Monday, 22 June 2009

TWIT TWOOO!

Have you noticed that owls are everywhere at the moment? For some reason crafters love owls. Maybe its that the big eyes mean you can make an impossibly cute softie. There's so many around that it takes something really special to catch your eye.


So imagine my joy when I was browsing round Paperchase (my favourite shop EVER) and I saw the owl range designed by jilly p. I couldn't resist the tea towels - gorgeous design and such a bargain!

Man, I really wish I'd ironed them before I took those pics! If you want to see more pictures of the range then take a look at this Print & Pattern post - much better pics than mine!! (Print & Pattern often features other Paperchase designs and is a fab blog so you should read it anyway!)

But the more I looked at my tea towels the more I didn't want to use them for drying dishes - they were way too nice for that! So, I formulated a plan to turn these fab prints into little softies. I embroidered round the design, added some buttons and used the small owl print fabric on the back and ta-da!


My own set of four jilly p. owls. Not bad for £5 tea towels eh? I leave them sitting amongst my books looking wise and learned!


I'm hoping they haven't sold out in Paperchase because I need to go back and buy another set to actually dry my dishes on!

Dotty xx
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11 comments:

  1. bex22 June 2009 at 15:42

    awesome! what a good idea, paperchase have lots of good tea towels ive made a few purses out of some i brought a while ago
    x

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  2. Mandy22 June 2009 at 16:44

    Oh the owls look fab! How clever are you ....
    I have purchased lots of the owl range in paperchase... I too love the shop xxx

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  3. Bee Designs22 June 2009 at 19:55

    They are soooo cute! I'm glad i'm not the only one who's mad about paperchase, it's lethal when I go in after pay day!

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  4. Unknown22 June 2009 at 22:01

    Very very cool!
    I'm so jealous of your shops!

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  5. Sandra @ Pepperberry & Co.23 June 2009 at 00:10

    Oh my god, they are GORGEOUS!!! I am in love. Everything you make is sooo wonderful- you 100% need to never go back to work and start a softie business. Just trust me!! I'm off to check out this Paperchase now, after all that raving!!

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  6. Joshy and belle25 June 2009 at 15:15

    gorgeous, paper chase is my all time favourites, and the owls too! so pretty!
    felicity xx

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  7. Anonymous25 June 2009 at 23:56

    the teatowels are so gorgeous!
    and the softies are so adorable!
    im one of those who have a weakness for owls. and matryoshkas. and mushrooms. :D

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  8. tracey28 June 2009 at 17:04

    these are stunning

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  9. Cecca6 July 2009 at 16:30

    Brilliant idea, they look fab! Thanks for the link to Jilly's blog, I've got the little owl bag and I love it! :-)

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  10. It's A Wonderful1 August 2009 at 19:28

    Too flipping cute! I adore them! Great job!

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  11. Katie6 August 2011 at 17:21

    LOVE the owls and I love that you did something amazing with them instead of drying the darn dishes on them. So creative, I love it! Good Job!

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