This lovely Blue Jay is checking out the Pink Dogwood flowers. Blue Jays can be territorial with their food sources; but this Dogwood won’t have berries till late fall and winter. The Blue Jay’s tail feathers are made of buttonhole and straight stitches; short and long stitches are used for the rest of the bird’s body. The Blue Jay’s legs are outlined and the claws are bullions. The flower center (made of beads and turkey loops) is really considered the flower with the four outer petals really being bracts that protect the flower. The bracts are made with buttonhole and short and long stitches. The branches are made with hopper and triple stem stitches. Only the large branch is padded with bullions and satin stitched.