I wanted a Halloween flag for my porch so I decided on this owl image. I hear her singing to her friends before the sun comes up. It is such a beautiful call.
I used the sewing methods I've learned from Jude Hill's Magic Diaries class. I really love to stitch by hand so I assembled this without using my sewing machine, just too noisey and exciting for me. I used linen for the back and blind stitched that to flannel. Then I built the front using applique and piecing. It's easy to just catch the flannel so that the stitches do not show on the back. So far I haven't been able to plan my quilting phase and the embroidering of the top and make the back look decent.
Here is an enlarged view of the front. I wanted the night sky to have some stars and didn't want to take the time to break out the fabric dyes so I splattered bleach on my navy thrift store fabric...just too much fun!!
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