Back to the Birds

I didn’t really want to work on the Birdwatchers Project today but once I got started, December’s Northern Flicker turned out to be fun. 

I only made one big mistake - 

sewing the completed bottom section sideways onto the top sections. Oops! At least it was easy to fix. (Funny enough, it fit perfectly…)

That one circled area bugs me. I double-triple checked and it is done correctly. But it looks so wrong, like a piece is missing or the wrong fabric was used, and keeps catching my eye… 😩

This makes 8 birds complete, out of 14 total. I’m still 3 birds behind so tonight I started block #9, 

choosing the Scissor-tailed Flycatcher, a small bird that I thought would be easy. Not so much.

The first piece is about 5.5” long by 1.75” at the widest point. The head section is .5” tall by 1.5” wide… and uses ELEVEN different pieces to shape the eye and beak. 

Yeah, small definitely doesn’t mean easy.