When I first saw this chart as one of the sneak peeks from the Nashville Needlework Market in 2017, I knew I wanted to stitch it. I ordered the chart from Crazy Annie’s along with a number of other Nashville releases.
Cover of Vintage Birds by Jeannette Douglas Designs
Fast forward to 2018 and I decided it was time to stitch this beauty. While the recommended fabric was 36 Ct. Legacy, I chose to us 16ct Legacy by Picture This Plus. I also decided to switch out some of the floss and use one of my favorites Victorian Motto Sampler Shoppe threads.
Stitch Count: 145W x 156H.
Design Size: 9 1/8 x 9 3/4inches
Uses specialty stitches which I made some changes to
Recommended Floss/Substitutes I Used
- GA Baby Spinach/VM Spring Grass
- GA Copper
- GA Dried Thyme/VM Prairie Sage
- GA Gold Leaf/VM Gold Rush
- GA Honey Dew
- GA Loganberry/VM Sweet Violets
- GA Maple Syrup/VM Weathered Barnwood
- GA Old Purple Paint/VM Jacob’s Ladder
- GA Old Red Paint/VM Cherry Bush
- GA Pomegranate/VM Be My Valentine
- GA Portabella
- GA Summer Meadow/VM Prairie Parsley
- WDW Cadet
- WDW Charcoal
- WDW Deep Sea
- WDW Kentucky Blue Grass
- WDW Lucky
- WDW Peacock
- WDW Pelican Gray
- WDW Tiger Eye
- GA Tarnished Gold
- GA Tradewind
- GA Wood Trail
This was one of a number of projects I was rotating through. I started stitching on February 28, 2018 and put the last stitches in on the night of April 2, 2018. For now it will go into the bottomless drawer of finished pieces.
Vintage Birds by Jeannette Douglas Designs – Stitch Piece
December 5, 2022
And here it is four years later, and Vintage Birds is now framed. I chose the SLIM COPPER WOOD PICTURE FRAME from pictureframes.com and it was on sale for 40% off with free shipping.
