Cedar Waxwing

Saw a Cedar Waxwing in the lilacs today. What a surprise since I really don't have any plants that would attract them.

Goldfinch at my flowers. Just outside the kitchen window.  

Motif for sides of large hardanger doily. I have two and a three quarters completed. Then all I have to do is figure out what I'll use for fillers and where I'll cut. 

Hardanger: Lesson completed. Next lesson: more fillers  

First two filler stitches from the hardanger class. I think we'll do about six for this first lesson. 

Completed needle roll with huck weaving 

Wrens

Wrens
We heard a house wren at our place tonight. This is the first time I've identified a bird by it's song. My husband, son and I were in the yard when we heard a bird scolding us from the lilacs. Sure enough we got a glimpse and it looked like a wren, so I looked it up in my bird software and heard that same scolding sound :) Very cool.

Coming soon....

Updates on hardanger correspondence class, and hardanger doily

Another card... embroidery on paper. 

More huck weaving.... 

Huck weaving bookmark. Just did this quick one last night. 

Completed huck weaving

Just need to finish this into the needle roll.

Huck weaving and bird watching

I didn't get to see the fireworks last night since the baby was in bed early, and we can't see the ones in the city from our house. I did see color in the yard this morning though - a blue jay, a robin and a male cardinal.

Now that I've taken that class on huck weaving, I dug out an old kit I had.



Also, I finished stitching my punchneedle project


Well, my little guy is waking up, so I should go get him going for the day.