Owl Pillow

     A fun owl craft for my 100th blog post!  Thank you to everyone who has been following my blog.  I hope it has given you some inspiration and ideas for your own crafting.

Materials:
*Sheet of fabric in the color of your choice for the owl's body
*Fabric and/or felt in colors of your choice for the owl's wings, belly, beak, and eyes
*Sewing machine or needle and thread
*Stuffing
*All purpose adhesive (optional)
*Chalk
*Scissors or fabric shears

Directions:
*Select an owl template.  I used the same one I used for my Felt Owl Pal, included below.

*Enlarge owl template to the desired size.  Make sure that you print the template larger than the size you would like your owl to be, as once you've sewn together the fabric and stuffed the owl it will be much smaller than the template.
*Cut out the pieces of the template.  Using chalk, trace the pieces onto the chosen fabrics and felts.  You will need two copies of the owl's body, two large circles for the owl's eyes, and two small circles for the owl's pupils, but every other piece need only be traced once.
*Sew or glue on the owl's belly, wings, beak, and eyes.
*Place the two pieces for the owl's body one on top of the other with the patterned side facing in and sew together, leaving enough space at the bottom for your hand to fit inside.
*Turn the owl right side in, then insert stuffing into your pillow until it reaches its desired fullness.
*Sew or glue closed the opening in the owl.

Felt Owl Pal

Materials:
*Sheet of felt in the color of your choice for the owl's body
*Felt and/or fabric in colors of your choice for the owl's wings, belly, beak, and eyes
*Embroidery floss
*Needle
*All purpose adhesive
*Stuffing
*Chalk
*Scissors

Directions:
*Print out an owl template.  Here's the one I made for my owl:

*Cut out the pieces of the template.  Using chalk, trace the pieces onto the chosen felts and fabrics.  You will need two copies of the owl's body, two large circles for the owl's eyes, and two small circles for the owl's pupils.
*Using a running stitch (or perhaps a blanket stitch if you are making your owl's belly from felt), sew on the owl's belly, then sew on the owl's wings.
*Using a blanket stitch, sew together the owl's body, leaving an opening large enough for you to add the stuffing.  Insert stuffing into your owl until it reaches the desired fullness, then sew closed.
*Glue on the owl's eyes and beak.  Now you have your very own owl pal :)