So I have made further progress on my owl designs to hopefully use as doorstops. I have so far made two mini versions, both with their good points and bad points.
The first one I made was the one with green eyes. It had been a good few years since I last used a sewing machine, so used this first one to try and figure out the best way to attach each component of the owl.
I used the sewing machine to pretty much attach everything, the eyes, eye outline and beak. I thought this looked a bit messy tho, particularly the eyes, so with the next owl I made I attached the eyes with the sewing machine, but just using black cotton to attach both the black and whites of the eyes just sewn through the blacks of the eyes, and this was sewn onto the eye outlines. I then hand stitched the eye outlines onto the body, which I think looks a lot better. I stuck with sewing the beak on with a zig zag stitch on the sewing machine but didn't bother with the stitching down the sides of the beak.
When it came to the wings, with the first owl I attached them with a hand stitch at the top of each wing, so the stitch and seam was visible. With the second owl, however, I tried to hide the stitching as much as possible, still doing it by hand but pushing my needle through the body fabric and the underside of the wing to try and hide it as much as possible.
Each owl was stuffed with craft stuffing and rice to give them some weight. The second owl I think was stuffed better than the first, knowing to use more of everything to make it bulkier.
These two owls only measure about 25cm tall and 25cm wide. I now have the fabric cut out to make one double these sizes, hopefully using what I have learnt to make a much better version.
Will keep you updated with the progress of these.....................
........................til next time!
