Petite Owl Pillow Kit

This is an embroidery kit to work the Petite Owl, a smaller version of the Owl Brothers Pillow; which was inspired by the wonderfully strange and whimsical pottery of the Martin Brothers.  They created some of the most unique bird tobacco jars, in which the birds take on sinister and oddly human expression.  This design provokes the same feel but in a textile form.  Created here on a 12" x 16” the single owl is appliqued with couching stitches worked in multiple tones of brown and gold. The eyes are worked in satin stitch with highlights created with white french knots. The bud flowers in the two corners are worked in long and short stitches in a muted lavender with sage green leaves and bark brown stems.