"Don't be surprised if one day
A hummingbird invades
Through the door of your home
Gives you a kiss and leaves...
It was I who sent the kiss
To kill this desire
It's been too long since I saw you
And ah! how I miss you..."
My project this week was a needle felted hummingbird, inspired by one of my favorite songs from back home. I should explain, too, that in Portuguese, a hummingbird is called "beija-flor" (flower-kisser). This was super fun to make! Choose a combination of bright colors and let your hands play until you get satisfactory results. See Needle Felted Gnome for more details on how to sculpt with felt.
First I made the body of the hummingbird, then carved each wing separately and attached them to the body using a star needle. A few more jabs here and there until the desired shape was formed. Then I attached other colors to the belly area. Finally, I added the eyes and the beak. For the beak, I first painted in black a toothpick, inserted it in the head and used more black and green felt to give it a nice finishing.
With a sewing needle, insert a transparent nylon wire and hang your little kisser next to a window, ready to fly away whenever you want to send a kiss to someone you love and miss...
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