Run Robin Run

The coil tubing I purchased doesn't have to be entirely hammered.

Simply hammer the ends for a different look.

I got to hold this baby in my hands today, what a sweetie!

The feral cats were too close this morning so I tried putting him out of the way. As you can see he had his own ideas, run robin run!

Robin Eggs

I'll be busy for the next couple days getting ready to entertain some friends on Tuesday. So I wanted to get this project posted before the start of the week.

I felted these last night and boy did I work hard getting them the same size! I'm very happy with the way she turned out.

My company on Tues. will include 3 kids, 9 - 14ish. I'm trying to think of fun things to do and include mom too!

Robin Day 3

Time to make legs. I thought about wire legs but today, soft legs were what I wanted. She sits in her nest on her eggs, that's all she needs. I wanted a certain color or color blend and I was happy to find out that you can indeed mix roving to obtain different colors. The colors on the left were blended to make the color on the right.

There are lots of ways to do this and you learn as you go. This was how I started out.

It's not easy needle felting little tubes.

But I got the first leg done.

This time I twisted the wool and held it in place with a pin. Then I needle felted and this worked great.

In the end I made 3 legs just to get a better match. Here's 2 done and ready to go.

I did a lot of research on robins. I tried to get the placement just right. I held the legs in place with pins and covered them with more white.

3 robins egg blue eggs to come!

I Love Robins

I discovered a blog by a woman who is an incredible needle felter. Not because she does fine realistic work but because she makes really cool larger pieces. I was surprised to learn that you can use poly-fil as a core for larger projects. She used thread to hold the poly-fil in the shape she wanted, as I have done above.

Sorry, I forgot to tell you what I'm making. I'm making an American Robin, I love robins!

First I did her breast, then the white underneath and then the brown on top.

Sometimes you can look at an object to see which color seems to be on top. This helps you to choose color order.

This is what I finished yesterday.

This is what I started this morning.

I felted the wings and then felted them to the body.

Another thing I learned on this blog was that you can sew on your extra pieces and cover them with more wool. I didn't need to do it in this project.

I'm still working on a few things but I wanted to show you the robin today.

I'd like to make some eggs and she needs some legs.

Here's the blog I spoke of:

http://www.lauraleeburch.com/blog/