Check this off my list!

I spent the day checking projects off my (imaginary) list. I have had this project travel around my studio,It has gone in Marge , back home again. All I needed to do was a few more stitchings on it and it was done. I hate that I procrastinate and then it only takes me 5 minutes.

I designed it, cut it out and stitched it probably in a weekend or 2 back in October '08. Like I said it was almost done.

This is what I finished up yesterday.

Isn't he cute. It is made out of wool felt and every piece is stitched on by hand with embroidery floss. It measures out 12"x12". But there is still a catch........It doesn't have a back nor a binding. I don't really have a place to hang it so how do I " finish" it off? So here we go again.......... It will travel from one surface to another in my house until it has a home or I hate it so much it ends up at Goodwill. .

I love working with wool and hand stitching. I bought this cute bird pattern from Betz White Etsy store. So I have been making birds. I made one for my sister, Carie. She was going to be traveling to see a friend and she HATES to fly. I thought this little bird will keep her safe on her travels.

The eyes are glittery buttons and my camera wouldn't catch that. A long time ago I use to make knitting bags out of wool sweaters (before everyone else did) and this was one of them. I cut it up again and made it into a bird. Wa-La. I stuffed it with Polyfil and plastic pellets to give it some weight.

I wanted to make more so I cut up another wool bag. (yes they are ALL over my house).

I went to GW and bought a couple more sweaters. I couldn't believe I was doing that again, (buying wool sweaters). Now you can't find them. I went to my favorite Goodwill that everything is in great big huge rolling bins. Nothing is sorted or on hangers, you have to dig for it. Like Dumpster diving. God I love that place. I wear my cute little pink gloves and roll up my sleeves and go for it. It is not for everyone that is for sure. (PU!) But I have found the greatest deals in that mess that's for sure! Any way .......... I found 3 wool sweaters the other day. Either everyone is cold or other people are making things out of wool all of sudden. I would come home with huge bags of sweaters before. I use to have a friend that would have a Mountain of Sweaters in her studio all the time. We would jump on them and ooooh and aaaaah over how they were going to felt... Oh those were the days.

So I came home and threw them into the hot water and started felting away.

My white one came out looking like this.

I washed it with a green Lambs wool sweater. OOPS!

I had some shaving to do. This is an Angora sweater by the way.

So with a Buzz Buzz here and a snip snip there.

I got a Birdie

When I had my surgery I cut out all those hearts for another project, It was my "therapy".

I stitched the small hearts onto the large ones yesterday and now I'm using them for wings.

I turned on some great Independent films on my MAC and watched movies and stitched away. Luvin' my Netflix.

This little white bird is so soft.

I have another old sweater bag that is becoming a bird right now in my studio.

Next I will show pictures of my studio. Stay tuned for that.

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