Yes, she uses a rivet at the middle, and grommets for the eye and tail. But I had trouble with the grommets, so I tried simple snaps which seem to work fine.
These are so, so fabulous! The colours of the cans you used work so well. Thanks for the tutorial link, I may have to add this to my never-ending list of projects.
What a fun upcycle! It makes me wish I hadn’t recycled my stash of Arizona iced tea cans. I might have to buy some fancy cans and have other people drink them for me
I just watched the video, and tried to go to her website for the pattern, but it doesn’t seem to be working. Do you have the direct link to the pattern?
Oh, no! It looks like her website has been hacked or something. I’m not able to access the pattern any more, either. I hope I saved a copy of the pattern and materials list. If I did, I’ll try to share it here.
Update:
I cobbled this together from the pieces I’d already cut. Taped it to grid paper that has 5 squares per inch; hopefully this will give you some idea. The picture is not perfectly square, but her pattern pieces weren’t perfectly symmetrical, either. So hopefully, good enough for anyone who might want to try to make a bird.
Originally printed from the non-hacked version of Jenny Fillius dot com: “Tool List and Pattern for Tin Birds”.