Karen's bird afghan project April 5th update

[carolanne]

[pattiebelle]

Dear Karen, you've got me "lusting" after that afghan!!! It's so beautiful!!!

I've crocheted my fair share of afghans, but now I NEED to stitch one -lol!

How on earth did you choose the theme? and find the designs? and get them to be the right size?

You are amazing ...

[Squirrel]

Fabulous Karen and I love the picture of the actual bird too. Such a lovely wee fellow.

Gosh that afghan is a whopper isn't it. I always used to lay my quilts onthe floor to take a pic of them.

[karen4bells]

Dear Karen, you've got me "lusting" after that afghan!!! It's so beautiful!!!

I've crocheted my fair share of afghans, but now I NEED to stitch one -lol!

How on earth did you choose the theme? and find the designs? and get them to be the right size?

You are amazing ...

Thanks Patti--I chose the theme as I love to take photos of birds and to entice them into our yard. Finding the designs was not the easiest thing to do, but Carole so nicely gifted me with a few booklets to help me out and I just kept searching ebay and 123 stitch for designs. Most of the designs are from the Crossed Wing Collections series. As for size, that's somewhat of a challenge that I love. I know that the stitch area in each square is 100 by 100 and I just looked for designs that were near that size. That can be challenging, but it is very doable with a bit of patience. I also strive to center up each of the designs so if they are a bit smaller than others are, they will at least look okay. I hope all of that makes sense.

Thanks again, for all of the lovely replies

[pattiebelle]

You've made perfect sense. Thank you.

I know you'll just love cozy-ing up under that in the cooler months...

[karen4bells]

You've made perfect sense. Thank you.

I know you'll just love cozy-ing up under that in the cooler months...

Glad that made sense--as for the cooler 'months', I'm afraid it's more like cooler days at a time here--we rarely get more than a week or two of really cool weather here, but still it will be a nice afghan to have just in case, and can always be used as a throw

[geekishly]

Lovely work, Karen! I missed several of your updates, but it's good to see them now and the "whole" thing.

[AriannaF]

Wow, the whole piece looks wonderful!

[natural_isis]

Stunning!

[works4me]

Absolutely wonderful. I now find myself wanting to stitch an afghan because you have inspired me.

[tiffstitch]

Beautiful work on the parula! and nice to see the whole thing so far.

[natural_isis]

Just revisited your pic of the whole afghan and I love the way you've matched up their poses. You're doing such a wonderful job on this. I think you and Carole may be creating some afghan addicts. Looking at the wonderful work you've both done on them has me itching to try one as well.

[rcperryls]

Just think of the 20 different bird designs that though Karen will finish each, she won't have to frame any of them and has a lovely coverup for chilly (cool anyway) Florida nights.

Carole

[carladee]

I love this soooo much! <3

[Carole]

Thanks for the pic of the whole afghan. It looks amazing

[karen4bells]

Here's the latest addition to the afghan--this makes number 11. It's a Yellow Rumped Warbler(aptly named) and is another frequent visitor to our birdbaths. I don't happen to have a photo of one of them, but the stitched one is quite accurate.

[pattiebelle]

Oooooo, more pretty!!!

[meerkat]

Karen,I keep thinking that this lovely afghan cannot get any better,but it does with every addition

[rcperryls]

Very very very pretty. I have a yellow rumped Warbler (called butterbutts around here ) that comes to my peanutbutter feeder. only one. every year. It's really strange. They are a lot of fun to watch.
Looking forward to your next bird. The afghan is going to be gorgeous!

Carole

[Squirrel]

He is a real cutie Karen and as always beautifully stitched. You must have a lot of interesting birds who come to your feeding station.

Beautiful update.