Friday, March 6, 2015

A LITTLE BLUE BIRD ARRIVES


And I am  singing a very happy song, to add to my delight this beautiful little bird arrived in the mail today. This is another page for my tiny book and this one comes from Ann. I set this challenge for the Stitching friends Group, and have been told since the easy part has been the stitching, it seems it takes quite a bit of research to find the right design for each person in THE RIGHT SIZE which is quite small this design is under 3 inches so you can imagine with this one the challenge  of completing the stitching in the small space. Ann has done wonderfully with her bird, I love it and here is a much enlarged photo so you can see all the detail. 

And to my stitching I have moved on from the robins, my SAL design which I can not share yet is finished, and I did so enjoy that project I am now looking for designs to go with this quote from the book The Secret Garden................
"A gardener couldn't have told thee better. They'll grow now like Jack's bean-stalk. They're crocuses an' snowdrops, an' these here is narcissus es," turning to another patch, "an here's daffydowndillys. Eh! they will be a sight." 
So the search started with crocuses, I came up with several and then decided on two, this one a freebie from  Borduurblad  here is the link


This is pattern 37  and I enjoyed stitching it as I felt the crocuses do look just like they do in the garden but it would be a bit small to uses on my main project, so I will use it on a page in the small book I am making for Annette of California Stitcher who gave me the idea of using the Secret Garden as a theme. I read a lot of books as a child but could not remember this one I have now read it and enjoy going back to it for more inspiration, I want to use quotes from the book ...easier on bigger pieces, however have come up with an idea which I will share with you in my next post when I have tried it out and know that it will work.

 The other design I liked was in one of my Danish Cross stitch books but was far too tall, so I tried a combination of the two,  I stitched this on Jan's hussif to try it out to see how it looks. here is the result. I think I will be working with this one and expanding it to a clump of crocuses, I also like it on this linen Permin Lambswool 35 count so am having second thoughts about the antique white linen I bought for the project.


Thank you to everyone who left comments on my last posting again my email system has linked them all together........ maybe I should just try the reply to all button and see what happens.

14 comments:

Cindy's Stitching said...

Lee they are so pretty.

Kaisievic said...

Wow! Such pretty, delicate stitching.

Madtatter80 said...

Oh I like the design on this little bird so cute and creative too!

shirley flavell said...

Love them. Shirley

JenGrosz said...

Your little blue bird is so cute! Very nice job. Love the stitching!

Beth said...

Lovely bluebird. And crocus are just finishing up here.

Thoeria said...

Such intricate detailed stitching! Gorgeous!

Annette-California said...

OH MY!!! What a beautiful beautiful bird Ann stitched for your book. LOVE IT!!! And those crocuses you stitched are so so pretty. Both designs are lovely Lee! All your ideas are fantastic!!! love Annette

gracie said...

What lovely stitching...

Annie said...

The birdie is so beautiful with those bullion stitches.

Love both those sweet flower designs. They are perfect for the theme.

Vickie said...

That bird is just splendid!
What a great idea from Annette. I read the Secret Garden as a girl. One of the very, very few books I owned. Lovely work Lee.

Evelyne said...

The little blue bird is fantastic!
And all the flowers are so beautiful,
for me a feeling of Spring!!

Have a nice weekend.
Evelyne

Carol said...

The blue bird from Ann is darling, Lee! Love your purple posies, too :)

Anne said...

What a darling little blue bird from Ann! A perfect little stitched beauty for you. Love your purple flowers too!