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I've been playing with my embroidery machine and some felt I had lying around and it resulted into this:

I quite like it. It makes me think of Christmas.

However, He-who-shall-not-be-named (does this make me sound like a Harry Potter addict?) didn't think much of it, so please feel free to give me YOUR opinion about it.

It initially started out as something I wanted to make for Nie (see my post below about the Nielson family). I chose a red robin since there is a legend about how this little bird got his name: When Jesus was wearing his crown with the thorns, a little bird came and tried to remove some of the thorns. While the little bird was doing so, some blood dripped onto his chest and it remained there forever. I know this is just a myth, since red robins don't live in that part of the world, but it's the symbolism that got to me. To me this little bird is a symbol that says: every little bit helps. And all over the world people are joining hands to remove some thorns by helping out the Nielson family.

I'm still not sure whether I should turn it into a brooch, a Christmas tree decoration or a gift tag that can be attached to the ribbon when you package a gift. Maybe I'll use it on a new (messenger style) bag. I need a new bag.