After years of looking at this project in an old Hancock Fabrics project booklet, I finally made myself get the necessary felt colors, trace the pattern and get the turkey project finished! Wow! I guess I'm a procrastinator, huh?
I don't do much hand embroidery, but lately I've made two projects for Thanksgiving: this stuffed felt turkey project and a tea towel. I find that hand embroidery is very calming and soothing. I know my blood pressure went down a lot! I'll post the tea towel project in a few days, after I get it finished. The tea towel project was what I taught at our October Sew What? Community Sewing group meeting. Everyone did a great job on their embroidery!
I really didn't follow the exact color combination that the directions give. Honestly, I forgot to look at the suggested colors for the turkey project before I went to the fabric store to cash in on the sale price for the felt - and to be able to use my discount. The orange is supposed to be "cardinal red" and the light tan is supposed to be gold, but I used gold embroidery thread for the blanket stitching around all of the feather pieces. I thought that would make the stuffed felt turkey show up a little better on the front door.
He's really a table-top project, but one of my students said she wanted to make her turkey project into a door hanging. I thought that was a great idea! Since I'm partial to Thanksgiving (we tend to overlook that holiday), I wanted to show my "Thanksgiving Spirit" by placing my stuffed felt turkey on my front door.
Here he is on my front door. I hung him on a door hook - I think it's called a wreath hook. It's a little high, but I think it shows up really well.
This is how the turkey looks flat on the floor. If I make a second one, I'll make it for the table, to sit upright in a basket of fake straw.
Isn't he cute? I just love him!
Let's remember to give thanks for this great country (USA) and all the bountiful blessings God has showered down upon us.
Happy Thanksgiving, everyone!
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