Sunday Smile

 

Have a great week, y'all!

Summer Birds: American Kestrel

Gorgeous bird alert! This is the American Kestrel, the smallest North American falcon. I've never been lucky enough to see one of these in the wild, but I am fascinated by how beautiful they are and by the way they hover while hunting. Of course I had to stitch one for my bird collection. This is from Crossed Wing Collection's Gone Birding, No. 32. I stitched him on 28 ct. Eek from PTP.

I guess the fabric choice is kinda unconventional, but I'm going for maximum color with this collection so I'm really steering away from neutrals. I am very happy with the way it's coming together.

Have no fear, Wilbur fans! He'll be back soon!

Happy Stitching!

A Weird Post with Bad Pictures: Sparkly Werewolves

The werewolves are sparkly.

I first noticed this when the girls would get into my lap while I was stitching and my stitching lamp would shine on them. The coppery fur on the tops of their heads sparkles. They have this color all over, but elsewhere it's just shiny. I've tried to photograph this many times, but I can't get decent pictures of it.

So I decided to just share the bad ones. Maybe you can see it.

Marigold

Butterfly 

Just wanted to share this important update. 😆

Enjoy your day!

The Birds Are Back!

 

Happy Spring, y'all! The birds are back! I have been looking forward to getting back to last year's Summer Birds project ever since I wrapped it up last fall. I don't have that many yet, but I wanted to display them anyway so I just filled in with little toadstools and nests and birds I already had. I'm delighted with how it turned out and am already working on new additions!

I also used my Nimble Birds WIP to fill the space (I really need to get going on that one).

Ready to go!

And my first Summer Birds finish for this year, from Loon Lake by Crossed Wing Collection, stitched on 28 ct. Twilight Mist Jobelan. 

Off and running! This display will stay out til the fall, so I've got all spring and summer to add to it. Can't wait!

If you want to know about any of the designs, click on the "birds" label for this post or in the right sidebar, and scroll til you find it. Most of these finishes are from last year.

Happy Stitching!

Wilbur Wednesday, Part 2

 

Second section of Wilbur's wings done! What a bright, cheerful little guy he is! I should have him finished soon and I'll share the link to the design.

Stay tuned for what I'll be working on next... I'm excited!