Monday, October 04, 2010

Playing Around with bits

While I was making Wiggly I thought that it was a good time to play.
using up scraps and pieces to make a fun nest and bird.
This bird is from Terry Grants' pattern with only a few changes.
(no legs and no separate beak fabric)


All told I made three. One is gone to another home.
these two live here happily.


Using up scraps has its drawbacks though. I ran out of rope for this basket so it is a bit smaller but the bird still fits nicely in the little nest.


And here is Wiggly 2. Still working out the kinks but I like this one better. Wiggly 3 should be the final prototype I hope! I call it Wiggly because when you hold it or move it all those little tabs flutter and the toy seems to wiggle!
Now I have toys on hand for the grandchild!

5 comments:

nandas said...

love it! in particular i like how the fabrics coordinate. i would have played with this non stop as a child.

Karen said...

these sit on a table and are constantly picked up and toyed with! The little birds in the basket/nests hide all kinds of small things under them.

Teodo said...

Fantastic !!! I love your toys.
ciao ciao

Katiejane said...

Cute and creative little projects you've go going on here! Very colorful.

oregonpatchworks said...

Hey nice idea to work on.. really something new for me , would surely try this :)