With warmer weather approaching, it seems like a good time to begin a new multi-part series about making Summertime, the fourth of my seasonal landscapes. It feels so good to have completed all four seasons in this project! I started making them during the pandemic as a way to focus on something positive and healing. UPDATE: So far, I’ve written Part 1 – Tree Trunks, Part 2 – Tree Houses, Part 3 – leaves, stems & branches, Part 4 – Baltimore Oriole (body), Part 5 – Baltimore oriole (head and feet), Part 6 – rose vine, Part 7 – raspberry plants, Part 8 – stitching flora and Part 9 – moss, sky and stone wall.

Over the coming weeks and months, I will share photos, videos and commentary about different aspects of the project, from raspberries to tree houses and their inhabitants to a life size Baltimore Oriole.

Summertime is the summer scene in a series of seasonal landscapes that capture the wonder and magic of the natural world. See the Four Seasons Series and dozens of other works in my exhibition, To Every Season: Works by Salley Mavor at the New England Quilt Museum, Sept. 9 – Dec. 31, 2025.

Posters, note cards, bookmarks, and jigsaw puzzles of Summertime and the other scenes in the series (Frosty Morning, Mossy Glen, and Harvest Time) are available in my Etsy Shop.

The following video shows how I arranged different parts of the scene before sewing the pieces in place.

I know that you like to see my fingers in action, so I took videos of different parts of the process. Sometimes I weeded the garden and stitched on the same day, so I hope that my dirty fingernails aren’t too distracting! Here are 2 previews of making the bird’s beak and sewing raspberries. There’s lots more to show, so stay tuned! If you want to receive email notices when I publish new posts, please subscribe to this blog using the form below.

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