Showing posts with label handmade bird. Show all posts
Showing posts with label handmade bird. Show all posts

Friday, 9 May 2014

George

This is George, a little wren (or sparrow) I made as a commission.  That's him sitting on the back of Mossy the Moose in the second picture.  I love him because he's got a little tilt to him, and he was very well received!




Tuesday, 6 May 2014

Rusty

Still going with the wrens!  This is Rusty (Ruuuuusty the Snowmaaaan!)  - no, Rusty the wren, with his little brown chequered stripe to the wings.  In the meantime, Sid (second from the left in the last picture) has found a home!






Saturday, 3 May 2014

Thursday, 1 May 2014

Sid

When I took Murphy (Murphy the wren) into the Art & Craft Centre last week, I had one lady buy him and another put an order in for one!  That, along with some positive comments online, made me think that I should make some more.  They are one of those things that take a while to make, and don't sell for very much (they are £12 each), but on the other hand, at least that's something, and they are very good for using up mohair scraps - which I have tons and tons of!

So, this is my wren-making week, except that - because of the different colour fabrics - they don't all look like wrens.  This, for example, is Sidney, made out of the remnants of what was a very expensive antique German mohair.  It's quite a scruffy, distressed-looking fabric with lots of bald patches (highly prized in teddy bears!) so he looks a bit of a scrapper.  He even looked like he was going to take on the cat in one photo.  But perhaps more a sparrow than a wren?