Scrap Owl

First off, let me apologize for the general photo crappiness that's coming your way- these were taken at night, with a flash.  I hate the flash so much.
So, I thought of something to do with one of my fat quarters that I bought for no reason!
I remembered these owls from Pottery Barn Kids:

They were cuter in my memory.  I don't really like that green one at all- I think it looks kind of freaky.  So I poked around some more and saw some really cute ones online:

{I got the image here.  It's actually from Craftsbury Kids, but they no longer carry it. }

{Image from here.}

{This one's from a Target bedding collection}

So, I combined some elements and came up with my own:

I used a fat quarter, some felt scraps, a pair of my husband's old pants, and some embroidery floss.

I hand sewed all the bits to the bird's front using a whip stitch and a running stitch and one other stitch I don't know the name of, and then a blanket stitch around the feet.  I cut strips from my husband's pants (they had an un-mendable rip) and sewed them together until I had enough to go around the circumference of the bird.  Then it was mostly just about pinning like crazy.  And sewing.  and stuffing.  And then hand sewing the hole closed.  And then...

I hope Mim likes her.