Roxanne Padgett

Birds of Poetry

"To see the summer sky is poetry, though never in a book it lie, true poems flee." Emily Dickinson

And so an image of a bird carrying words in flight came to mind. We will be creating a mixed-media bird that can be made into a journal and/or a wall piece that can hold your poetry, words, photos and collage. You will be using heavy weight interfacing as the base and layer with fabric, paper, paint, hand stitching, beads and charms and other found ephemera of your choice. You will also be cutting and using your own stencils to add images and designs on the birds.

Supply List:

• Scissors
• Sewing thread
• Embroidery floss
• Sewing needles, various sizes
• Clothes pins or bull dog clips to the hold pieces together while drying
• Tacky glue
• UHU glue stick
• Pencil & black sharpie
• Ex-acto knife and a cutting surface
• Cotton fabrics- fat quarters or 1/4 yard pieces with coordinating scraps
• Whatever you would like to put in your piece
• Discarded poetry book or printed poems of your choice, collage material, photos etc.
• Buttons, beads, brads, charms, ribbon
• Something for the legs- small used pencils and small metal rulers, sticks etc
  
  Optional:
• a mini-craft sewing machine, but you DON’T need a sewing machine to make this project
  
  Kit fee $10 includes:
• Heavy weight Pellon interfacing
• Paper for the book pages
• Pattern and instructions
• Pre-sewn fabric wings & beak
• Acrylic paint
• Metallic thread
• Fiberfill stuffing
• Painted papers & collage material
• Clear plastic for stencils