Gettin' creative

I was online the other day, and I saw this:

I am not sure WHY, but I am loving these little owls. Apparently they are becoming quite the thing. So it is really strange that I still like them, but I do, I DO, I DO!!!!!!

And because I like them so, I thought, “I have some extra material…I can make an owl of my own!!!”

I went to my box of left over material, opened it, and discovered that I had forgotten how I have let my daughter raid and use the materials. Of course, she got the more fun prints and colors of what I had and has made some “interesting” things of her own with those scraps. She did, fortunately, leave me some material…my more drab upholstery material. :o) You know the kind: thick, durable, not slide-across-your-face-soft, easily-unravelled-if-cut-on-(or is it against?)-the bias…

But, “Hey!” I thought, “How hard could it be?”

Well, pretty hard when your sewing machine is broken: the foot will not lift, and the thread from the little bobbin lets out long loops on the backstitch almost as long as my own hair. It’s been over three years since I have sewed anything. Probably because of the above mentioned problems, which I had forgotten existed in those 3+ years.

Introducing:

Which means:

But, I DID make:

I will rework the beak. I do not like it at all…and it is definitely not as cute as those in the collage above, but I am mostly satisfied. So, I went and bought all of this:Now I have to figure out how to put it together so it looks fun. Any suggestions?