The bird that's not gonna fly

It's been a mixed kind of day, from a crafty perspective. I'd seen on Instagram the collages of Clare Youngs. Including a length of bunting, several paper birds strung together, all vivid colours and eye catching shapes. I'll have a go at that, I thought, but in fabric rather than paper and card. Hmmm, didn't quite work. I cut out my simplified bird, trying to get it as close to the original design as I could. Added applique details for the wings, beak and eyes, and backed with green felt. But it didn't look right. I've not got the overall shape right after all. The whole thing doesn't 'read' as a bird in flight.

Oh well, you try these things and some succeed, some fail. Never mind, it's only fabric and sewing thread after all.

Having put aside my avian misfortune, I finished off a smaller version of the dragonfly slow stitching piece I made recently. Here are the two for a comparison in size.

I was thinking of attaching the smaller one to the front of a piece of folded card, so it could be used as a greetings card for a birthday or other occasion. By the way, I found the perfect way to hang the larger textile piece, using a glass straw looped between two fabric tabs. You can't really see from this photo, but the glass has a pink tinge to it, which is ideal.

The other things I've made lately were - forgive me for mentioning Christmas so early in the year - a couple of fabric gift tags, and a bee. Why a bee? Well - uhmm - because - oh, I don't know! I just fancied making a bee.

Honestly, hand on heart, can you say you've never had the urge to make a bee? Oh, come on!

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