Blue bird of friendliness

Pattern from Japanese craft book ISBN4056041792 (again).

This one took me a while to finish, might have had something to do with the fact that the head took four attempts before I got it remotely right. If I was truly committed it probably should have been five because he wound up a little saggy in parts. The hardest part was sewing his tiny little legs onto his tiny little body. Funniest part was that in the process of sticking his little footsies onto his teeny legs I managed to superglue a large piece of yellow felt onto Richard's brand new mobile phone - oops!

Strange head aside, this little guy just got cuter and cuter with every embellishment. By the time I was finished I could barely stand to look at him any more cause he was just so tiny and... well... adorable. I sat him up on the mantelpiece and every time I walked past I would spontaneously hunch my shoulders, squint my eyes and smile with all my teeth showing. I suppose it's just as well that he's gone to live with my canary mad friend Helen.

Comments

[Mirre]

Look at those tiny little feet!!
*LOVE*

[Vanessa]

Helen and I were very impressed with the teeny tiny stitches in between his legs and body. So cute!

[Miss Helen]

Amber, thankyou SO MUCH for the bird. He is just so beautiful, and he makes friends wherever he goes!! AND being a crafter myself, I totally appreciate every little thing about him! The tiny stitching, the different types of fabric, the trim, everything! Thankyou soooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo much!!! xoxoxoxoxo