Meet Anna's Bird!

I am finally settling into my Warsaw routine... work and crafts... no more painting, renovation works, no more pipes, walls and tiles to destroy... till next summer, probably! :) Today my regular Internet connection was finally fixed, turned out it was a part that burned and needed to be replaced in the big cable TV box (which also provides my phone and internet connections) several floors down. After a half hour of testing and sweating, the repair man left me all in smiles :). Ah the joys of a fast connection, ah the joy of limitless browsing... :)

But I digress: today I have the honor of presenting Anna's Bird to you, made by the wonderful Barbara! It's been more than a week since I received it and I'm still feeling the same love as when I opened the package from Barbara... It was a custom order (which means that if you're really, really nice, she might accept to make one for you! LOL, she's one busy mom, wife, crafter and writer so you might have to make your smile very broad! ;-)) and I am just delighted with it.

Don't you just love it?? The colors? The work? The fabrics? Here is how Barbara described it, I couldn't write it better:

Anna's Bird is stitched on a sumptious chocolate brown R&R Reproductions linen using overdyed cotton flosses in colors so deep and so rich you can almost feel them. The double-sided wing is fashioned from Moda's Garden Baskets series and is finished with tiny x stitches to give her a slightly primitive appeal. The floral designs stitched on the linen are inspired by Art Nouveau floral designs and compliment the flowing floral pattern of the wing. The balance of light and dark creates a bit of mystery, while the richness of the colors creates a sense of harmony and home-coming. Anna's Bird celebrates the shift from summer into autumn.

I'm borrowing these photos from Barbara with her authorization... I invite you to browse her sold and available items in her etsy shop, to see the other birds she made before... Mine is the nicest though, I swear I love it to death, see for yourself below!




I am sure Barbara would love to read your comments on Her wonderful work... Me, I couldn't say enough how much I appreciate her talent...