Wednesday, June 01, 2011

Wool Pillow: The Barn Owl Flies Home at Dawn


For Felix, and he drew the owl for me. All the fabric is upcycled from wool garments collected at thrift stores.


Felting a snippet of yarn onto a wool shape is a beautiful way to make softly defined lines. For sharper ones, I embroider with cotton floss.

Daisy loaned the prop.

10 comments:

  1. oooh I love that!!!

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  2. Your owl pillows inspired my quail pillow. http://www.etsy.com/listing/69754305/quail-hand-applique-silhouette-accent

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  3. I love it. I have enjoyed owls ever since I inherited part of my grandmother's owl knickknack collection after she passed away. I am glad to see that you make owl projects on occasion.

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  4. Beautiful! I like Daisy's prop, too :)

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  5. It is beautiful. I love how you play with textures on these pillows.

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  6. Speaking of birds...

    My 15 yo just showed me this youtube video and I thought that you and Felix might especially enjoy it:

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kvwX6ocZ1bM

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  7. Are y'all okay? You rarely go this long not posting without a warning first.

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  8. Farrah, sorry about that! We were so rushed getting out the door for Giles' graduation that I forgot to post here. All is well!

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