Kiriki Plushie Owl

I've never been one to delve into the rabbit hole of embroidery.

When I saw the awesome creations of Kiriki Press there was no way to avoid trying it.

Not only are the fabrics hand made through a screen printing process, but even they very box they come in is hand made/screen printed.

It's adorable from soup to nuts.

I made this owl as a gift for my husband to honor our 10th anniversary.  The time has flown by (pun intended).

Making the stitches was not hard at all and the instructions were great.  I'm not very skilled at this, but all the same I'm happy with the result and would like to try to make a couple more.

A bird on the t-shirt...

..is better than in the bush? Not sure how that old saying goes...

Anyhow, I got this adorable Japanese craft book, and it had a very cool pattern for a bird. ISBN 978-4-413-00893-8

I decided to embroider it onto an old t-shirt for practice.

I'm sorta looking for more Japanese embroidery books. Any recommendations out there?