Yesterday, while I was stalking, I mean looking at
Pinterest I came across the adorable bird mobiles first made famous by Michael Fulkerson. Check out his brilliant designs at his Etsy site,
ohmyeye & drool a little at where these might fit in your home. I hadn't sewn in a while (practically since my 7th grade home-ec class) so I decided to try my hand at these birdies. When the Spirit leads, follow... I found a
free printable pattern with east-to-follow directions from the nice people at
Spool & went to work, with my cute helper, Cali, sitting by to cheer me on! Here are the results:
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| Fun fabrics. |
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| Patterns. |
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| Cali, my sweet helper! |
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| Go! |
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| Don't let her get this 'dog toy'... |
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| Find him a nice home here... |
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| ...or maybe here? |
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| Presto...here! |
It was a huge success & really quite easy...& this is coming from novice sewer, me! I had a blast expressing my creativity through the sewing machine. This project got me thinking that it would be cool to spray paint branches from my backyard white & hang Christmas colored bird buddies from them for a jazzy holiday decoration. Perhaps I will do that later today. Keep an eye out here to see my holiday twist this craft, although I must say my perched guy up there already
has a winter feel to him. I like!
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