Design - "Plum Berry Sampler"
Designer - Bent Creek
Fabric - 32 count Touchstone linen
Fibers - GAST - 2 strands over 2 threads
Started - 2 February 2001
Completed - 27 February 2001
So way back into the archives we go for this bird stitch - clear back to 2001!
This little sampler features a bluebird and four different band stitches separate the rows of the alphabet. Maybe by posting this I'll get to see a bluebird. I do have a bluebird house, but for the past two years the Starlings have used it.
I did have another First of the Season Bird last week.
An Olive-sided Flycatcher.
Flycatchers are great fun to watch. They perch high atop a tree or snag.
They then dart off to snag a insect.
And fly right back to their outlook post to await their next bite.
They are often active in late in the evening.
Look at all my American Goldfinches - the reason for this post's title.
They are wonderful accents of color in the trees.
They gather at the feeders and the bird baths.
On the left a Pine Siskin has joined the group.
This is a very weird year for Evening Grosbeaks.
Most days I only see a pair of birds.
Then, maybe once a week I'll have anywhere from 6-12 birds.
I do not have many Black-headed Grosbeaks either. I've counted just 3 males and 2 females.
I kept going back to admire those plumberry bands. So pretty! I am enjoy the goldfinches here too. :)
ReplyDeleteI adore your pictures.
ReplyDeleteMany compliments for the pretty needle work. Giovanna
That's a very pretty band sampler. The bird pictures are just magnificent. I think they could go in a bird book!
ReplyDeleteLove the pop of yellow with all those lovely American Goldfinches in the tree!
ReplyDeleteI have that chart!! Yet to be stitched tho! Great find of that Flycatcher! And look at all those Goldfinches... amazing!
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