Cuckoo!

I really love free hand embroidery, but I find all that blank white fabric an intimidating starting point.  So I’m considering the possibility of using a pattern.  Part of me chafes at the idea of using someone else’s embroidery pattern — it’s kind of like paint by numbers, after all.  But when someone has hit the nail on the head with a pattern like this, why fight it?

It’s the liberal use of jackelopes and mushrooms, and the cheekiness of that little squirrel that mean I MUST attempt to stitch this clock.  Of course, after finding the clock, I was off and running.

I think I’d like to redecorate my whole home in a cartoon woodland theme.  This amazing fabric from Moda’s Hideaway line would come in very handy for that little project:

Once I was in this cuckoo headspace, I didn’t want to leave.  You could go mod with this bright yellow clock by Bonni1982:

Or this stylized but adorable clock by Pepper Sprouts:

Ok, so this one isn’t handmade, but independent design is a close relative of handmade, and this watch is just so cool that I had to sneak it in.  Notice that in the first watch, the little cuckoo house doors are closed, but in the second one, the digital cuckoo appears!  Unfortunately, the cuckoo looks a little like something you’d see on scary political propaganda poster, but I’ll overlook that.

Or instead of mod, keep it folksy with a knitted pillow:

Or even a knitted clock!

Did somebody say cake?

Until next time!

Carrie xxx