Two little birds

After stitching out what seemed like hundreds of goldfish and really liking the effect that several layers of overstitching gave to the designs, I’ve been trying to find other ways of using the overstitching technique. At the moment we have flocks of little birds at our bird feeders so I thought I’d try some detailed bird designs in a semi-realistic style. So I’m working on a four-part design with a wren, a goldcrest, a coal tit and a (British) robin. Here are the wren and the goldcrest

 Wren

 

Goldcrest

 

 

They’re sort of OK but for some reason they haven’t turned out quite as nicely as the goldfish, and I’m not quite sure why. Maybe it has to do with the fact that goldfish are smooth and shiny, so the overstitching gives them a clear definition and dimension. The birds, on the other hand, are fluffy and feathery, with less defined shapes, so the effect of the overstitching tends to get lost in the depth of all those feathers.They're also a lot more complicated than the fish, so there's more that can go wrong with them. Never mind – they’re still appealing and I’ll continue with the series

 

Comments

[Embroidery punching]

The quality of your Stitches is fantastic.Hopefully i will get the desired services from your site

[Mia]

Hi

I'm not sure what you mean by your comment, as I don't normally digitise for other people. If you are interested in having something digitised, please contact me. However as you appear to be a digitiser yourself, you probably don't need this done!