Gone to the birds. Again.

Now that the charity quilt is finished, I decided it was time to work on a couple of birds again.  I have a picture in my mind of a bird that I want to create, but I needed to get back into the mode of creating birds again before diving in and creating one from scratch.

I had started this little chick a couple of months ago.  Surprisingly, all the parts and pieces were still in one location.

I had, however, forgotten something fairly important:  it isn't easy working with something this small.  Adding in the head gusset and the back gusset were challenging.

I had to start working with the tiny, tiny pins again. Just picking them up is a bit of a challenge.

Then, I started attaching the head to the body.  That was when things got really complicated.  The directions stated that I needed to turn the head right-side out, put the head into the body, and pin the two pieces right-side together.  This makes sense.  And, it actually sounded relatively simple.

The reality is that it was actually quite difficult.

The opening was so small that once the foot is down, there is hardly any room left in the opening.

I eventually finished.  And, then started stuffing the bird.  I'm not quite happy with the way it turned out.  Even though I was careful to be relatively exact, there are still a few odd puckers.

I'm thinking that perhaps this chick needs some accessories.  Maybe a hat...or a boa...or...

I'm obviously not sure yet, but I think I'm going to finish this one--puckers and all!