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Pretty, pretty colors.

lookin good

Beautiful colors! Your doing a lovely job!

Just love those colors on that fabric they stand out so very nice!!!!!!

The colours are amazing.

I love how the leaves really fill it out, beautiful work!

It's looking stunning Karen

This really is so much fun to stitch up--yet another update to show.

The leaves were definitely time consuming but I really like how they look even without the backstitching done yet

very pretty. love the colors. I love Kingfishers. I have one that hangs around the creek behind my house. Sometimes I see her dive. They are great birds.

Carole

rcperryls wrote:
very pretty. love the colors. I love Kingfishers. I have one that hangs around the creek behind my house. Sometimes I see her dive. They are great birds.

Carole

I am soooooooooo jealous!! I wish that there were a few of them in my area--they are extremely interesting creatures to watch.

A few years ago a second kingfisher showed up and we had the biggest kingfisher battle. If I can find the picture my husband took I will post it. They chased each other around and around and then flew into the picture window by our bedroom. No damage. But they were both knocked out. He got a picture of them both laying down on the ground. Then all of a sudden it was like they both got their breath back and off they flew again. One eventually won the war I guess and got her territory back.

Carole

That sounds fantastic--gotta love those territorial birds. Hope you are able to find the picture and lol on them stunning themselves that way

Great update Karen! The leaves have such nice shading to them they almost don't need backstitch.

Carole: wow! I haven't seen a Kingfisher in a few years. They used to hang around our area, but something has clearly changed recently. Do yours look like Karen's pattern? I'm curious as I really thought they only looked like this, the Belted Kingfisher. I've never seen the Common Kingfisher.

What beautiful colours - and those leaves look fantastic !

tiffstitch wrote:Great update Karen! The leaves have such nice shading to them they almost don't need backstitch.

Carole: wow! I haven't seen a Kingfisher in a few years. They used to hang around our area, but something has clearly changed recently. Do yours look like Karen's pattern? I'm curious as I really thought they only looked like this, the Belted Kingfisher. I've never seen the Common Kingfisher.

I've only seen the belted kingfishers as well--but it's really difficult finding a nice cross stitch chart for them. This design just was begging to be stitched--I love the colors in it

Ours our belted Kingfishers. Its a female which hangs around here. I have not see a common Kingfisher either though I would like to. Actually, "my" kingfisher usually leaves in the summer, I guess for breeding somewhere and will be back again in the fall, though I think they do breed here in SC, my backyard isn't the right kind of habitat for nesting I think. Good for feeding though as it is a tidal creek so lots of little fishies for wading birds and one kingfisher.

I like to look for bird patterns so I will see if I can find one for a belted kingfisher and let ya'll know.

Carole

Great update.

I have never seen a Kingfisher

This is so pretty, I really love birds. Great job

THis is so beautiful!!!!!!!