Jude has been gathering
stitched feathers for the
Magic Feather Project. I have started collecting actual feathers. Maybe a feather book will develop. There are so many beautiful patterns. I never realized this until recently. My glass jar holds feathers from friends who have shared some with me.
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| roosters, doves, flickers, pigeons |
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| turkeys, just love that curved rooster feather |
My friend Anita gathered some feathers from her yard and shared some with me. Can anyone identify that
top striped feather?
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| feathers from Anita |
Couldn't capture the beauty of some of the colors with the camera. Click on the images for a closer view.
17 comments:
I have a teensy feather on my bulletin board in my office that I picked up somewhere outside. I was surprised recently when going through a storage cube to find several feathers that I had apparently picked up. I have a few on display but didn't realize I had others tucked away. They do evoke some special emotions.
I love your feather collection and the curved rooster feather is exceptional. The striped feather may be from a hawk. I have some sharp-shinned and red tail hawk feathers that have those markings. Wishing you a beautiful weekend.
Pretty pretty, especially against the vibrant background! When I'm in MA. I make it a habit to get at least three good blue-jay feathers (3 seems the necessary number), but I can't turn away the occasional crow quill, though blackbird plumage with it's iridescent highlights is much more interesting.
Deanna, I bet they will start coming to you now in all kinds of ways. Beautiful turkey feathers, love the fancy one!
I would suggest owl for that top one. If it's very soft and quiet when you flap it, it's definitely owl. Their feathers are adapted for silent flight. A hawk's feather is stiffer and will make a noise when flapped.
Have fun collecting real feathers. I love peacock feather, but they are hard to find - have a lovely weekend - hugs Nat
A gorgeous collection Deanna! That top one in the last pic looks like it came off a lion's mane!
Those are beautiful! A wonderful thing to collect.
I reckon that was a Flying Tiger Bird! Very rare...naturally lol and deserving of a story cloth all of its own!
Let me have your home addy and I will send you a couple of Treasures :)
Lovely feather collection! I have an identically striped feather on my altar and it is from an owl.
well, Kristin and Yvonne. It is kind of stiff and makes a noise when flapped so i'm leaning toward hawk. I googled both and they do look similar. thanks.
Hi Deanna. Funnily enough, Portuguese stem stitch would make a really good, though unusual, embroidered feather... Good luck with your Magic Feather Project stitching. Kelly
I've never seen such a variety of feathers before!
I'm so jealous! When we moved from Wyoming to Seattle I had a small box of special treasures go missing. I had a small feather collection in it. One I had beaded around the shaft with teeny tiny size 17 seed beads. There's no way I could do that again. I also had some fossils and special agates in the box too. Luckily my great-grandfathers marble collection was packed somewhere else... as well, my great-grandmothers fabric scrapes. Lots of ideas for stitches magic feathers there!
;-) Debi
Such beautiful feathers! I too have many floating about my house :)
If you send me your snail mail address...I'll send ya a couple :)
Nancy-would love to have some feathers from you but i don't have your e-mail address to send you my snail mail address. my e-mail is on my blog profile so if you would e-mail me that will work.
all so very lovely!
such sweetness displayed........
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