Calavera Owl Colouring page and feltie

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I’m taking part once again in the Dia de los muertos blog tour hosted by Melissa of Rebel and Malice.

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This is such a fun tour. I love learning about different cultures and I love seeing how the different bloggers on the tour interpreted Dia de los Muertos along the way.

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Even though this is my second time on this tour, (you can see what I did last year here) I still get that slightly awkward feeling about taking part as I have no Latino heritage. Melissa explains really well in her intro though about why she includes people who come from different backgrounds in the tour. I appreciate so much that Melissa has been very encouraging of including me (and others) in the tour as I really do love the idea of celebrating the people in our lives who have passed away rather than being always so hush hush about death. It just seems like a much healthier way to deal with grief.

Anyway, I love how decorative calaveras are, and I love love love owls (why I don’t put more in my sewing I couldn’t tell you) so I designed a calavera owl!

Calaveras Owl by Lulu & Celeste

Isn’t she pretty!

You can download her in PDF format from my Craftsy shop here*. It’s free to download, I find it easier to upload it there since if I make any modifications then Craftsy will send you an email automatically.

You can use the owl as a colouring page or use it to sew up a feltie! I printed it out at 60% and sewed up this little owl. Finished size is about 3.5″ x 3.5″. As you can see, it’s not quite finished. I still need to add a little embroidery detail on the wings, and the little leaf shapes around the outside of the wings. I spent so much time working on the design trying to get it the way I wanted, that it left me with very little time to actually sew the owl up!

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I don’t have a full tutorial for you today but here are the supplies needed:

  • Wool blend felt in various colours. Cut out two pieces for the body.
  • Fabric glue (it’s easier with the tiny pieces, those feet are like less than half an inch tall when printed at 60%)
  • Satin scraps to make the flowers like that, or make flowers out of felt.
  • Freezer paper (for cutting out the shapes)
  • DMC embroidery thread
  • Polyfil if you want to make it puffy

If you would like a full tutorial, let me know in the comments or email me and I will put one together. If you’re new to working with felt, you can read the tips post I did on felt here.

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Monday October 26 – Rebel & MaliceFrom a BoxSews n Bows
Tuesday October 27 – Call AjaireHattielu HandmadeMade With Moxie
Wednesday October 28 – Paisley RootsAmandaRosePhat Quarters
Thursday October 29 – Lulu & CelesteCalm and CarrionCraft Lady Abby
Friday October 30 – Whisk ‘EmWild & Wanderful Golden Rippy
Saturday October 31 – Just Add FabricFilles a Maman
Sunday November 1 – House of Estrela
Monday November 2 – Rebel & Malice
There’s also a giveaway, go to Melissa’s intro post to enter the Rafflecopter. You could win a copy of the DVD “The Book of Life”  and a copy of the book “Rosita y Conchita” by Erich Haeger and Eric Gonzalez. Open to US and Canadian residents.
Also, Jeanine, from StitchART* designed a Dia de los Muertos themed free motion stitch embroidery pattern that you can find in her shop HERE*. Her FMA designs are so cute, you should check them out!
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