Well what a week of winter adventures it has been! After being hit with a foot of snow, I need a reminder that spring is coming, and one day the sun will shine again. So I decided to make this cute and colourful bird sitting on a stick to remind me that one day there will be colour in the world again (not that I don’t love the snow and winter, but I am ready for summer now!).
THE STICK
Take your stick, and starting at one end, wrap the yarn around it.
To start, glue the yarn 1-2cm from the end of the stick, then take the yarn back to the end and start winding it. This way you’ll cover the place where you glued your yarn. Keep going along the stick. When you want to change colour, glue your new yarn onto the stick, and wrap the yarn you are using around the stick for a little bit so you cover where you have glued the next one. When you get to the end of the stick, put a small blob of glue near to the end of the stick and wrap the yarn around it.
THE BIRD
Find or draw a bird template that you like the shape of. For one bird you’ll need to cut out 2 body shapes and 2 wing shapes. Sew your wing shapes onto the body shapes.
Lay the body shapes right sides together and pin. Sew around the shape, half a cm in from the edge. Leave a gap of about 6-8 cms along the back of the bird.
Turn your bird the right way out. Fill with stuffing and sew up the gap in the back.
Using black embroidery cotton, embroider eyes onto the bird (you could use buttons if you prefer). Your bird is finished!
PUTTING IT ALL TOGETHER
Cut out 2 leaf shapes from green felt.
Take a moment to arrange your bird and leaves on the stick, and see what looks best. Attach your leaves, either by sewing them on, or with glue (a hot glue gun would work best), and then attach your bird in the same way.
Attach ribbon and hang up your lovely bird on a stick!
-JENNY
ohhhh this is a cute idea!!!
ReplyDelete-Alex