I don't know why, but as I was painting the blues yesterday morning and looking at my little sketch of my next bird, I kept thinking about good old Yardbird.

So last night while I was fusing and cutting, I put on some Charlie Parker and listened to him blow!



Here's a little video of him while he blows that horn... Enjoy!

And I'll see you on Monday. :)

I've been so busy at my day job that I've been behind on my "real" work!  :)


But I got busy painting for some feathers for the bird (I'm not risking blue dye again!) this morning; as well as some blues for another project I've got in mind (super secret! lol)

Consequently, my studio currently looks like this:

Remember when I told you that I had an issue with a bird's colour bleeding all over my work?

I'm making it all over again.*

NOW do you understand why I had a minor flip out and threw it in the garbage?  Approximately one billion french knots went to waste. (Augh!) 

I'll be showing you the bird's progress on Wednesday. I'm going to have to make him "puffy" to stand up to all that texture.  Should be ... "interesting".



* since there seems to be some misunderstanding - the pictures above are of the re-do. :)

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:

These are layers two and three...

Which means I can finally start on the bird! And then layers 4, 5, and possibly, 6! before the big finish.



P.S. - If you missed it last week, I'm doing a giveaway - you can enter it until Midnight Tuesday EST, HERE.