HD: Brown Rooster

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I started this brown rooster last fall but I just finished it tonight. It goes with the white rooster I posted a while back. I got these two kits on eBay. They were Monarch Horizons "Take Alongs" from around 1990 or so. I love roosters, so I was really happy to find them.

I plan to finish them using acrylic trivets.

I learned something interesting stitching these two birds, though. The fabric for both was the same 14-ct white Aida, and the design size was identical. But one of the finished projects turned out taller and narrower than the other one. Apparently, the squares in the Aida weren't really square, and I oriented the fabric differently on the two pieces. I couldn't see it with the naked eye, either, until they were both finished. How strange.

I hope when I do the blocking I can compensate a little and they won't look too odd when they're sitting side-by-side.