by Susan | Apr 28, 2020 | Collage, Felt Patterns, Squares
This collage card started with a felt square design. Yet when it came time to make it, I was more interested in creating it from paper than I was from felt. The tree is created from magazine text torn from the magazine to mimic a birch tree. As I did with my Puffins...
by Susan | Apr 26, 2020 | Bird Patterns, Felt Patterns, Perching Bird Patterns
I have a “to-do” list for my backyard bird books, but lately, my inspiration wants to go other directions (see last weekend’s puffin square). Today, I buckled down to create the Red-bellied Woodpecker and check it off my list before I venture into...
by Susan | Apr 25, 2020 | Out and About in Maine
These days I feel as if I live at work. The commute from the home office is a ridiculously short one during the quarantine. So when the Saturday forecast was sunny and 50, Hannah and I packed a lunch and headed out for a photo adventure. Obligatory stop at Dunkin for...
by Susan | Apr 21, 2020 | Collage, Odds and Ends, Projects
This weekend I designed a felt square called Puffins on Rocks. I liked the Puffins so much that I started thinking about other ways I could use this design. I decided to try a collage greeting card with the Puffin scene. Somewhere in my stash, I used to have some...
by Susan | Apr 19, 2020 | Bird Patterns, Felt Patterns, Squares
Earlier in the year, I designed the Felt Loon at Cadillac square. At the time, it was a one-off type of thing. A few days ago, I woke up in the middle of the night with designs for two more felt squares clearly outlined in my mind. I grabbed my iPhone and emailed...
by Susan | Apr 18, 2020 | On the Farm
Saturday morning visitors enjoying a peaceful nibble by the pond – until Gidget saw them and scared them off. I wonder if they could be the same mama and teen pair from last fall?
by Susan | Apr 15, 2020 | Felt Patterns, Insect Patterns
Yesterday, after I’d finagled my morning coffee from a camp stove on the porch due to the power outage, I sat down and designed this little Bumble Bee. Since starting on butterflies a couple of years ago, this has been a much-requested design – a perfect...
by Susan | Apr 12, 2020 | Video
With a little extra time last weekend, I decided to make a video about how to make one of my felt bird designs. How hard could it be? I’ve been making the birds for years. Despite having a daughter who is a cinema major, I wanted to do this myself. I borrowed...
by Susan | Apr 9, 2020 | Out and About in Maine
I tend to carry my camera with me most of the time – a 9-year-old Canon Rebel T3i. I get nervous when I forget and leave home without it because I know that’s the day I’ll see something wonderfully camera-worthy – and miss it. While Hannah was...
by Susan | Apr 8, 2020 | Backyard Birds, On the Farm
This morning, I spent a good fifteen minutes sitting on the floor by the French door watching a flock of Robins in the yard. I don’t recall ever seeing more than one or two visiting. This one was quite concerned about threats in the sky. They sure work hard for...
by Susan | Apr 3, 2020 | On My Mind
This was so much fun! Thank you to everyone who took a few minutes to share how you’re spending your COVID-19 Safer at Home self-isolation. Your comments reminded me that not all of us have time off – some of you are working harder than ever. Some of your...
by Susan | Apr 1, 2020 | Bird Patterns, Felt Patterns, Perching Bird Patterns
Another project for these COVID Quarantine days as I work my way through the list of birds I want to create for a backyard bird pattern book. Enjoy! And please stay as safe as possible in these crazy times. Carolina WrenDownload Now!2152...
