The crafting bug has hit me. In keeping with my birding obsession, I decided to make some patterns for felt birds. This ended up taking more time than I thought it would, but it is a nice thing to do on a cold night. I purchased my felt at Michael's and was very happy to see it was made out of recycled plastic bottles. I bought all the different colors I thought I would need and took them home. After getting my son to bed, I sat up trying different shapes and styles, then ended up printing out my own bird photos and making patterns off of those. That actually worked out pretty good! The ones I just sketched out didn't turn out as good, so I trashed those in favor of the photo based birds. These aren't finished yet. The cardinal needs some more wing work, and I'm planning on sewing them up and adding a little stuffing. Finished pictures to follow soon. I'm going to trace my pieces onto paper and laminate them so I can make more. My son has claimed the first set. He loves birds and I will hang these around his room for him.