Owl Bunting Tutorial! :P

Ok so quite a while ago, I went to my aunties house and she taught me how to make these adorable little owls. They are actually bunting but I used them to decorate my sewing chest, I'm planning on making a sewing themed cushion to go on the top but haven't got round to it as my GCSE's are starting in 2 weeks!

 To start with, choose your fabric, any fabric will do although silk and elastane are quite hard to sew on a machine (or so I've been told!), ideally 2 colours/patterns.

 Now draw around the template onto both pieces of fabric. The longer sides are 13cm, the shorter sides are 7cm and the base is 6cm. The point is 17.5cm from the centre of the base and the widest part measures 13cm across. (I used sturdy old card as I made a few owls but paper is fine).

 Pin all the sides carefully.

Sew all the edges, if you sew right to the corners you will get a more squareish owl whereas rounded corners make a round owl. The point is the best place to start and end as it is strengthened with the repeated stitches.

 Carefully cut a hole through one side of fabric. This side will make up the body and the other will be the head and beak.

 Turn the fabric the right way out through the hole.

 Once the fabric has been turned the right way out it should look like this. Then pin a piece of wadding over the hole in the front fabric.
Sew the wadding in place with the ribbon at the base sticking out. Zig-zag stitch looks best for this.

 Pin the point down, so it slightly overlaps the wadding then sew a triangle of black felt on the point to secure the head in place. This is best hand sewn, it may be thick but machine sewing leaves holes.

Pin two white felt circles on to the head where the fabrics meet. Again had sewing is best for this as the machine needle's holes are visible on the eyes. Then sew small buttons in the centre of the felt circles, different coloured thread looks cute.

 Finally tie loose knots in the ribbon ends to form feet!

I had a bit of a sewing day and made all of these. 

I strung some embroidery thread through the hole above the eyes to hang them up. 

(the grey blob on my bed is the dog, cheeky boy)

Chocolate fondue

Last Saturday night we had a chocolate fondue to celebrate my B in my methods maths exams.

Play with me.

Today I was trying to do homework whilst my dog was trying to play with me. It was sooooo cute. He put the tennis ball on my back, it rolled off then he kept putting it back. Then he gave up and left it near my work and wandered off.

Homework and Dog Training

Today I have to do some textiles coursework and some more agility training whilst waiting for my Christmas present to arrive from my dad in Canada. I may also make some peanut butter cookies and use my new cookie cutters. If I do expect a post later!!

OWLS

Today I went to my aunt's house and I made this cute little owl.

I have some more fabric lined up to make 2 more. 

We also looked at our bags, I bought mine from the gardeners world live show this year in June. My aunty's bags are very similar and as they're bags they are very useful.  

I even have some owl themed jewellery which I really love as they are so detailed and delicate. 

Perseid Meteors!

Last night me and mum stayed in the garden on sun beds in sleeping bags looking at the sky waiting for the meteors. We managed to see 5 in between the dog chasing cats and the cat's very loud meowing before the cloud came over and it got cold. They were very bright meteors though and very impressive, though not since it was meant to be the peak tonight and we only saw 5. However the cloud isn't really stopping the meteors so they probably did still peak just we couldn't see them!

This isn't one we saw as I didn't take the camera out (I wouldn't be able to photograph that!) but it is very similar as in bright and lonely!

Butterflies, bees and brownies!

Today I took photos of the bees and butterflies in the garden then made some brownies for pudding!

Here are the pictures! Including one I've edited.

 This is my personal favourite of the day as it shows the detail on the butterfly.

 A silver Y moth!

Edited one, it kinda stands out, huh?!?

These are my brownies, they have white and dark 

chocolate in them.

 They are gorgeous and gooey.