Love Me Some Acorns

Design - "Gingham Hearts"

Designer - Twisted Threads

Fabric - 28 count cream and tan Riviera linen

Fibers- WDW - 2 strands over 2 threads

Started - 6 February 2013

Completed -11 February 2013

I found it fun and challenging to stitch on gingham fabric. 

Without further ado, a bunch of photos of Acorn Woodpeckers.

 

A female

A male

A male and female

Two males

It's great fun to watch these guys.

Fledglings

Design - "Sweet Violets"

Designer - Cedar Hill

Fabric - 28 count R & R Irish Cream linen

Fibers - DMC - 2 strands over 2 threads

Started - 20 April 2008

Completed - 31 May 2008 

A blue, blue sky.

A lovely song.

A wonderfully bright bird.

Such a joy to have Black-headed Grosbeaks in the spring / summer.

And oh, look!  The raucous, demanding baby Starlings have fledged!

In the Treetops

Design - "Geranium Sampler"

Magazine - "Cross Stitch Sampler" - April 1995 issue

Designer - Janelle Marie Designs

Fabric - 28 count ivory linen

Fibers - GAST

Started - 1 March 1995

Completed - 5 May 1995

This was the first pattern using GAST Threads that I stitched.

 Perched in the treetops.

Female Black-headed Grosbeak

Male American Goldfinch

Female Acorn Woodpecker

Steller's Jay

American Goldfinch pair

Female Purple Finch

Male Black-headed Grosbeak

Towhee

Two Acorn Woodpecker guys

Band-tailed Pigeon

Swallows and Finches

Design - "Bluebird Sampler"

Designer - Just Nan

Fabric - 32 count white linen

Fibers - DMC - 2 strands over 2 threads

Started - 29 May 2011

Completed -26 June 2011

Watching and nesting...

Male Lesser Goldfinch watches a male Violet-green Swallow.

Now there's a pair of Lessers.

A female Violet-green pokes out her head.

Goldfinches and House Finches

A female Goldfinch

Back to Woodpeckers

 

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

Back to woodpeckers...

A female Flicker looking for ants.

A male Acorn Woodpecker

I had two of them the other day.

A male Hairy Woodpecker

Love me some suet!

A lovely day over all.

Acorns

Design - "Backyard Birds"

Designer- La-D-Da

Fabric - 32 count R & R LA-D-Da Brown linen

Fibers - ???

Started - 1 September 2009

Completed -16 September 2009

So here's a flashback - I can't believe that I completed a large sampler in just a couple of weeks - wow!

Morning light is not the best.

Prepare for take-off!

Sunday evening I saw all three Acorn Woodpeckers.

But I only manage a couple of photos of one of the guys.