
Here is the very nearly finished little birds hanging. It is photographed draped on the patio chair outside where I was finishing some of the hand work. I don't have a title for this yet. Suggestions welcomed!

Here is a detail of the birds. I felt it needed to have more texture so I added the seed stitches in the background. I wanted to give it a feel of more trees and leaves. Using the complimentary color of purple to give the suggestion of branches. I do still need to go over each bird with machine satin stitches to anchor the fused fabric.
These birds came about after seeing Nellies colorful 3D fabric birds. (link to Nellies Needles on side bar). This is not my usual type of work but it was fun to do. I wanted to give a go with fused fabrics in a quilt. My first intention was to do this lickity split and all with machine stitching...
Well, I just had to add the hand work. And it was crying out for prairie points for the border, so my fast track went sideways a bit. In the end I like this for its happy feel.
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They remind me of gouldian finches, which we are lucky enough to have in our district. They are quite rare.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gouldian_Finch
hey karen, very nice addition with the seed background. glad you mentioned nellie's birds, i thought they had the same feel.
congrats on a fun piece!!
Is this for sale? It looks so cheerful!
A wonderful feeling! I love the birds, the whole piece!
These little guys are so gorgeous! I love the quilt :)
I love this little piece-it's a real sunshine and summer work.
This is a great piece!
Hi Karen
What an absolute treat of a piece. I love these gorgeous little birds, they look like they're all waiting in a queue.
The seed stitching is perfect too.
It was so nice to see you on my blog and thanks too for dropping in on my web site.
Hi Karen,
I just came across your blog and absolutely love it. The little birds are so lifelike..love the stitches.
Your birds are fantastic!
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