18 years of ann wood handmade
It started as a blog and the only goal was to try something new. It’s still a place to experiment and share what I learn. It’s a celebration of imagination. There is no match for it – human imagination. Big, weird, human imagination. I spend hours and hours in this sunny spot imagining, experimenting and trying stuff. Not a bad deal.
Since I started, the scale and pace of the internet has gotten pretty crazy but my little flag still flies here and I so appreciate everybody who continues to show up and make the experiment possible. Happy 18th Blogiversary!
onward!
ann
tufted titmouse sew-along
Man that’s a cute bird! The titmouse sew-along begins April 5th.
There will be a blog post here to help you transform the songbird sewing pattern into an adorable tufted titmouse. Grab the pattern and wool here. Check out the bird and keep your eye open for titmouse appropriate fabrics – light weight cottons and linens – shades of gray, ivory and white and a little orange. We’ll also need gray and black paint for the legs.
You can post your bird on facebook or instagram with #annwoodtitmouse and in the free facebook sew-along group or join the (not free but awesome) stitch club community. April is also the perfect time to get outside and photograph your bird in the wild.
Find more tufted titmouse images here.
and checkout a few outstanding customer projects
A gorgeous and quite nude elegant rag doll by Adriana.
This magnificent parrot is by Pam – (find her in the facebook sew-along group). She started with the crow sewing pattern – well done!
An enchanted fungi specimen by Michele made with the mushroom sewing pattern.
A dear little brwon bird by @thimblewinder. The buttons are her own addition to the songbird sewing pattern.
And a stylish little fellow by Tracy made with the little owls sewing pattern.