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My golden year quilt; one motif down....

...forty-nine to go. Well, maybe. I hadn't really planned on doing exactly 50 motifs. We'll see.

This is a motif I found in Dover Publications clip art sampler that I get in my inbox every Friday. I think it's Korean and I think it's a pheasant. After taking this picture, I added a ring to its neck because the pheasants around here have rings and are called, oddly enough, ring-necked pheasants. I do think it's kind of funny how the bird in the drawing looks angry and my stitched version looks happy. A recent challenge issued by Lesa of CQ for Newbies was to "fill in" an embroidered motif. In other words, not just a line drawn motif, but to fill in the area inside. So I did that somewhat on this guy. His feet, beak, and parts of his head feathers are done in satin stitch. His tail feathers are done in long and short stitch (the longest tail feather) and the ones to the side are done in stacked fly stitches, which work really well as feathers, though I probably should have done them facing the opposite way. I used a variegated DMC perle cotton in size 8. The color number is 106, but Corbin and I named it "melting red popsicle". I also added a few beads to his head, and may add more to his wings. Gotta think about it....
Posted by gocrazywithme at 7:39 AM 
Janet, I love your motif. You did a good job of filling him in. I also like that you did it in red!

July 30, 2009 at 11:21 AM Gerry Krueger said...

That pheasant is spectacular as well as exquisitely stitched.... Love it.... Gerry K.

July 30, 2009 at 1:37 PM 
Your happy RT pheasant is great, Janet. Your Golden Year is one to celebrate, and I think he is! I like the way you did the fill-in. I hope everyone double-clicks to see the wonderful details of your stitching!

July 30, 2009 at 2:30 PM SH Sue said...

WOW!!! Love him just the way he is - sue

July 30, 2009 at 5:26 PM Maddie Can Fly said...

Love the beads on his head. Congrats on being the first to take me up on the challenge. BTW, how did you transfer the design?

July 31, 2009 at 9:42 AM CarolynPhi said...

Janet, your work on your pheasant is beautiful!!! I like yours' sweet disposition much more than the original!!! LOL!!


August 8, 2009 at 12:33 PM