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3.27.2014

prototype chickadee

Well, despite my whining about it, I did manage to get one project done, even with a house full of small humans.

Done, I said, though not necessarily done well.  This is little guy is a prototype, which for me means drawing  out a bunch of shapes, cutting them out of fabric and just seeing how it goes together.

Here is a little chickadee, for which I had no idea what I was doing with when I sewed him, but turned out, I believe, with a swollen, fat headed early spring sort of charm anyway.

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Oh, little fat head.  I can't tell if you are actually a chickadee or just a long legged penguin.

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I took these photos on top of my library book shelf (we must keep our library books separate from the general population, otherwise chaos ensues).  For some reason I have some books, Train Boy and Flower Girl (some early dolls I made for the childs) in a cage and a painting girl child made a few months ago behind.  Boy child just brought home the bird house from a crafty playdate with a few of his school mates.

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See the birdie mock the little caged human types.

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The redeeming feature of this chickadee is his legs and feet.  Though I know they are far from perfect, they really do hold up the fat guy and even can grasp a branch. 

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Alas he cannot fly and will have to make due with alternative means of transport.

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Though I've called this one a prototype, who knows when I will get time to make an improved companion.  I have another little chickadee project on the go, though, and a couple of 'how to sew birds' books coming in on interlibrary loan so I can start getting a grasp bird design.  The next chickadee, whenever he appears, will have some serious alterations.  Still, his feet make me smile.

2 comments:

  1. We love chickadees, yours included!

    Can't wait to see what other birds you come up with.

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  2. I enjoy the photo of the chickadee riding the bird. I like him. He's happy and funny.

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