Baby It's Cold Outside!

 It's -13F right now, and it will get colder overnight and then it should get warmer (if you can call 11F warm) tomorrow. I have everything I need and have no plans to go out until Monday.

I have made a few more small birds, but with windows on two sides of my studio, it's a pretty chilly place to be on a cold windy night, so I will wait to go back in there to work when it is warmer and sunnier.

I am having a lot of fun making the baby and kid sized birds...

It's hard to tell just how itty bitty these little guys are.

I am really having fun, and plan to have a lot more fun by making more pink birds of all sizes. I have to make some smaller flamingoes too. I have some other ideas and I'll be experimenting with those in the next couple of days too.

If you want to make birds (and you sure can!) you can get my tutorial here at my Etsy shop. It's an instant download so you can get started right away.

Another Flamingo

 

I made another flamingo. This one isn't as successful as the other two, in my opinion. The beak is too big and he (she?) leans forward a bit. I don't think this one has the grace of the other two, but, hey, I'm still working it out.

I'm definitely going to make more. I might have Flamingo Fever.

Flamingo

 

Here's the pink fabric I chose from Spoonflower for pillows for my couch. I think it will look great.

With the incredible heat we've been having, and will continue to have, for the next few days, I'm on the couch watching Wimbledon on TV while I sew down the binding on the Yellow Ribbons quilt.

I don't understand why, but no matter how hot it is (and on the day this photo was taken it was well over 90F and very humid), Millie prefers to nap out on the porch. If she isn't on her cat hammock, she's lying under the chair you can see on the right. She'll be out there in the morning, but when the sun is strong, she'll hop back inside. Later, when the sun no longer hits the porch (it faces true East), she will go back out there for the afternoon. I've seen her out there in the middle of the night, and she's out there when I get up in the morning (about 5:45 AM). When I am on the couch however, she is always right next to me.

And yes, even when I've got the A/C running, I leave this window partly open so she can come and go as she pleases. Lucky cat.