Thursday 19 March 2015

Tree Bird Blog Hop.

Hello Peeps,

Today is the Mothers day on the Tree Bird Hop.  Have you seen what amazing things people have been creating - outstanding!

Thank you to the wonderful Madm Samm and the fantastic cheer leader Lana for all their work in organising this Hop.

The Mother asked if she could use MY blog to show her things and being a nice sheep I said yes, if I could narrate!

So here goes.....

She eventually found some of the lovely material of Tracy Lizotte online but it was VERY expensive to post it to little ol' New Zealand. So, she thought again.


But first up - did you see, did you see, the Mother and Miss H won the wonderful print that Madm Samm had to give away.  They love it.  Oooh, two other birds flew down to have a look too.


So the Mother decided to try her hand at raw edged applique.  These two beautiful birds come from a pattern by Sally Giblin. 


This is a tui - or sometimes called a parson bird.  The little ball of fluff/feather at his throat is white so he looks like he's wearing a clerical collar.
 

This is the fantail - piwakawaka in Maori.


They look gorgeous on her window seat inside together.  Did you see me in the picture?
 

Then she took some inspiration for crazy patchwork from Christine at Patchwork Allsorts. Check out her beautiful crazy patch! She is awesome at it.  The Mother is a real beginner!


She found this material and cut it up to add on to her crazy patch material. 


And voila - she made a canvas picture.  'Birds in a tree'  
When she first finished I mentioned her tree wasn't straight!  She had to pull it all off the canvas and do it again. It was a bit tense when she ripped the material at the side because of the staples and had to add more material and cover a couple of holes.  She definately thinks she needs more practice at this form of sewing! 



See this bird sitting on his branch.


And this one flying free.


Next up she MADE some material.  This was fun. Freezer paper, a graphic and Google was all it took!   She is going to use the little pictures to make a door stop and a little lavender hanger.



And finally today, she found more birds in Grandma's garden.

Found in an Op Shop (Thrift Shop).
 
 Just for you Madm Samm - some cross stitch to make you smile ( Hugs, love and prayers)
 
Thanks everyone for flying over to our blog today.  Check out the list below for the other blog hoppers today - you will love what they have made.
 
 
Friday, March 20
 
 
 
Love From
Baa. xxx

45 comments:

  1. Love all of your projects! The black birds on the red pillows are a real show stopper. Thank you for sharing.

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  2. beautiful pillows. the silouhettes against the red...wonderful as your stitchings..

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  3. Love the birds in a tree. They are all just lovely.

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  4. Great Birdie projects! Lovely seeing the unique tree birds New Zealand has to offer, thanks for sharing.

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  5. Lovely projects! Thanks for sharing.

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  6. Your Bird Projects are so TWEET!!! Please forgive me for not posting. I tried until 2 a.m. to get my bird pics to upload to my computer but no luck. I hope everyone will understand. I like to keep my commitments.
    Gmama Jane

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  7. What beautiful projects! I particularly like the crazy patchwork! So excited that I inspired someone to give it a try! Have a lovely weekend! :) x

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  8. What beautiful projects! I particularly like the crazy patchwork! So excited that I inspired someone to give it a try! Have a lovely weekend! :) x

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  9. Gorgeous projects! I really love the pillows.

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  10. Some unique creations. Very nice.

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  11. Love all of the projects and all of the various techniques you incorporated into the final pieces. Great job.

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  12. That canvas you made is so pretty!!!! Glad everything worked out when you repositioned it!

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  13. what lovely projects. I especially love the cross stitch.

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  14. Wow! Your birds creations are all beautiful!

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  15. The birds are just gorgeous. I love the birds in a tree in the crazy quilt pattern - very striking! Well done!

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  16. I wasn't sure where you were going with the low volume crazy patchwork but I literally gasped when I saw the way you quilted and appliqued the birds on. Absolutely amazing concept and execution!

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  17. Beautiful projects! I really love the collage picture....very clever!

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  18. Gorgeous projects. I love the crazy patchwork. It's just gorgeous, but I would have cried if I had to take it apart! LOL!

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  19. Those silhouettes - oh my goodness they're gorgeous! blessings, marlene

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  20. I love the applique pillows especially done in that red and black. It really makes the birds stand out.

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  21. Love all of your projects..especially the silhouettes! Red and black are so elegant.

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  22. OH MY GOODNESS...I loved your POST...and I loved all those FABRICS AND WHAT YOU DID WITH THEM!!! Those pillows are to die for!!!! AMAZING WORK!!!

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  23. OH MY GOODNESS...I loved your POST...and I loved all those FABRICS AND WHAT YOU DID WITH THEM!!! Those pillows are to die for!!!! AMAZING WORK!!!

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  24. Baa I do see you in the photo with the lovely bird pillows. Every Tree Bird project created is fabulous. I especially love the collaged canvas. Thank you and mama sew very much for Tree Bird Hopping and participating. Creative Bird Bliss...

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  25. Oh how creaive! I love them all. You certainly are showing your birds off for Spring.

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  26. Your pillows are great and inspired a few ideas for throw pillows I could make. Beautiful!

    Your canvas Birds in a Tree piece turned out fantastic! (Yes, Christine does amazing work, doesn't she?!)

    And, I love the fabric you created. Printing on fabric is on my list of new techniques to try this year. Yours turned out just lovely!

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  27. Sew creative! The bird in a tree canvas is inspired. Thank you for sharing ... :) Pat

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  28. All of your projects are beautiful.

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  29. Your pillows are very pretty, but I'm loving your crazy quilt, it's art!

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  30. Hello Baa ... just so many beautiful things in todays post. I love those cushions - the red on the black (think it is black but dont have my glasses on) is stunning. Your crazy patch canvas looks great too, & printing onto fabric ... wow that is gorgeous what you have achieved. You have inspired me to have a go as I bought some freezer paper last week.

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  31. I am just crazy over your silhouettes! We must be in the same chi....because I just can't seem to stop stitching silhouettes these days (when I am not making Paper Ladies that is.) On red, well they are just fabulous. Beautiful work Baa!

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  32. What beautiful bird projects. I love the black on red.

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  33. the silhouetted bird pillows are so graphic yet soft. That's quite an amazing combination executed perfectly!

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  34. I love the silhouette pillows. So many wonderful projects.

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  35. Those pillows are fab-u-lous!!!

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  36. Congrats on some great projects. The pillow are wonderful though I'd love to see that parson bird in person!! I love crazy quilting but just never find/make the time to do it; it's nice to see that you're getting such a super start at it.

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  37. Beautiful projects! love the red and black contrasting pillows. Fantastic!

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  38. I think your canvas is outstanding! I love the mixed media, and think the rest of the world wouldn't have cared if things looked 'straight'. Such a different take on the prompt-- makes me smile!

    Julie

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  39. Wonderful projects. You were really creative with all these different projects. Thanks so much for sharing them all with us.

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  40. Love the birds which are local to you. Everything turned out wonderful.

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  41. I am in love with your canvas picture! It's so beautiful! This is my absolute favourite, brilliant job!

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