Oh, I do love the Holidays.

This year I decided to be a bit more creative in my gift-giving.
This is something that resulted from my decision.

I used the same fabric that I used on the bird. This is an "Aromatherapy Pillow". I think...anyhow, it's filled with dried lavender. :)

It smells amazing...

"To recyle, or not to recyle. That is the question."

1. First of all, what did you make? What is it?
My project was a bird shaped pillow/stuffed animal made out of varoius scraps of material for the exterior, and strips of an old fleece blanket cut up for the stuffing.

2. Write out your process in detail - how did you make it?
well, let's see. 

• I first drew out a pattern on a piece of parchment-like paper. It was a bird-like shape. Strange to describe
• After i cut out the bird pattern, I pinned it onto two pieces of fabric, contrasting, one a blue flower print, another a bright green. I proceeded to cut around the pattern.
• I flipped the fabric inside out, and began to sew, using a needle and bright yellow thread.
• Ahhh..this is where things were a little...as;dlkfjadls. Needless to say, I had to rip out my stitches a few times, due to the fact that I had not aligned the material properly. :P 
• When sewing, I didn't go all the way around, I left a small spot, so that I could then flip the bird inside out again, so that it would then be on the right side. 
• Fleece blanket was used for stuffing/filling, strips of the blanket cut, and then cut into small little squares. SO SOFT!
• I then proceeded to sew the small opening, and ta da! A bird! But I soon realized that I had forgotten something terribly important...
• A BEAK! I cut two small triangular shapes out of the bright green fabric, stitched them together, following the same process mentioned above
• Flipped inside out, and then put a few fleece bits. Stitched shut, and then stitched once again to the birds head. 
• FINALLY! DONE! :D For a nice finishing touch I added a pastel-green ribbon. 

3. What tools, materials, and equipment did you use?
I used the following:
Needle
Yellow Thread
Pins
Scissors
Pattern
Fabric Scraps
Fleece Blanket
Ribbon

4. What skill were you focused on developing or learning?
I was very much focused on improving my sewing skills. 5. What did you particularly enjoy about the process? What was challenging or difficult?
What I enjoyed the most about this, was that I finally created something! I absolutely loved the satisfaction that I felt when I held the finished product in my hands. There's nothing quite like that. 6. What do you think you did well on with this project?
Hmmm...I think that it overall looks quite swell, really & honestly. I'm quite proud of myself, I like the fact that it actually kind of does look like a bird. 

:)


Contrast: The materials that I use are contrasting yet complementary, I like the way the bright green material makes the flower pattern seem so much sweeter. 
Balance: There's contrast, yet balance, half of a bold green hue, and another half with a feminine pattern, there's the contradicting themes, a more masculine pattern vs. a more feminine pattern. 




I do quite love the way these pictures turn up. :)

Hmmmm...it is love...:)))