I know that they like to bird watch and so I thought it would be fun to needle felt a bird silhouette on the hat - I love how it turned out and hope my friend loves it as much as I do.
It's been so long since I've made a birdy rattle but I made one of those for her also.
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If you would like to needle felt a birdy silhouette on your stuff, just google image search "bird silhouettes" and you'll have plenty of inspiration...see