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mmegaeraMy mother collects birds. The last time I was down in Texas to visit her, I found these patterns in a booklet, and I thought she might like them. Actually, she hinted that she did when she saw what I bought [g].
I stitched these over the summer. In lieu of fancy frames, which I really can't afford right now, I decided to stitch three of the patterns and then quilt them into a wall-hanging. I just pieced the wall-hanging this afternoon, but I probably won't quilt it till the weather cools off, and then I'll give it to her for Christmas.
Anyway, here they are:
Cardinals, Mr. and Mrs. (the tan one is the lady)
A thrush. I changed the colors on the columbines, because the original colors had them as dark purple, of all things, and the foliage was way too bright.
A pair of blue jays. I really wish I'd changed the color of the leaves. They're unnatural-looking.
And the pieced wall-hanging, just a bit out of focus, sorry. The fabric is a brown batik that looks sort of like bark. I have a leaf stencil that I'm going to use to hand quilt it.
BTW, these were some of the worst-designed patterns I've ever stitched from a technical standpoint. A lot of the time it was hard to tell what color went where, and the backstitching and couching stitches were even worse in that regard. Some of the color choices were just ugly, too. I will never buy patterns from this company again.
I stitched these over the summer. In lieu of fancy frames, which I really can't afford right now, I decided to stitch three of the patterns and then quilt them into a wall-hanging. I just pieced the wall-hanging this afternoon, but I probably won't quilt it till the weather cools off, and then I'll give it to her for Christmas.
Anyway, here they are:
Cardinals, Mr. and Mrs. (the tan one is the lady)
A thrush. I changed the colors on the columbines, because the original colors had them as dark purple, of all things, and the foliage was way too bright.
A pair of blue jays. I really wish I'd changed the color of the leaves. They're unnatural-looking.
And the pieced wall-hanging, just a bit out of focus, sorry. The fabric is a brown batik that looks sort of like bark. I have a leaf stencil that I'm going to use to hand quilt it.
BTW, these were some of the worst-designed patterns I've ever stitched from a technical standpoint. A lot of the time it was hard to tell what color went where, and the backstitching and couching stitches were even worse in that regard. Some of the color choices were just ugly, too. I will never buy patterns from this company again.
