Hatchling

Flicking through my sketchbook, I came across this page I doodled a few weeks ago.  Each of the birds is based on a google image, mixed in with a lot of artistic license.  Incidently, the little robin-esque bird on the bottom left is where the name of this blog came from (it's a happy looking egg I think.)

As always, I doodle these things full of intentions and promises, then semi-forget about them, or forget what they were for.  My attention span at times is just shocking!

But I brought this page out of hibernation to have a go at some embroidery.  It's not perfect, but I'm pretty happy with my first attempt at satin stitch.  I don't think he's finished yet either - I want to change his eye and beef up his wing a little bit, and perhaps give him a border of some sort - but I am excited about where he's heading.

He's taught me a lot (3 strands of floss for the outline was perhaps too much, for example), and I think I still have plenty to learn from him.

Once he's fully finished and looks "right", I might offer up the pattern for free if anyone is interested in showing me how it's done ;)

I hope you're all having a happy first day of Lent :)

Kim

A Wonky Stitchalong

The lovely folks at feeling stitchy are now in the second week of their stitchalong of this pretty flower pattern.  I've been meaning for ages to learn some proper embroidery techniques, and this seemed like the perfect opportunity.

It's a little bit wonky, and a few of the stitches have twisted, but I like to think that adds charm ;)

There are some really lovely modifications of the patterns happening in the stitchalong.  Perhaps once I'm more confident with these stitches, I'll have another (neater!) go.