Fowl Talk. A New Pattern!

I've been pretty busy designing, stitching a writing this new pattern. It's called 'Fowl Talk' and it's inspired by Shakespearean insults and grumpy birds. It combines a few of my favourite things: owls, flowers, quotes and literature. With a bit of 16th century swearing thrown in for good measure. "I'll tickle your catastrophe' sounds so much better than 'I'll kick your posterior",  doesn't it? And the addition of flowers make it almost a friendly message as well! A great gift for unsuspecting family members or colleagues. :D

Included in the pattern is a stitch and colour key. The stitches used are pretty basic so it isn't a complicated or slow pattern to make. The Fowl Talk pattern is only available as PDF in my Etsy store for now. You may remember that I stopped selling PDF's since the beginning of this year. This was partly due to complications with new European VAT legislation and I also wanted to do more with my embroidery than 'just' making patterns. A lot of my time in the first half of 2015 went into getting some of my patterns printed (a lengthy process) and writing the Simply Shading workshop (of which I'm very proud). And I was, and am still exploring new paths with my embroidery. But I do miss releasing a pattern every now and then and regularly I get requests for PDF versions of my other patterns, so I though I'd give the PDF a whirl again. See how it goes.

And if snarky owls aren't your thing, please remember there is free shipping in October on all iron-on patterns in both my Follow the White Bunny shop and my Etsy store if you use code SHIPSHIP  at the checkout!

SALE!

Sale starts tomorrow! Sale has started! If you had your eye on some of my patterns (or all) then now (well tomorrow actually) is a good time to buy them! If you use code BUNNYDEAL13 you will get a 20% discount on all PDF patterns and the Princess panels too. I only have a very limited stock of Princess panels at the moment, when I run out they will be on pre-order again. 

Visit my own Follow the White Bunny shop (yay!) or my Etsy shop. The sale ends this Saturday. 

Scrappy Funky Owl Tree Ornament

Today I made this Scrappy Funky Owl Christmas Tree ornament. Literally from scraps found on the floor beneath my sewing table. That and some felt, embroidery floss and a bit or ric rac. Any-hoo I think he is kind of cute and funky and you might like a similar Owl in your tree.  It's not really rocket science of course but if anyone is interested I could make a template for the shapes and so on and share it here on the blog. If you have young kids you know why felt and fabric ornaments are especially good to have on hand if the littlest ones want to 'help' decorate the tree. ;)

Oh and in case you missed it earlier today I have a *COUPON* for 10% off all my patterns in my Etsy Shop.

Update: a downloadable tutorial will be available later today on this blog!

Coupon!

Etsy has a new feature. You can create coupons to give your customers a discount! So if you use the following code: FTWBNOV2010COUPON10 in my shop in the next few days (until this Friday) on check out you will receive 10% off your order. On all items not just the ones shown here, yay!