I just can’t help it. I love birds and I especially love seagulls. This pattern is from Oddnest on Etsy. I’ve made so many I’m losing count. Check them out here on the stuffed animals page. They are made like this: Body and feet: felt. Legs are clothesline top with knots for knees. Cotton beak and wings which are buttoned. Embroidery floss tufts and tails. Stuffed with polyfil and weighted with polypellets. Some have hats and shoulder bags filled with fish.

So here’s the thing. Rain. The remnants of Hurricane Beryl were due here, so naturally, the seagulls needed rain hats. See how nice and dry they are? The gull on the far right is ready to fly off to a new home in the Maritimes, so has packed a carry bag with cod.