the owl bag returns!

It's been a while since I've updated. I got a bit sick of sewing for a while there, but I've worked on the owlbag a lot in the past week. The feet have been sewed on. They're not really even, but I didn't want to attempt to sew the first one on for a third time. Sorry about the blurry picture.



I sewed the eyes on, which involved a bit of a process. Traced circles on the back of the face panel using my lactaid pill bottle. Basted down the brown cordoroy and sewed that on. Cut holes for the buttons (nonfunctional), reinforced the edges and sewed on the bottons. Padded the backs. The one on the right in the first picture is prior to padding.



I finally started working on the sides. I ran into size issues with the grommets I had being too large for the clasps. I dug up some hardware pieces I'd removed from my winter coat awhile ago (it needed fixing) which happen to be the right color.



You can see in the pictures below how I used them. I was a bit concerned about them not being able to bear much weight, but the bag isn't going to be that big, so they should be okay. The ear tuft details nicely cover up the stitches holding on the hardware.



Exciting! First bit of lining was sewed onto the ears! The second picture shows the clasp attached.



I started engineering a beak (sorry no pictures yet), but the snaps I was planning on using I fear will come off. (That's what happened in my test sample.) I've been wanting to do some more work but I need to find a solution for the front clasp before I can sew on the beak and more lining. Also I need to order more variegated thread from Janlynn so I can make the wing pockets with the same color detailing as the chest feathers.

Here's me being silly/excited.