3 Pincushions and a parliament of owls

Here are 3 pincushions I made for friends and myself prior to Christmas.

The hedgehog I found online at Make it Modern blog found at http://modernquiltlove.wordpress.com/2009/07/16/the-tale-of-two-hedgehog-pincushions-and-a-free-pattern-to-make-your-own/ This one I gave to my friend Tricia as a Christmas present. 

This next snowman pincushion was found at Connecting Threads at http://www.connectingthreads.com/Patterns/Free_Quilting_Patterns__L601021.html  My friend Ethel got this one for Christmas.  They made theirs out of cotton fabric, but I chose to make mine out of wool.

The owl pincushion was also found online at Jenny the Artist's blog at http://jennytheartist.blogspot.com/2008/08/traditional-japanese-owl-tutorial.html  The tutorial show it being made by machine out of cotton fabric and sewing down the "ears".  I chose to use wool and leave the ears free.

The parliament of owls I made were for an online group with Mary Lou Weidman.  We've had 2 exchanges this year, the first one was bees and then this owl one.  We are now about to start one of socks.

I used the same Kaffe Fassett rose fabric for all the owl's heads and bodies.  I used a chrysanthemum print for the top of the chest and wings.

I used a yellow batik for the beak and feet and then I fussy cut the Kaffe Fasset star flower to make the eyes.  I'm waiting for my new mixed parliament to arrive home.  I'll post another picture when they arrive.