Month 9 -- Show Your Progress Here

[Carol G.]

Love your birds and the teal fabrics in that border! Keep plugging along! It's worth it

[Marilyn M.]

Helen W., Thank you for your comments. Yes, hindsight is a wonderful thing! I agree that the house/border could be more defined, but I have no desire to address that issue at this stage of the game. It will just have to remain softer looking. I don't have sufficient of either of those aqua fabrics to repeat the process in the upcoming border with more houses, which could possibly tie things together a little. C'est la vie! I'll just keep plodding along and see how it finishes up. I've been very busy working on "Mountmellick" by the late and wonderful Di Ford Hall...lots of hand work and piecing, so "Homeward Bound" has taken a bit of a back seat, but I'm looking forward to launching myself back into it as soon as possible. I will keep posting as and when sections are completed.

[Helen W.]

Marilyn, Glad you are taking the time to post your progress even if you are a little behind. Really pretty soft palette colors with the few accent of dark green leaves. Well thought out. Only thing I
would have done different is put a little more contrast between the house main body color and the
adjacent border. It would make the house a little more of the center feature. Hope you keep posting
as you progress. HelenW

[Marilyn M.]

Running behind, sadly. I'm hopeful of completing the top during the Christmas/New Year break from outside activities....."hopeful" being the operative word!!

[Gloria V]

Finally was able to finish Month 9. I went on vacation in September and fell behind but I hope to catch up this month...if life doesn't get in the way again. Very very happy that the birds are all done!!!

[Joan H.]

I have just embroidered eyes on my birds and raw edge appliquéd the hearts on. The flying geese are done and I have also finished the applique leaves and berries and just need to sew them together.

[LORI M.]

So pretty!

[Carol G.]

Finished my big borders today!!! So excited! Still have 4 leaves to attach. I might add a couple more leaves since my birds are smaller than the pattern birds

[Marilyn M.]

What a great idea! Wish I'd thought of it!

[Patricia Greytak.]

So many Beautiful jobs done here. Sorry that I've fallen back so far. But this is one I will finish.

[Jennifer C.]

I'm still working on month 9 -- I decided to print the bird applique and feathers at 75% -- I think I have a better chance of it fitting that way as well as I like it better. Hope it works.

[Barbara B.]

There is a Sticky Topic at the beginning of this Forum on how to upload photos, including how to resize photos that are too large,

[GayleCepparo]

These has been a challenging project. I had to undo and redo stems for the top and bottom vines to get the correct fit. I also had to make my birds smaller to fit in the border. I’m not sure how I was that far off on the border, but it took much more time than it should have - and it’s not finished yet. I’m not sure I’m up for another BOM. I’m behind on other projects as a result. I love hand appliqué, but this pattern was difficult for me to follow and keep up with. And, the system wouldn’t upload my photo, it was .32 over size. How do I resize it?

[Carol G.]

I like your roosting birds!

[Monique G.]

I Still have the eye to put on the birds. . . . I decided to use small black rivets. Hopefully they will work. Also I decided that my birds will be roosting rather than in flight. For me it made better sense. I found this month very laborsome as I'm not a needle turn appliqué person. But as time goes on, I believe I'm slowly getting better at it.
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