I know because there's a pair of very busy starlings feeding a nest of babies in a tree in my front yard. They've been at it for the past two weeks and the peepings from the nest are getting louder every day.
It reminds me of a project I stitched many, many years ago:
It came from a watercolor painting from a book called The Country Diary of an Edwardian Woman. Do you remember how popular that book was, and how eventually a cross-stitch book came out with her designs?
I actually cross-stitched this design on a 20 ct. evenweave fabric (Davos, perhaps?). And what I remember most about stitching it was that halfway thru the project, I fractured my wrist (falling off a spooked horse) and had to finish it with one hand only (the other hand being in a cast and propped up on my elbow). And let me tell you: it was the most torturously slow project I've EVER worked on. But I was determined to get it finished - broken wrist or not - and I finally did. Whew.
Consequently, every time I look at this project (which I made into a ruffled pillow) all I can remember is being propped up in bed, stitching painfully and very slowly on an awkward lap frame. But I also remember how determined I was to keep stitching, no matter what..... and even when I was laid up, I kept working on it and ultimately, finished the project (to my great relief and satisfaction).
4 comments:
Certainly this project will remain with you always...as the project of recovery and pain. But it is lovely. It is soft and gentle without any backstitching. Very nice
I can see why this picture was the cover illustration of Country Diary. The baby hedge sparrows are so cute!
How long was it before you made this into a pillow? My first big cross-stitch project was so frustrating and painfully slow to complete that I hid the framed picture away for two years because I loathed it so much.
Well worth the effort. That is real dedication :)
il est superbe ce tableau !
Sophos
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