Last month I've added one more to my considerable list of bird-pieces.
This time I pieced together a tiny owl
The tiniest of all owls,
not much bigger than a blackbird !
She often re-uses pieces of old quilts
as a background in her work, but I piece mine together
with varies pieces and leftovers in the colours that I need
that I baste to a slightly bigger cotton background.
For the bird I start to look at many photographs
and then make a sketch of the position I like best,
to have a template to build up the bird with snippets of fabric.
as a background in her work, but I piece mine together
with varies pieces and leftovers in the colours that I need
that I baste to a slightly bigger cotton background.
For the bird I start to look at many photographs
and then make a sketch of the position I like best,
to have a template to build up the bird with snippets of fabric.
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When and eyes, beak, feet and some "feather-stitches" are added
I just have to make some extra stitches in the background.
The last task is painting a 20 x 20 cm canvas
and stitch the finished piece onto it !
(ohh, that last bit still has to be done !)
and stitch the finished piece onto it !
(ohh, that last bit still has to be done !)
Oh my word Els!! Your work is so amazing 🙂 Love the owl. We have a couple that live outside of our place. We love hearing them, which happens mostly in the fall. ~Nancy
BeantwoordenVerwijderen((Nancy)) I heard one a few years back with the door to the balcony open . . . a bit later he was sitting in the ginkgo tree in the garden ! (just a silhouettte but special !)
VerwijderenWat een prachtige uil heb je gemaakt Els!
BeantwoordenVerwijderenDankjewel Conny ! Vogels maken blijft een leuk werkje :-)
Verwijderenal wat jij maakt heeft zijn schoonheid
BeantwoordenVerwijderenAhhhh Maria, dankjewel ! Hij is nu gezoomd en het canvas is geschilderd. (maar dat moet ik nog even op een paar plekjes bijwerken zodat de zijkant prcies past bij de stof)
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