This is as close as I could come to the little birds on the postcard. I embroidered them on felt, cut them out and appliqued them to the block and added a little stuffing from the back of the block. Then I edged them with gold... I want the branch to be gold braid embellished with gold thread and gold beads.. I'm still thinking about leaves. They should be 3-dimensional like the birds and branch so that leaves stumpwork, beaded leaves or just bead leaves. It's making the decisions that is fun!!! I know little birds has nothing to do with our 2009 Challenge but I just love doing birds....
Well I just love your little birds Gerry, they are adorable and I just don't know how you can replicate so GOOD!!!
ReplyDeleteHow beautiful! Your little birds are just lovely.
ReplyDeleteThis is lovely Gerry!
ReplyDeleteWell done Gerry, they look wonderful...
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Very lovely, Gerry! And remember that "wings" is a theme for one month, so the birds could fit into that category. They are so cute!! Hugs, Cathy
ReplyDeleteThe birds are just darling! What a fabulous block this is! I love watching to see each new thing you add!
ReplyDeleteYour little birds set my heart all a twitter! So sweet. Do you do cardinals as well? These little love birds and cardinals are my favorites. I can tell that doing challenging work and succeeding is very rewarding to you. Let your needles fly!
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