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This is "Jareth," the plush barn owl I've been working on for over a year and a half (most of that was researching and creating the pattern for him). He is perhaps actually a little larger than a lifesize American barn owl. He is inspired by the Jim Henson movie "Labyrinth," of course, and a Laby fanfic online that I loved called "Bound," by Xeli. He is how I imagine Jareth looks for my own fic, "Three Sides."

He is sewn using white cotton flannel, a light tawny colored quilting fabric, a medium brown/gray mottled quilting fabric, and a grey cotton batik fabric. His feet are made of a tan and white pebble-patterned cotton fabric.

I used iron-on interfacing to layer 3 fabrics for his wings, and apply the gray spots to his back and head. The wings and tail are top-stitched to show individual and groups of feathers. His face is hand needle-sculpted. For his beak, I hand-dyed leather in a realistic peachy tan color, and he has enameled black glass eyes. His toes and lower legs are wired and are positionable.

I hand-drew the barred patterns on his wings and tail, the black speckles on both sides of his wings, back, and head with 3 different colors of fabric dye marker. The white speckles were hand-applied using fabric paint. The brown ring around his face was hand-painted with fabric paint. The tiny white "feathers" on his face are made of fabric paint, hand-applied using a needle-tip on the bottle. He may end up getting more light barring on the undersides of his wings, I haven't decided yet.

Born in the early hours of 1/21/2011, I lost track of hours spent making him, but I would guess that the sewing/stuffing/finishing alone took me over 40+hours. I'm very happy with how he turned out (his face isn't as heart-shaped as I drew the pattern but I believe that is because the flannel fabric stretched out), and another owl, Olwyn, will be in the works soon.

I will be selling finished owls on my website, thecopperdragon.com (click on "The Owlery" once you're there, then scroll down to nearly the bottom of that page), and part of the proceeds from each will be donated to the Raptor Education Group, a non-profit organization who rehabilitates and releases injured and orphaned birds of prey and other wildlife, here in the US. Visit their site at: [link]

Description
This is "Jareth," the plush barn owl I've been working on for over a year and a half (most of that was researching and creating the pattern for him). He is perhaps actually a little larger than a lifesize American barn owl. He is inspired by the Jim Henson movie "Labyrinth," of course, and a Laby fanfic online that I loved called "Bound," by Xeli. He is how I imagine Jareth looks for my own fic, "Three Sides."

He is sewn using white cotton flannel, a light tawny colored quilting fabric, a medium brown/gray mottled quilting fabric, and a grey cotton batik fabric. His feet are made of a tan and white pebble-patterned cotton fabric.

I used iron-on interfacing to layer 3 fabrics for his wings, and apply the gray spots to his back and head. The wings and tail are top-stitched to show individual and groups of feathers. His face is hand needle-sculpted. For his beak, I hand-dyed leather in a realistic peachy tan color, and he has enameled black glass eyes. His toes and lower legs are wired and are positionable.

I hand-drew the barred patterns on his wings and tail, the black speckles on both sides of his wings, back, and head with 3 different colors of fabric dye marker. The white speckles were hand-applied using fabric paint. The brown ring around his face was hand-painted with fabric paint. The tiny white "feathers" on his face are made of fabric paint, hand-applied using a needle-tip on the bottle. He may end up getting more light barring on the undersides of his wings, I haven't decided yet.

Born in the early hours of 1/21/2011, I lost track of hours spent making him, but I would guess that the sewing/stuffing/finishing alone took me over 40+hours. I'm very happy with how he turned out (his face isn't as heart-shaped as I drew the pattern but I believe that is because the flannel fabric stretched out), and another owl, Olwyn, will be in the works soon.

I will be selling finished owls on my website, thecopperdragon.com (click on "The Owlery" once you're there, then scroll down to nearly the bottom of that page), and part of the proceeds from each will be donated to the Raptor Education Group, a non-profit organization who rehabilitates and releases injured and orphaned birds of prey and other wildlife, here in the US. Visit their site at: [link]