thank you, very kind words. i have enjoyed these last 2 applique pieces. they have definitely been something 'different' to do.
pat, time to get your thinking hat on lol... sorry!
betty, i hope you can recognise the birds that you talked about;
you have the 2 different finches on the right, although there are yellow, brown and red breasted, 2 look maybe like male/female.
then there are are a couple of brightly coloured(lol!) cedar wax wings. i couldn't find a definite ID on the king birds so they were replaced by your 'state' bird of the 'mountain blue bird' which there are 2 of. last on the left you have 2 of your bullock orioles.
. this was def' an enjoyable challenge! and nice to meet birds that are new to me:) you have some pretty native birds! i can tell you! :-) :thumbup:
(they don't appear to like the 'monkey nut strings though! mmm lol)
BTW, a little side note to Dayle & Betty.
ALL the raw edges on both of your rows have had the 'fray check' treatment. so hopefully, (!) they should be ok when washed & during use. there shouldn't be any problems with fraying material. plus i used a 1.2 stitch close to edges as well as the 'fray check'. this applies to any raw edge applique i will be doing on anyones row.