Bird Brain Designs

Time to dress up and get ready for all those scary ghosts, goblins and witches who will be knocking on the door for tricks (on you) or treats (for them)! Our witches have found their brooms and are ready to fly off into the night until next year.  Cash in on a special price for the kits before Halloween.  Get ready while you are in the holiday mood for fun this Halloween and be ready next year – no pressure! Our lovely Bewitched Halloween Wall Hanging Witch above has a stunning green complexion complete with large wart.  A terrific addition to your Halloween decor next year.  Appliqué her with felted 100% wool fabric.  Her sistie-ugly, Ghoulish Girl to the left, has the same skin problem including the HUGE nose!  Ghoulish Girl is created in fun to do Needle Felting laying thin layers of 100% wool roving on a design you stamp on the wool background fabric.  Both of these raving beauties have patterns and complete kits to make them for your h...

We had a great time at the show and enjoyed seeing lots of friends and viewing fabulous quilts.  So easy to see everything at PIQF…check it out next year.  Here is a part of our little travelling Mercantile Store neat and tidy before the tide of shoppers who had a wonderful time finding treasures we brought along.  Our friend Julie is having a quiet moment before manning the cash register.  A nice show! The morning after the show it was a little foggy and sunny too.  A beautiful double rainbow appeared and seems to be settled on Lucy, the motor home.  We checked for the fabled pot of gold but didn’t find it underneath or inside either!  Oh well, someday maybe. Keep a look out for your pot of gold – enjoy!

The second year of the Tucson show at the Tucson Expo Center was a success.  There were SO MANY more happy shoppers this year – they found out how great the show is!   Holiday designs are making their show debut as – believe it or not – Christmas is coming whether you are ready or NOT! Our block of the month quilts and the tea towels were hits again…we are so pleased.  We have small gift designs too that will be quick to stitch and ready to give to your best friends and family, too. Watch our Newsletter for new designs and special deals on the quickly approaching Christmas season.  Let me be the first to wish you – Merry Christmas!

Amazing!  September has flown by and now we are in the month of pumpkins, witches, goblins and other scary creatures - FUN! Our latest FREEBIE tea towel is new available for you to enjoy.  This new embroidery design features a pair of pumpkins with scary faces to decorate your kitchen for Halloween.  Take a little time for yourself and embroider these two characters. Just print the pattern, order the Dunroven House Terra Cotta Tea Towel PLUS the #8 Perle Cotton to stitch and get to work!!

Our witches are the most popular gals this Halloween season. Make one of these "beauties" in wool appliqué or needle felted appliqué.  Either one will make quite the statement for your home decorating for Halloween.   Ghoulish Girl Enjoy Needle Felting this beauty on a 100% felted wool background.  The Ghoulish Girl   is felted with wool roving using a single felting needle....although a 3 needle multi tool would work wonders too.  Add layers of wool roving to create interest and texture in her face and clothes.  Lots of fun to do an "appliqué" version of needle felting! Enjoy a Complete Kit that includes: Pattern Wool Background 100% Wool Roving Felting Needles #8 Perle Cotton PLUS Wooden Quill to hang her from.    Bewitched Halloween Wall Hanging Decorate your home with a "charming" witch for Halloween.  She is lovely with a green wart on her green complexion....j...

We had a wonderful weekend at the rebirth of the San Mateo Quilt, Craft and Sewing Fest! Shoppers and vendors alike had a super time. The expo hall was filled all 3 days and it was a party in the Bird Brain booth too. So nice to see so many familiar faces and catch up on gossip and news. We, of course, made lots of new friends too. A BIG thank you to all you lovely gals and guys who came to the show…..the support for Bird Brain Designs and for Rusty Barn , the new promoters is very much appreciated. See you at the show again next February 18 – 20, 2010. Get ready for lots more fun. Robin

We are packing up and getting ready to head off to 3 shows in 3 weekends! First we will be going to the NEW and IMPROVED show at the San Mateo Expo next to the race track….fun to hear the horses in the barns! September 17 – 19, 2009. We will be bringing more Vintage Needlework Treasures to the 3 shows. Samples are shown below. Lots of small toy sewing machines , sewing baskets and wooden caddies to take all your sewing necessities to classes and workshops plus bobbins, shuttles and other pretties to just decorate your sewing room. Check our show schedule to jot down the show dates and come and visit. We, of course, will be bringing lots of Autumn and Christmas patterns and kits to get you kick started for the up coming holidays. All fun stuff. See you soon. Robin