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When I got to this point, I thought I was done, but as I looked at it, I realized that I didn't like the total sky background. It was lifeless, and oddly drab in a way.

Unfortunate in many ways, because I've already made up ten of these backgrounds in preparation for more birds. Alas - they'll have to be used for something else. But in the meantime, this bird needed to be cut out and put on a different background.

Shall we audition some?

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Orchard Oriole (c) 2013 Kit Lang

My first series is done! Not that I'll never make another bird - I'm sure I will (they're kind of addictive, actually); but this particular six by six, ten piece challenge I set myself is done. Yay!

Originally, I hadn't made a decision "I'm going to do a series"; but the show I was making them for had requested ten pieces in the six by six size. I thought it would be fun to make them all "match" rather than have them be disparate subjects.

Continued after the jump...

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Mes voila!

The really for real final bird in the series, so we end where we began, with Green Headed Tanager.

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Ta da! Bird Number Ten!

This one's a red-bellied woodpecker and is what started the whole bird series in the first place. The reference photo (which I don't have permission to post, here) is what inspired it all.

But he came last, because I couldn't figure out how to make the snow. Turns out - it was french knots!

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At various points, having made various birds, various people have said to me "this is my favourite one!" Well guess what?

This is MY favourite one! I love the background, the way the tree branches look like the evergreen bark I remember; the needle-y foliage and my bird. I love it, even if I do say so myself!

So, let's check out this bird, shall we?

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All done!

Okay, I need to paint in that little stretch on the hem and I also need to paint the sides of the mounting board, but otherwise, it's done. :)

So, to recap...

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Golden Headed Blackbird (c) 2013 Kit Lang

So, first things first: - here's my finished bird - a golden headed blackbird - and check out that foliage! Five layers of stitching - but well worth it. :)

And now for the good stuff - the giveaway - check it out - after the JUMP:

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This actually isn't part of the bird series, it was a Christmas gift for my dear friend, Beth Berman of SewSew Art. Beth loves crows - so I thought I'd make her one. :)

Hope you have a fabulous weekend - and I'll see you on Monday for a husband in the bird series!

Wait, what?

See you Monday!

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Joining in the fun at Nina-Marie's "Off The Wall Fridays".

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Orchard Oriole (c) 2012 Kit Langlec2012KitLang-Copy2

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GreenTanager

Okay!

I'm finished the first bird - and for a trial run, it's pretty cute. :)

But there are a lot of things I'm going to change on the next one.

Greenheaded Tanager, close up, Kit Lang

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