A Bird Song

The second bird

In this 5th and final article in the series devoted to this “Birdsong” project, we’ll finish with the work on the second bird.

I used the same threads, and the embroidery work is similar to that used for the first bird.

The design for this project can be downloaded from the first article or directly from the 2024 designs menu on this blog.

For the record, you’ll find below the list of threads in the two proposed variants, as well as photos of the different parts of the bird’s body. For more detailed instructions, please refer to the previous publication, which contains all the necessary explanations for this work.

The colors

All in silk

Threads used

for the body, soie d’Alger F17, F16, 4542, 4141, 3846

for the wing, soie d’Alger 1745, 1743, 4911, 4922

for the tail, Soie d’Alger F17, 3846, 4534, 4533

DMC threads

Yarns used

for the body, stranded cotton 739, 738, 436, 3772, 3021

for wings, stranded cotton 931, 932, 3753, 518

for tail, stranded cotton 739, 3021, 841, 3782

The bird

Body and head

The wing

The tail

Complete bird