It's been months since I first fell in love with the work of Australian Clare Carter, in particular her gorgeous bird mobiles. I thought of them again when I received a circular last week featuring more lovely hanging birds by Spool Sewing, this time including a simple pattern.
Of course I had to have a little try...
I'd been thinking about making some hanging robins as Christmas decorations - so sorry to mention it already, but when you're a full-time mum and part-time craftsperson, you have to start early (I have already sent off an order of cards and it's still August!)
Anyway, I adjusted the pattern to create more of a robin shape and finished off by sitting the birds on a cinnamon stick...
For these prototypes I have used synthetic stuffing, but would really like to use some kind of Christmas spice - anybody got any suggestions? They need a little tweaking but I like to keep my creations a bit primitive and not too perfect!All I need now is a bit of snow, so that I can take some festive photos of them! Alright, I'm only joking!
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GENIUS!!!!!
ReplyDeleteI am totally impressed and have been meaning to make some birds for a while. hope you don't mind if I have a go too. x And stop mentioning the s word, although it does mean that I am a bit closer to getting my lovely boots out.
I absolutely love your robins. Seriously I would love to order 5/6 of them for Christmas. Will you be selling them?
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Thank you so much! Yep, I'll be selling them on Folksy in the not too distant future!
ReplyDeleteLovely!
ReplyDeleteLove the robins, and the cinnamon stick is the perfect finishing touch. I am having same problem with christmas 'stuffing', I have made robins and blackbirds, I was thinking of grinding down Christmas potpourii, with added extra's (cinamon, cloves, things that keep ok) to spice it up some more. Beth
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Becky
Hi my sister, these are so sweet. Have a feeling my house will soon be filled with all sorts of stuffed smelly animal creations. LOVE x
ReplyDeleteKIrsty - these are beautiful. I'll definitely be buying some. You're going to be busy!
ReplyDeletethose are gorgeous, I'd totally love to buy some too :) maybe if you filled them with beans (like bean bag beans/lentils) and add some cloves into the mix that would give the smell you want?
ReplyDeleteOh Kirsty a really gorgeous idea!!To keep them light as they will be hanging I would experiment with adding christmas spice to the wadding itself.I don't think it would dissolve and it might just keep its smell.I really love the cinnamon stick !! Clare
ReplyDeleteKirsty these are amazing! so clever to alter them for christmas as well! thank you so much for your lovely comments on my blog, i really appreciate it :) x
ReplyDeleteyey i recognise that polka dot fabric!!! gorgeous jo and I have been going birdie mad too - just reminded me to post some pics!!
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