Felted bird 2 LBJ

This is the second, smaller, bird that I made. It fits the nest better. It is also needle felted but has rolled fleece as a core. It was based on a thrush as they have blue eggs but really it seems too small to be a thrush so I call it an LBJ instead! The markings on its chest were made from the bits pulled out of the foam pad I use to felt into and it has little black bead eyes. Not sure whether to give the birds legs or not.

Felted bird 1 Bullfinch

This felted bird is made by the needle felting method. He has a core of rolled polyester wadding which is easy the mould and felt into. He was a bit big for the nest that I made last week so made a smaller bird afterwards.

Bird's nest

Here is the nest lined with 'moss' with it's clutch of pale blue eggs inside. With the other nest sample I might try stitching into it and adding the felt twigs around the top.

Bird's nest

Felt bird's eggs, twigs and piece of green for leaves. Work in progress for a sample bird's nest. Felt making class on Monday. This week making the nest and eggs. Next week making the bird.