Sometime in April I put my name down to join a "Creatures Round Robin" on the UK Handmade members forum. What exactly is that you may ask? The idea is that each participant makes a contribution to a creature design before sending the design onwards to the next person so that they can make their contribution. As there were four of us participating, four designs were being worked on simultaneously, each design had five stages which each participant contributed to. Very briefly the design stages were as follows;
1. Write a description
2.Draw a design based on the written description
3.Make a pattern, cut out and sew a creature based on the information in 1&2
4. Make a face
5.Finishing touches
Confused? If you are still reading, then I should tell you that it all worked perfectly and went like clockwork due to the excellent organisation of the host "Olly" who is the writer and artist behind the blog Wollies. The two other talented participants were Shaz of The Sock Garden blog and Kathleen of Murgatroyd Hoots. If you would like to see the other lovely finished creatures then click on the links below to visit each participants blog and read more about their creatures and the design process...
Olly - Wollies
Shaz - The Sock Garden
Kathleen - Murgatroyd Hoots
Olly - Wollies
Shaz - The Sock Garden
Kathleen - Murgatroyd Hoots
My rather long winded design description went through the stages and came back to me as this beautiful, colourful sleepy and awake owl.....
Colourful and beautifully detailed design interpretation from Shaz.
Pattern cut out, fabric and creature sewing done brilliantly by Olly.
Fabulous eyes and face embroidery detail by Kathleen.
A few buttons and ric rack added by me...