Owl Family

My niece Abbie Lynn turned 3 in October and was having an owl-themed birthday party. I thought it was the perfect time to dust off (literally) my sewing machine and do a little project! First, I spent a little time during one of Addison's naps on Google looking for a simple pattern. I found this blog post. Perfect! Then I got to thinking, maybe instead of making one owl, I would make an owl family. There are 5 members of her family (mom, dad and three little girls) so I first printed the pattern regular size, then I took the file and shrank it by 25% to make the pattern a little smaller:










Next it was time to see what kind of fabric I might have that I could use. Turns out there's a lot in my two tubs!










Below are the "daddy" and "mommy" bodies I cut out:










Next the three little girls:










Then I chose some contrasting/coordinating fabric to use for their wings:










I cut out the circles for the eyes (I used white and dark brown felt) and used the suggestion from the blog to just use iron transfer paper to affix the inner circle of the eye to the white part. MUCH easier than me trying to delicately sew them on!










Then I cut out the feet and beak from some felt as well. Next I laid out the eyes and beak and sewed them on the front piece of fabric. I just used a dark brown thread and a simple zig-zag stitch. Then I pinned on the wings and feet:










Then after laying the back fabric onto the front (right sides facing) I did a quick stitch around the entire owl, leaving the opening for stuffing between the two feet. *note, don't put the feet too close together or you'll have a difficult time turning it inside out. Yes, lesson learned on the first one I did!

After I stuffed them, I opted for the lazy way out and just machine sewed them closed instead of hand sewing. I think they still turned out okay!

Dad and Mom:










and the 3 little girls:










Then I had decided that they might need a home so I rounded out the project with a basket that I found at the Goodwill:










Overall, the project cost me very little. I got a giant bag of stuffing for about $3.50 (on sale at the fabric store), the felt was in the neighborhood of $0.50 a square and the basket from the Goodwill was $2.00. Everything else I already had at home!