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Tales of a Quiet Book, Birds on a Wire

1/22/2013

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This is your basic counting page using an abacus. I got the idea from Made by Molly, except that she did a page with birds on a fence. Although the construction of this page is somewhat time consuming because of the birds, overall, this page is fairly easy.
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Materials Needed:
* Fabric (remember to prewash all fabrics)
* Felt for the numbers
* Leather for the "wire" (I found mine in the dollar bin at Walmart)
* Embroidery floss and needle
* 15 wooden beads
* Steam a Seam
* 9"x9" of reinforcement 
* Pattern, remember to UNCHECK the fit to page box
* Duct tape

Assembly:
* Cut a 3" by 9" rectangle for the telephone pole and iron in half lengthwise
* Cut 15 birds from fabric and fron steam a seam
* Cut 5 strips of leather 9" long
* Using template, place pole and leather strips on page, then place and iron birds to page
* Satin stitch around the edge of the birds
* Embroider eyes and beaks
* Place the leather strips again, then, using a zigzag stitch with the length very close together, zigzag through the leather on the side opposite the binding, repeat for all strips
* Thread the beads onto the leather
* One at a time, pull each leather strip taut and use a small piece of duct tape to hold it in place, then repeat the zigzag stitch, being careful to penetrate the leather
* Attach the pole to the page
* Cut the numbers from felt and steam a seam, then iron into place
* Satin stitch around the edge of the numbers
* Attach a 1 1/2" binding
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Kaelie link
1/29/2013 06:14:33 am

Holy Frickin' CUTE

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