🦜 Meet Bruce & Sheila!

Meet Bruce and Sheila, two cheeky little budgies full of colour and personality! Created using beautiful African Flower motifs, this delightful pair make a wonderful project for bird lovers and are guaranteed to brighten up any shelf, nursery or handmade gift collection.

Whether you choose realistic budgie colours or create your own fantasy flock, Bruce and Sheila are a joy to crochet and even more fun to display.

💛 Why You'll Love This Pattern

• Beautiful African Flower motif construction

• Easy-to-follow written crochet pattern

• Includes both written instructions and motif charts

• Step-by-step colour photographs

• Instant PDF download

• Written in English using US crochet terms

• Perfect for handmade gifts, bird lovers and nursery décor

• Helpful assembly tips throughout

📏 Finished Size

When made using 4-ply cotton yarn, each finished budgie measures approximately:

• 4¼ inches (11 cm) high

• 7 inches (18 cm) from beak to tail

The finished size will vary depending on your yarn weight, hook size and crochet tension. For larger birds, simply use Double Knit (DK), Aran or Chunky yarn.

⭐ Skill Level

Suitable for confident beginners and intermediate crocheters.

You'll need a basic knowledge of:

• Magic Ring

• Single Crochet (sc)

• Half Double Crochet (hdc)

• Double Crochet (dc)

• Treble Crochet (tr)

• Double Treble Crochet (dtr)

• Increases and decreases

If you're still learning, there are plenty of free online tutorials available to help you master these stitches.

🧶 Materials

You'll need:

• 2 mm crochet hook

• 4-ply cotton yarn (Scheepjes Catona or similar is recommended)

• 9 mm safety eyes

• Toy stuffing

• Long darning needle

• Dressmaker's pins

• Stitch markers

Mercerised cotton yarn is recommended because it gives excellent stitch definition and helps prevent the stuffing from showing through the stitches, although almost any suitable yarn can be used with an appropriately sized hook.

📄 Pattern Includes

Your downloadable PDF includes:

• Complete written crochet pattern

• African Flower motif charts

• Step-by-step colour photographs

• Clear assembly guidance

• Helpful crochet tips throughout

The pattern can be viewed on your computer, tablet or mobile device, or printed if you prefer to crochet from paper.

🎁 Perfect For

• Handmade gifts

• Bird lovers

• Nursery décor

• Colourful home décor

• Amigurumi collectors

• Spring decorations

• Budgie and parrot enthusiasts

⚡ Instant Download

Your PDF pattern will be available to download immediately after checkout, so you can start crocheting straight away.

📌 Please Note

• This listing is for a digital PDF crochet pattern only

• No finished budgies are included

• Written in English using US crochet terminology

• Due to the nature of digital downloads, refunds cannot be offered once the file has been downloaded

© Copyright

This crochet pattern is for personal use only. It may not be copied, redistributed, translated, shared or resold in any format.

Finished items made from this pattern may be sold in small quantities, provided credit is given to the designer.

If you have any questions before or after your purchase, please don't hesitate to get in touch—I'm always happy to help.

Happy Hooking! 🦜🧶