Have completed this embroidery over the winter months on Lithuanian linen. I made it into a cushion cover again because that’s what it wanted to be. I used bits and pieces of linen and ticking from around the studio. I always like to have something that is time consuming to work at over Christmas and beyond. I am high up in my studio and see the birds flying from above quite often so that spoke to me as a motif. I also used the little fabric collage I made from old clothes of an imaginary landscape as a reference for colour. It’s sad that I now have a bit of arthritis in my right hand ( I am right handed) so hand sewing may have to be limited, we’ll see. It breaks my heart. I can draw and paint still as that doesn’t have quite the close finger action that hand sewing has.