Well, I knew the day would eventually come when I wouldn’t have a big chunk of time to work on something new. It seems today is that day. Between an unexpected day off for my husband, a crabby baby with a chest cold, and a grumpy 6-year-old with an attitude, my time was much in demand today. Still, with 5 minutes here and 10 minutes there, I managed to piece together something new. Whew.
Seeing as I didn’t do the quilty birds as planned yesterday, I thought I’d give them a shot. So, I pulled out the paper, etc. and started trying to figure out how best to paste pieces together when it struck me – I hate glue. Like, really hate it. Okay, not glue per se – glue does a lot of good for a lot of people, but working with glue sucks. I can never seem to get it to stay where I want it to, and it inevitably gets all over my work, attracting various debris along the way. Yuck.
Right as I’m making this realization, I happened to look over at the kitchen table where my sewing machine is still set up (I’m hoping to get in a bit of mending before I put it away). When it hit me – why not just sew the paper together? Crazy, right? Maybe. But I’ve seen some scrapbooking layouts that used sewn stitches for decoration, so I thought I’d give it a try. I still have a few kinks to work out, but overall, I really like the effect.
A quilty bird – made using sewn scrapbooking paper.
I have no idea of it’s purpose or function really – I happened to mount it on a 12×12 piece of cardstock, so maybe it’ll become a scrapbooking page, who knows. Uh-oh. If you’ll excuse me, somebody in the other room is grousing about something. 
Tags: birds, quilty, Scrapbooking, sewing, sewing paper
Brilliant idea!!! Love your quilty bird <3
Thanks! Now I have to figure out if there’s a quick way to do it in fabric.
K
Oh… had an interesting idea for your quilty animals. Have you ever thought of writing a children’s book? All that knowledge you have about wildlife…
The thought has crossed my mind, though I have yet to come up with a riveting story.
But now that you have planted yet another seed, let’s see what germinates…
Thanks!
=) K
Heh, sorry about that. I should spend less time telling others what they should do with their talents… and get crackin’ on my own
Why are you sorry?
I’m so deliriously sleep deprived that ideas like that are welcomed and encouraged in my befuddled brain!
=) K
OK was gonna exit out…say this little bird.
Had to click on it.
Absolutely adorable.
Those sudden inspiration projects, done on the fly, tend to be most satisfying. I love sewing on pretty paper too.
Cheers,
Leah
Yay – thanks! =)
This is super cute!! Great idea!
Aw, thanks! I’m looking forward to getting back to things like this soon. =)
So darling!
Thanks, Connie!