Flamingo Mama
 

I made this wool Penny rug because I wanted to play with a new technique, Beaded Buttonhole Stitch. You can see the beads around the black center square. I can see possibilities with this stitch and I'm already thinking about new places to apply it....! The other thing that is different on this piece is that I used two-part plastic "safety eyes" for the birds.

I'm not sure what happened to the color on the top picture. It is not that florescent in real life. It should look more like the second photo.

What a fabulous piece of work!!! I love the beading and the colors!!!

Very nice, love the color.

Awesome!!! :)

Your stitching is terrific and I love the beaded blanket stitch - wonderful piece. Thank you. Love to know how, is this beaded variety really, really time consuming?

I love your flamingos and your stitching is perfect.

Love that piece!!! And a timely post for me as I am working on a wool table topper and there is still time to add the beads if I choose to some of the flowers. Thanks!!

I had used the two part eye's that you have on a recent project - a flannel baby blanket. Being a baby blanket I washed it before sending to the recipient. The iris only on one of the eye's came off, so my frog had one brown eye and one eye with a pupil only :( The one's I used were a button with a eye hook. Needless to say I removed them before sending as I didn't find them "safe" in the least for a baby.

great looking needlework!

Awesome job! That's the cutest penny pug I have ever seen.

You did a great job! l love it

I have just started doing the wool applique.... I love that you can also embellish them with the beads..... Now enjoying trying to find patterns.

Thanks for sharing. that is worthy of a big smile.

I use the blanket stitch a lot in applique and will try your beaded technique on the next one. Good job!

OOOOOH. You are goooood. Perfect and Perfectly awsome! Beautiful!

Beautiful stitching--looking perfect. Thanks for sharing.

That is really cute.. my dd has a "thing" for flamigos and would just love it... Looks like a lot of work. I haven't tried anything with wool yet.

Darcy,
That is absolutely darling...I just sent you a PM!:)

Wow! Eye-popping all around. I love the bright colors and your work looks flawless. What a fun and creative technique. Thanks so much for sharing.

That is really beautiful. I love doing the penny rugs and am really into adding beading to everything. Would love to do this one.

What a neat project! YOur stitching is beautiful, and adding beads is something I may try as well. :)