Join in the fun of creating a lovely boudoir pillow with Ann Myhre. A Little Birdie Told Me is a 10-week stitch along, sure to bring you hours of pleasure while building your handwork skills. You'll begin by turning the birdie photo into an outline to stitch and build from there, using skills like advanced embroidery, tatting, crochet, oya, and stumpwork.

Download the supply list and templates here. Either way, let's do some handwork as we ring in the new year.

You can ask questions in the FORUM here.

Ann will also be using the Facebook group called Mandala Unplugged to let you keep up with each other.

If you are interested in Ann's products, check them out at Ann's Etsy shop.

Here's Ann with a little intro of how this little birdie came to be. Hope to have you along for the journey.

Welcome! Thanks for joining me on another hand stitch journey! In this first lesson, we'll stitch the bird, the centerpiece of the pillow. You'll learn how to work a free-form embroidery from a photo.

In this lesson, you'll be working reverse appliqué inset circles, blanket stitch, adding beads and quilting with seed stitch around the bird.

In this lesson, you'll be tackling Oya, a Turkish edging. You'll work a tiny crochet beaded lace trim and separate crocheted motifs. Grab those magnifying glasses and get started!

In Part 4 of the A Little Birdie Told Me project, you will be turning the edges of appliqué pieces with glue and then stitching them to the background.

This week you'll be working some details with embroidery stitches including the whipped running stitch, back stitch, split stitch, and the stem stitch for outlining. Then you'll be making satin stitch tulips.

In this lesson, you will be crocheting branches and working a very basic beginning tatting flower. Then you will be adding them to the background.

In this lesson, you'll be working with layered wool reverse appliqué which is similar to working with a mola. After finishing the corners, the background core pieces will be placed. All that's left is intense embroidery in the next two weeks and then the finishing!

In this lession you'll be finishing up with more embroidery and beginning stumpwork. Then you'll finish up the back.