The owl & the pussycat

Ah, the owl. One of the most overused images of recent years - and this week I plan to overuse it myself – here goes. Check out these adorable patchwork toys:



Sadly, there are no pictures of the finished articles in the book, which is this 1974 volume from the geniuses at Golden Hands:



I'll share some of the other beautiful brightly coloured 70s designs with you another time. Its title page looks like this:



As you can see, it cost me the grand sum of £2 (in a charity shop on a day trip to Market Harborough actually).

Anyway, if you fancy trying your hand at making the owl and the pussycat, you'll find the templates here and here. It just gives you the shapes – presumably you have to ad lib the patchwork side of things and the appliquéd/embroidered eyes, but that's half the fun!