The Red Bird is Done

In an earlier post, I showed the drawing of this red bird. Now, here it is all done and framed.

This was quite simple to do, and turned out very beautiful.

Sometimes, the simpler, the better.

I Like It ! uh huh, uh huh

Je t'aime... and some little flowers on monet linen. How good does it get!

The linen is some my sister sent me, and I always said "I like it" when I came across it while chosing linen for my embroidery. When I saw t his "J t"aime" embroidery, I knew I had the right thing for this cloth. I intend to put it in a hoop frame, and put it in my Peppers2 store. This was really fun to do. especially chosing the floss. For the flowers, I used two different colors together.

The little bird has just been transered to linen , and will be my next project in embroidery. You can see the floss colors I have chosen, with bright red for the bird. I will use two colors together (again) for the pine cone.

Still Busy

Even though I have been sick, I am still busy in between laying down and resting. I seem to be taking forever recovering from whatever bug I had.

This is just one project I am working on. a little tote that I am embroidering, and embellishing with a little felt bird. Making the bird was easy. A little felt and the scissors. The embroidery is another matter. Getting the needle to go through canvas is not as easy as it looks. I do, however, love the results so far. Since I took the picture, I have done the bird's legs, the flower stems and some of the leaves. It is going to be lovely. I will be putting this in my "2nd" store (Peppers2), as I consider this play.

The items in my 2nd store are things that I hope would make someone smile. Happy things, and this little tote is certainly going to be a happy thing.

Watch for the finished product sometime soon.

Well, I have finished my "Bird on a Branch", and I think he is adorable. I would give him (or her) a name, but will leave that to whomever chooses to purchase him.

You can see him at my second store ... peppers2.etsy.com

Meantime, he makes me smile each time I glance his way.

Work in Progress

Actually, I am still creating... I have two knitting projects going right now, and this cute embroidery. It is a little bird perched on a branch. Ever so cute!! I got the design from a fellow Etsy seller: http://softpencil.etsy.com/. Her designs are sweet and mostly whimsical. She is very talented.

I learned to embroider before there was television!! I remember two summers in a row, when I was about 10 & 11 years old, there were about 6 of us girls that got together several afternoons a week to embroider. Our Moms helped and we helped each other. I can still remember the thrill when I finally mastered the french knot.

So now 60 years later -- here I am embroidering, and thoroughly enjoying it.

My little bird will be done shortly, and will be in my "peppers2" store.