One To Go...

Don't Mind The Resident Moocher

As requested, I'm sharing photographs of all three wall hangings together. Of course, I'll rearrange when I complete the autumn wall hanging in 2026, but this is how I've arranged these three for now.

Robins and Cardinals were hanging in my studio until I moved them into our bedroom. Now, I'll see them when I wake up in the morning, and last thing before bed.

Handsome thinks I should consider having custom shadowbox frames with UV glass made for them. I'm seriously considering it! What do you think?

"Song of Spring - Robins"

"Winter Song - Cardinals"

"Summer Serenade - Bluebirds"

Thanks to everyone for all the lovely and encouraging comments along the way. We'll start again next year, but for now, I'm going to take a break from songbirds and get busy on Christmas projects. I'll have something completely unrelated for next week! See you then.

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!