and some more

i actually started this one before the one i posted yesterday, but then got "crafters block" or what have you after stitching on the flowers and some of the buttons. so i stuck it on the mannequin head and let it sit for a few days... we had quite a few late-night staredowns, let me tell you. meanwhile, got the idea for the bird as seen on yesterday's, so i drew up a smaller stencil in a different size and here we have it.



i really like the black yarn i used for the hat, though i can't remember the name of it at the moment. i got two skeins from the a.c. moore clearance bin last week on my First Yarn Shopping Trip In Months, since it was down to $3 and had been sitting there since december. it's acrylic/something/something, kind of the same feel as lamb's pride worsted but a lot lighter.



two different kinds of houndstooth material make up the base of the applique (from two different thrifted skirts, both of which i would have saved to wear had they fit me). buttons are from my mom's preschool craft stash. the red flower is just a regular old flower, but the green one is one i attempted to felt last week. it basically just got fuzzy and KIND of drew up but not much. i'll give it another try sometime, but i do like how it turned out... for this project, at least. oh, and the bird is craft store black felt, just like the one from yesterday's. hat.

katy has requested one with an owl, so that among other things will be coming up soon.

time to go to my "real" job now. ha!

(ps: seriously, say hello if you read!)