Owls Woodland Quilted Panel

I was asked by a friend to create this Owls Woodland Quilted Panel for a family expecting a new baby. So the panel features an owl for each member of their family. I wanted it to be gender neutral so I used a woodland type of colour palette using lots of different bits of fabric and felt.  I'm really pleased with how it turned out and so are the family I hope!
These are the same owls I designed for a nursery hanging mobile, see it here.

 

Polar Bear Felted Christmas Jumper

I thought I'd share with you my hand decorated Christmas Jumper which I made for this Christmas. I wasn't going to make one this year but I remembered I had some soft white wool fluff, and I found the perfect jumper in a charity shop so this is what I created!

I drew out the polar bear shape and then resized it and cut it out of white normal felt. Then I needlefelted on some layers of white fluff onto the flat felt until the bear reached the right thickness. I was able to create some depth to the legs and ears when the felt was thick enough. I added a simple black bead for an eye and some brown wool for a nose. Quite simple and hopefully tasteful!

(Apologies for the images, my house is very dark! )

Cute little air plants

Whilst visiting the Eden Project last week I bought some super cute Airplants (Tillandsias) as I have wanted some of them for ages! You can buy them online as well, from lovetillys. I planted one in a vintage Hornsea egg cup (I had wanted to find a use for these for a while!) and one in a latte bowl from Anthropologie. Then I put some pebbles I had collected from the beach around them, super :)