Spool Bird Mobile, Take 2!

Oh gosh, I FINALLY finished the bird mobile for my friend (her baby is a month old…eeek!).  Between not being motivated due to the heat and balancing issues with the branches, it has taken me WAY too long. I really thought this one would go faster, since I had already made a mobile, but it [...]

Finished “Spool” Bird Mobile

Wow, I started making these little birdies from Spool’s Blog a LONG time ago. I made a girly mobile for my friend, Ernessa over at Fierce and Nerdy and her baby, Betty, and I also made one for my own baby out of my leftover safari quilt fabric.
The birds were very easy to make [...]

Bird Mobiles and Baby Quilts, oh my!

My fabric arrived and I have been busy sewing my little fabric birds for my baby mobile!  I will post the finished product once I am done.  I have already been thinking about what I can make to coordinate with the bird mobile and I am considering making a baby quilt.  I have never quilted, [...]

Tutorial: Needle Felted Wool Bird

Bird wall hanging from “Fuzzy Felted Friends” by Saori Yamazaki

I finally had time to play with my needle felting tools and try it out!  I wanted to start small, since I am new at needle felting and this project seemed perfect.  The pieces are small and simple and it [...]