I’d like to do a bird on my sampler, but there’s not a lot of room for one. To place one sitting on top of one of the scrolling vines (where they normally go) – well, it’d have to be a really small bird!

The other option is to do one in the middle of the design, instead of a medium sized flower.

This is the bird I’d like to do :-

As you can see, he involves a few different techniques of goldwork.

I’d give him a wavy line of vine to sit on, rather than the straight line that is there now. This is also a way to make more room for him between those bulges of the scrolling vine.