Remember the crazy owl quilt I made? Visual:
A few months ago my boss happened to see this photo and told me she wanted me to make her a wall hanging based on the quilt. So naturally I pretended like I didn’t hear her. I mean I had a wedding to plan you guys. About a week later she brought me a frame from Ikea followed by, “no pressure”. Sure. No pressure. Your boss says jump, right? Well last weekend I finally sat down and busted it out. Thankfully it turned out to be easier than I expected once I figured out what I was going to do. First I printed the above photo so the owl was the size I wanted (about 13″ high x 8″ wide). Then I cut it into pieces and added seam allowances to create the pattern. Visual:
Yes, those are the pattern pieces. Somewhere out there my former pattern making instructor just got a migraine.
I didn't think about how creepy the pins in his head would look. Sorry.
I put scissors in the photo to give a size perspective.
If someone asked me to make the quilt again, I’d laugh manically. But if someone asked me to make the wall hanging again, I’d totally do it. I’d charge more money than they’ll want to pay (because for some reason “hand made” translates to “cheaper cost” to a lot of people), but I would do it for sure. Someone else at work wants me to make an elephant. Stay tuned for that adventure.
Ack! This is crazy. You better be careful you don’t set a precedent as the lady that makes whatever her co-workers ask for….like, you still have a full-time job to do, right? Still, it’s really adorable. But I would never ever ask you to do that, even if I were your boss!