Blackbird’s Winter Delivery by Blackbird Designs is #5 in the Loose Feathers series. Behind the blackbird is a rather sparse Christmas tree with a star on top. It is now OOP. It had never really appealed to me in the past but the more I saw the finished stitched pieces, the more I liked it. So I finally decided it was one I had to stitch. Since it is not a chart I own, I borrowed it from a fellow stitcher.
Blackbird’s Winter Delivery chart
The recommended fabric is 28 ct. Cranberry Bog by R & R Reproductions which is no longer available. But I had a piece of 16ct Aida from Nancy Turner. that I thought would work. The closest DMC color looks like 3806.
Fabric and floss for Blackbird’s Winter Delivery
I used the recommended floss: Gentle Art (GA) and DMC
- DMC 310
- GA Tin Bucket
- GA Dried Thyme
- GA Harvest Basket
- GA Dark Chocolate
- GA Flax
- GA Cherry Bark
- GA Chamomile
- GA Sarsaparilla
- GA Straw Bonnet
- Mill Hill Glass Seed Beads #02045
Blackbird’s Winter Delivery
Blackbird’s Winter Delivery small bird
I will probably finish them as small pillows but for now they reside in the finished projects drawer.
And here it is finished and ready to join the other small pillows in my long basket.