For the wings, I accidentally made the wings larger than designed. I sewed the wings on the tracing line rather than sewing the wings at the ¼” seam allowance.

I used contrast thread to sew the next portion of the bird. I marked the feathers on the wings with a Frixion pen (or a iron dissolvable pen).

I noticed that I had some variation with my final wings (the feather lines on the wings weren’t symmetrical) but I ran with it.

I LOVE using wool fiber when stuffing handmade animals/toys. Wool is a natural fiber that gives the item an extra special touch. I’m a spinner so I usually have a wool fleece around my home. I love that Minerva carries wool stuffing and I used a bag of wool stuffing from Minerva for this project.

For the beak, I used stuffing as recommended. I aligned the top seam of the beak with the seam at the head and the bottom seam of the beak with the seam along the throat.

For the eyes, I didn’t use black paint (as recommended in the pattern). I decided to mark the eye locations with a steam soluble pen after attaching the beak. Once I marked one eye, I used a sewing pin to note a mirrored location for the other eye (on the other side of the head). It’s easier to get a view of how the face will look after the beak is attached.

Continued in my next post;

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