The original Birds of Beebe Woods is currently on view through Dec. 31, 2025, in my exhibition, To Every Season: Works by Salley Mavor at the New England Quilt Museum in Lowell, MA.  

About the artwork: Birds of Beebe Woods was made in 2012 for a fiber art exhibit celebrating the beloved forest in my home town of Falmouth, Massachusetts. The finished dimensions are 30″ h x 24″ w x 1.5″ d.  In my piece, I wanted to feature wildlife as well as convey the natural wooded environment in Beebe Woods. I chose to portray birds, making them realistic enough to be recognized, but patterned and abstracted in a way that made them fun to stitch. I started with a simple sketch  and then got to work on the woodsy border, with its felt-covered wire filigree stage curtains. The crow came next and then the other birds common to our area of New England, making a dozen total. Listed clock-wise, they are female cardinal, nuthatch, black-throated green warbler, male cardinal, wren, downy woodpecker, blue-jay, robin, goldfinch, cedar waxwing, American crow and chickadee. I hand stitched the entire piece, using my unique blend of techniques and working methods. 

The original framed piece is not for sale, so that it can be displayed in public exhibitions. The next best thing (and affordable, too) is to get the poster in my Etsy shop. Puzzles, notebooks, note cards, and bookmarks are also available.

Archives: To see posts about the making of the birds in the piece, go to these links: crow here, goldfinch, nuthatch and chickadee here, blue jay here, cedar waxwing here, cardinals here, robin here, wren here.

This puzzle is available exclusively in my Etsy shop .

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