl is really, really sharp!
Your owl is just brilliant, as are all your designs. Just brilliant!
Another amazing owl! And congratulations on your award!
congratulations!! you are most deserving. 🙂
love the owl too.
How cool about the award. Even cooler is that owl. I think this owl is my favorite yet. It is interesting to see how your work as progressed yet was so awesome right from the start.
Go Abby.
Love that owl.
LOVE that owl.
congratulations!
I love that owl, he is amazing, and wise I’m sure. And congrats on the award.
Mazal Tov on the award, Abby. You truly deserve it. I love this second owl (loved the first one too) but now I have seen how you have turned his head, I think he is amazing!
the owl looks awesome, especially the eyes :<). I miss you too, i am going to make a postcard protype tonight for my gocco that i can always use when i do postcards, now that i know how to clean off the master.
Abby, those owls are AMAZING.
One day, somehow I will own one of your birds. Promise.
xxx
Wow, that owl is the coolest thing ever! I love what you are doing with the feathers, and its eyes are amazing. Congrats on the award! Hope to see you soon.
Congratulations!
I almost feel silly posting this comment, as I seem to post something along these lines with frequency, but this piece is drop-dead gorgeous. I mean, just gorgeous. The layering of fabric to compose the eyes and the shape of the feather pieces is just brilliant.
And congratulations on the well-deserved award.
So deserving of course! Congrats!
Wow – this is amazing! I love the fabrics you have used and the eyes and wings look fabulous.
my goodness, he is absolutely lovely. you have incredible patience to work on those wings in such detail!
And so it should win awards – many of them in fact!
Loving the owl, and especially his beautiful feathers.
Owls have been so plentiful lately. The time and detail that you put into yours is so apparent. It is just lovely!
WOW, Congratulations!! Love them both!
oh that owl makes my heart sing, so gorgeous! wow!