So a couple of blog's ago I showed off the fab cake toppers I liked of 2 little birds - however the price was astronomical! Aint no way I'm paying that for 2 little stuffed fabric birds...so I decided to have a bash at making my own.
In the previous blog all I really did was find a bird template and have a whirl at stitching them together by hand. Well - obviously hand stitching leaves the fabric a little 'loose' so I dug out my mums vintage 1980's Toyota Sewing machine, dusted and oiled it and to my amazement apart from that the light bulb had blown it seemed to work fine (Good solid Toyota engineering!)
So...I gave the sewing machine a whirl for a basic outline of a bird...
Then I went all out and did a little bride birdie :) needs work still but I generally pleased with the shape - and realised if I'm making my own I can tie in the button design ideas I'm using on the bouquet's - I debated having buttons as eyes but it looked a little creepy and very much like 'Coraline' :)
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