Angel pin

I've used this design before to make an 'I'm thinking of you' present. This little angel was made for a woman who is battling cancer. This is the second time I've made one of these angels for the same reason and I hope I don't have to make any more!

It's quick and easy to make up and can really be embellished if you want. I did the tulle fantasy fabric thing for her body - you know, put snips of threads on the base fabric, cover it with tulle and stitch it all down. When I do this now I use an embroidery hoop - it works much better than bunches of pins and holds everything nice and taut. Then the wings were free motion embroidered with a quasi-feather design. Did that in yellow so it would tie in with the body color. Her hair is just ribbons that I looped and sewed down to the head - easy and elegant. This angel could probably have some beaded dangles added to the underside of her arms - that would look cool. But I want to get it to the owner-to-be so I'm not going to do that this time. The tassel was made with funky fibers and ribbon. Finding charms with healing words is rather difficult. I finally found a charm that says Courage on one side and Hope on the other - it's hanging in the tassel. I found it in the scrapbooking section of a craft store. I'm afraid that she looks kind of worried rather than hopeful - but that's just my opinion!

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You can find an online class for this angel at Di McDonald's website.