The bird informally known as Shouty is finished. A few more rebalancing tweaks, and #StellasBirds will be complete.
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The bird informally known as Stabby is provisionally complete. I will need to tweak some of the colours and details to rebalance the design, but I enjoy that part. It's full of my favourite Feather Stitch variations already!

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I love Cable Chain Stitch. But sometimes a design needs something quieter.

I think Stem Stitch is less intrusive here. The leaves, stems, grapes are part of the background, after all. I want the birds to shine, full of texture and personality. Once the "background" is done, I can go wild!

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I'm really enjoying stitching with the Studio Flax thread I'm using on this project..

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Making use of my maternity leave, I took a trip to Mountmellick today to visit the Mountmellick Embroidery Museum #mountmellick #lace #embroidery #crafting #mastodaoine

My Mountmellick embroidery flower after boiling & ironing. I visited the Mountmellick Embroidery Museum recently and saw some beautiful examples of old Mountmellick work
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