Some stitching at last

After a bit of a lull, I've finally got round to some stitching again. I really need to try and organise my time a bit better so I have more time to do everything! Anyway I've been working on the next block for my sheep sampler.

Needle felting by hand is a great way to take out some frustration without inflicting damage :)

After punching the fibres I was left with this big fluffy cloud. Add to that a couple of pieces of black felt and a few stitches and voila, a sheep is born.

I've attached him to a piece of cotton fabric that I microwave dyed a little while back. Haven't decided whether he'll stay on this fabric yet, and I'm also thinking about maybe adding some stitch to the background fabric as it's quite plain looking at the moment, but I think I'll wait until I'm ready to join all of my sheep together first to see what I think will look best.

Blackbird

I did manage to work on this one a little last month, but it really didn't progress as much as I had hoped it would.

I have finished needle felting the bird. Have added some stitched legs, a beak and an eye.

The beak is needle felted too and I'm not sure that it stands out as much as I had hoped so I might need to add some stitching or something to make it more prominent. I'm not altogether convinced that I like the way this is turning out but I will persevere and see what happens....