Independent business: Tilly & Puffin

I’m Sylvia Bird, designer and maker at Tilly & Puffin.

From my seaside home in Dingle, Ireland, I create colourful and charming hand stitched ornaments and home decor, as well as publishing sewing patterns for many of my designs.

I’m inspired by the coastal scenery and wildlife, including the mountains and beaches, puffins and gulls, and my favourite flowers, the thrift or sea-pinks which grow all along the shore.

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A handmade felt heart ornament featuring a colourful puffin against a scenic background of water, grass, and clouds.

Puffin and Sea Pinks Felt Heart Ornament

A collection of three handcrafted felt ornaments: a heart featuring a green landscape, a sheep with a black face eating a red flower, and a small white house with a yellow roof and red door, accompanied by a sprig of flowers.

Irish Felt Ornament Gift Set

A handmade black felt dog figurine wearing a blue patterned cape with a red button.

Bertie the Black Labrador Felt Ornament
This link is for the blue coat. Bertie is also available with a red coat here

Click here to find other colours of labradors

A colorful felt ornament of a blue tit, featuring floral decorations and a soft, textured appearance against a blurred, warm background.

Blue Tit Felt Ornament Sewing Pattern
This is a PDF pattern. Includes: full size templates and detailed instructions with step by step photos.

A fabric embroidery hoop featuring a stylised penguin with a colourful hat, set against a dark blue background with stars and a moon. The penguin is surrounded by pink flowers and green leaves.

Puffin Hoop-framed Embroidery Pattern
The PDF pattern includes actual-size templates and step-by-step instructions with photos, showing how to sew, embroider and frame your puffin picture.

A handmade doll with a striped shirt, blue pants, and a red polka dot headband, sitting in a field of flowers next to a body of water.

Tilly the Felt Doll Sewing Pattern
This PDF pattern contains full size templates for the doll and her clothes, with 14 pages of step by step photos and detailed instructions.

Last updated:

Wednesday 22nd October 2025