Birds Feeding...for Decades!

The stunning Cardinal

While putting away some Christmas linens in our closet I found an old embroidery crewel I never finished.  

I bought this crewel project in 1980 (...yes, I admit it... that's 1980...probably before most of you were even born!) - it's entitled "Birds Feeding" designed by Linda K. Powell.

I love birds.

I love to watch them.  

We've had a birdbath and feeder at our first two homes for the birds.  However, at our current house, we decided to just have the birdbath and no feeders - mainly due to the mess the birds make when feeding and our not wanting to attract any more mice to our home.

Two Titmice

Someday this will be a Grosbeak - see the bird seed!

I love the flower vines going up the post.

    

I remember this Blue Jay being hard for me to embroidery while the Cardinal wasn't difficult at all.

The unfinished work!

In addition to the Grosbeak there is a Towhee, Purple Finch, Woodpecker and Chickadee left to embroider.  Oh, boy...I have my work cut out for me!

I have too many hobbies and things I want to do and not enough time to do everything.   Yep, I'm complaining...here I am retired and still can't do all that I want to do. 

I've been so busy with Christmas...and then reading my new books, watching our new DVDs and playing with our new iPhones... and (sob!) I have hardly touch my crochet hook and yarn.  

And then I find this!  

I so want to finish it.  

Before it rots. 

Wish me luck!



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Crewel Christmas Tree

Maybe this is too up close and personal to view my crewel embroidery Christmas Tree!  Remember when crewel was all the rage back in the 1980s?  This is one I managed to actually finish during my working years.  I wish I had the sense to put the date on this piece.  Of course back then..when ever it was..perhaps the 1980s or possibly the early 1990s...I didn't know that I wouldn't remember  the year I finished this.  

See..I think it looks better further away..doesn't it?   Now, if I could just finish the bird feeder crewel embroidery piece that has been sitting around for twenty plus years!  Does crewel embroidery appeal to you?