It Only Took Six Years!

Design - "Liberty 1776"

Designer - Little House Needleworks

Fabric - 30 count Cocoa WDW linen

Fibers - Crescent Colours & GAST - 2 strands over 2 threads

Started - 13 August 2012

Completed - 1 November 2018  

Gosh!  It only took me six years of on and off stitching to complete this design.  Why so long?  There's no easy answer.  Larger designs are a bane for me - I tend to lose interest after a month or so.  I love this design and the colors - everything about it.  I tried a couple of times in past years to get energized and finish it up.  That did not happen and it was not until this summer that I finally found the mojo to work on this again.  I'm glad with the continued encouragement of my Followers that I followed through this time and 'got her done!'

Every once in a while, I 'see' birds when I look at my photos on the computer that I did not 'see' when I took the photos.  This series is a great example.   

I was listening to birds working in the big leaf maple seeds.

I thought they were Juncos and Chickadees. But nope - that extra-long tail is a clue.

It was a small flock of busy Bushtits!  Can you see the three birds?

Here's another one!

And yet another one!  What a wonderful surprise.

In town lots of backyard birds have the flocks come to suet feeders.  I have six - yes six suet feeders and have yet to see a group come eat this fall.  Perhaps I'll have success when the weather gets rainier and colder.