Join the flock!

Create your very own aviary of charming, beautifully detailed, one-of-a-kind fabric sculptures with basic machine- and hand sewing, embroidery, and mixed-media craft techniques. Artist Abigail Patner Glassenberg, celebrated for her charming, quirky, personality-filled birds, presents 16 incredibly creative projects, as well as a gallery of birds from other noted fabric bird makers. In The Artful Bird, learn how to make dignified owls, friendly wrens, an elegant flamingo or a swooping crane in flight from the set of step-by-step basic birdmaking techniques and tips. Abigail also offers an array of creative ideas to give each bird individual character and personality and an amazingly lifelike, yet handcrafted appearance. Careful instructions and how-to photographs for the entire process with help beginners and more advanced crafters build successful, appealing birds.

Contents
Introduction
Tools & Materials
Basic Birdmaking Techniques
    -Patternmaking
    -Fabric Selection
    -Stitching Methods
    -Turning & Stuffing
    -Wire Legs and Feet
    -Beaks & Eyes
    -Wings and Tails
Resources
Index

Projects
Bird Ornament
Bird in a Nest
Mini Assemblage
Wren
Lark
Crow
Quail
Chick
Swan
Woodpecker
Penguin
Owl
Owlet
Raptor
Wading Bird
Flamingo
Gull
Hen with Eggs
Peacock

Profiles and Gallery
Birds by Abigail Brown, Tamar Mogendorff, Jennifer Muskopf, Ann Wood

Abigail Patner Glassenberg has been making award-winning soft toys and soft sculptures since 2005.  She has made more than 100 birds of every variety, selling them in galleries, boutiques, craft shows, and online.  Her work has also been featured in magazines including Cloth Paper Scissors and in sewing, craft, and soft sculpture books.  She lives in Welleseley, Massachusetts.