Drawing Feathers...

Bluebird Feather

I had a great couple of hours at work yesterday, and even managed to get down the stairs at the end of my shift. Even so, I wasn't up for doing a lot of stairs once I got home. I changed out of my work uniform into sweats and slippers, deciding that I was going to work on a concept for my corners for the bluebird piece. I already knew I want feathers in the corners of this piece, but needed to settle on size and shape.

I grabbed my set of Derwent Inktense™ ink pencils and started drawing. These pencils are actually fabulous if you get them wet to draw on fabric, and they're permanent when dry. However, I'm not going to draw these feathers onto the fabric. I'm going to be stitching them into blocks and the corners of my bluebird hanging. Here's a photograph of the cardinals just to remind you where they'll be placed...

Brynwood Needleworks  "Winter Song - Cardinals"

On this piece, the outer corners are 1-1/2" square, while the inner motif is closer to 2". The robin wall hanging has equal sized leaf motifs in all the corners (1-1/2"). I haven't decided what size my inner feathers will be yet. I'm planning to do that once I cut the fabric into its final size and see how much space I have left. The bluebirds take up more central area than the first two pieces. The outer squares will be the same 1-1/2" though.

I'm working from 10 am until 1 pm today to help out a coworker who has to get to an appointment. I'll likely set up the fabric for the outer corner pieces to stitch once I get home. I won't work again until Friday evening, so I'll be able to start stitching my feathers tomorrow or Thursday. I can't wait!