When someone does something super wonderful for you, do you give a hoot? (To "give a hoot" is an idiom which means "to care about") Well, I do, and in this particular case, to say "thank you", I decided that I would give a Hoot!
It started with some eyes. I cut out two large blue circles & two smaller black circles from felt; and sewed them together with yellow embroidery floss using a blanket stitch.
And a Hoot's not a Hoot if it doesn't have footsies & flappers, so I cut those out of yellow felt & I blanket stitched around the edges with blue embroidery floss.
After I had attached the eyes, beak, flappers & footsies to the Hoot's body, I then machine sewed all the bits together leaving a small opening to stuff it.
This is my stuffing of choice - "Hobby Fill" from Spotlight.
Please excuse the X-rated shot, but a Hoot's gotta get stuffed, and this was where his stuffing hole was...
And when my Hoot was stuffed I then sewed close his stuffing hole (the Hoot was gently anaesthetized first).
So there we have it, my finished Hoot:
Why don't you show someone special that you give a hoot by giving them a Hoot too!
This little Hoot is on his way to his new home. And no, I'm not going to spoil the surprise by telling you where he's going. Not yet anyway...
Would you like to make your own Hoot?
A very cute hoot. Hugs, xx
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