Blackbird Applique [2]

I didn't realize it was so long since I posted the last bird applique [Jan]

Layered fabrics, hand stitching

Blackbird Applique

White patches of fabric for the background including vintage table cloth, hand stitched. Strip of patterned fabric with feather stitch and running stitch. Patterned fabric was also used on the bird, although this does not show up too well on the photo. Back stitch outline for the bird.

Blackbird and Bottles

The Take a Word challenge this week is blackbird. Bet you didn't expect to see a chicken. Well it is black and is a bird and it is trying to be like a regular 'blackbird'.

I used a label from Graphics Fairy to put on these bottles. The bottles are actually a photograph which I took at Cragside House, but it would have been nicer to have had the real bottles in my possession.