I love Pottery Barn Kids. Their catalog is filled with so many fun things. A great place to get inspiration for a crafting project.
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I love these owl bookends. I knew I could create these with fabric I already had in the house.
This is the bedskirt from my daughter's crib (she's almost 10 now). I have always loved this fabric. I have saved it and used it on a few projects for her room.
I started by drawing the outline of an owl on a piece of paper. I just did it freehand and then tweaked it until it was just right.
After cutting out the owl shape out of the crib bedskirt fabric, I cut out the chest of the owl from a sheet of felt. I have sheets and sheets of felt in all different colors. I bought them when they were on sale for $0.15 each.
I then cut out the wings, eyes, nose etc out of more felt.
I cut out the eyes in layers of color.
Next it was time to embroider all of the pieces onto the owl.
First I embroidered the grey part of the eye to the green and beige.
I also embroidered on the chest, feathers, nose and eyes to the floral fabric owl.
When I cut out the pink wings, I cut out two per side. I embroidered them together leaving an opening at the top to stuff them a little.
I couldn't find my stuffing, so I used a piece of batting I had and tore it apart a little.
With both wings stuffed, I laid the wings onto the owl, pinning them in place before sewing the back side of the owl on. The right side of the picture is correct. I don't know why the wing on the left is so far over in the picture. It was moved to the edge before I sewed it.
With right sides of the owl together, I pinned the owl sides in place.
Using my sewing machine I sewed the owl together leaving the entire bottom section open. Remember, it's going to be a bookend.
I needed to cut out an oval to serve as it's base. I sewed this base all around the bottom of the owl leaving a small section...just enough to fit a funnel inside. Why a funnel...because I will be stuffing Mr. Owl with white rice. I needed something that would make him weighted. Rice works for me. But before filling him with rice, I stuffed his ears with some batting. That way they would stay pointed.
I had to pour the rice in somewhat slowly to avoid the funnel getting clogged.
The finished product is too cute...don't you think?
Mr. Owl is a perfect addition to my daughter's bookcase.
The best part was that I had everything in the house already. A tip if you're going to try this one...when you draw out your owl, make him a little wider at the bottom than you normally would. Mine is a little thinner than I'd like, but still cute.
Let me know what you think of my version of Mr. Owl. I always love and appreciate hearing from you.
Also, don't forget that I will be having my second blog party tomorrow. The link will open up tonight at 8pm EST. Last week was a great success. I hope you will all join in for the fun.
-Judy
