My Ollie Owl Angel

I made my challenge owl today out of a left over felted wool sweater that I had made into a purse earlier.  There were just enough scraps to make this little owl, and put felted angel wings on.  I had trouble with the halo sitting just right, but that's ok, as this little owl is kind of quirky anyway.   Except this is a Cancer Awareness Ollie Owl Angel.   The little top knot of gold doesn't show real good in the picture, and I wasn't sure I wanted to add beads, etc. to his little tummy.  His tummy is the cable knitted cuff of the sweater, so that gives the tummy some dimension!  The pink ribbon is decoration enough.  I used yellow felt for his beak, and yellow and blue felt for his feet.  I had some little silver beads, and strung them on wire for the halo.  Maybe that should be larger.  I used a dark grey felt for behind the eyes of old buttons.  This Little Ollie Owl Angel is in honor of a friend of mine and I'll be giving it to her so she can hang it on her Christmas tree.   She recently had a double mastectomy, and will soon be done with her chemo treatments.  She is anxious to have her hair grow back and has been active every day that she hasn't been sick from her treatments.  I admire her so much for the strength she has shown to her family and friends. 

I can see where each and every little owl would turn out different.  Mine isn't real round as I thought it should have been, but you make do with what scraps you have.  This was a fun little project to do.  Thanks to Daisy Quilts for the suggestion.

What I've been doing!

I think I'm crazy, but enjoy being that way!   I've been busy trying to get stuff done - cookbooks that I've been working on for 2 years, and now decided that they will be done before Christmas to give to the girls; making a crib bumper for when Renee comes home for Christmas and sleeps in crib I have here; a special project I've started for my sisters in laws that aren't finished yet; a cloth booklet for baby with our pictures, so when she goes home, she'll have her own book of us Minnesota relatives; etc. etc. etc.   Yes, there are a couple more things in the mix too, oh ya, a table runner or two;  and more,  just can't name them all.    Oh and baking to be done too!

Here are the cook books that I've worked on the past 2 years!  Want to get them done, so the girls can use them. 

Not completely done decorating the cover. 

Want to have the girls' names on each book cover.

Opened, with the inside of the front cover showing a picture of us seven

sister in laws and Grandma.With a note from me, and then my tab picture. 

I didn't have the plastic cover slipped on yet here.  You can

see the plastic at the bottom.  The plastic will save wear and tear on

the pages.

Here you can see how we have decorated pages.  The bottom pages are what

sister in law Sue made, and the stand up pages I made.

I can't say that it wasn't fun, but scrap booking isn't my

choice for a hobby.  However, we did have fun working together on them.

The cookbooks that WILL get done are being made by us 7 sister in laws for all of the neices and nephews - 20 of them.  So we each made a couple pages with recipes on them (scrap booked) and also did a tab page with our picture on it.  We also decorated the hard cover of the cookbook.  I am waiting to get pages from 5 others to complete the three books for my girls.   I made plastic book covers for everyone = 20; and also plastic covers for the tabs for my girls books.  What a job.  Used the food sealer to make some of the book covers, but then tried sewing the plastic, and I liked that option better.  I used 8 guage plastic for the covers, and 4 guage plastic for the tabs.  A foot with rollers on it worked great.  By using the roller foot, the plastic didn't stick to the regular foot on the sewing machine. 
I also then sewed a  bottom seam to make the covers for the tab pages.  The tab sticks out, but that is ok .    Hope you can see the pictures well enough to get an idea of what they're like.

Oh, Robyn over at Daisy Quilts has a challenge for anyone to wants too, to make your own Otto the Owl, decorated as each individual wants too. So naturally, I want to do it! Think I must be crazy, but I will start tomorrow. I'm sure it won't take long. My owl will be for a tree ornament. Already have in mind what I want it to look like.

Here is a picture of one of her owls: Otto the Owl.

I'll show you mine as I get it done.