Ducky

I've been to Indiana three times to visit my brother. Each time I've gone, I have kept a vigilant lookout for cardinals and still haven't seen one. I love those birds, and we don't have them in Colorado. My brother says they are everywhere, but they seem to go into hiding when I am there. So we have a running joke about this now. He and his wife will be coming out for Christmas and I was going to make a pillow with these embroidered designs on it. I was thinking about bordering them with a log cabin kind of pattern with Christmas fabrics. Any other ideas?

I still need to clean up some of the loose stitches. The first one looks kinda wonky......

billswife99

I got a kick out of those. Great job!

Lisa_wanna_b_quilter

Very cute! Maybe instead of "Christmas" fabric you could use "winter" fabric. You might get a bit more use out of your great pillows that way.

Ducky

You know, that had occurred to me, too, about the winter fabrics. I'll have to see what I have.

Quilt4u

They are So cute. I love them.

Tabby1957

Ducky....we have a bird feeder in our back yard...and we get beautiful cardinals all the time. We get all kinds of birds....but it truly is beautiful to see a Cardinal in the snow. If I can catch it at the right time....I'll send you a picture.

ranger

Those are so cute----I like the second one.

I had some Christmas fabric with cardinals and other birds on it. I fussy- cut the birds and appliqued them to Christmas stockings.

ranger

MNQuilter

I love the cardinals in the tree. Actually, I love the cardinal sticking out of the snow! It made me laugh. Thanks!

Ducky

I just had to do the cardinal sticking out of the snow. My brother and I don't see each other very often, but when we do it's a continuous laugh-fest. We laugh until we cry. Plus, there are four of us siblings and I was known as the clutzy one......so guess who is represented in the snow?! :lol:

Tabby, I'd love to have a picture of a cardinal in your back yard!

jodimae

omg! too neat! gonna try it! ROTFL