Starting Feathers

Started the train of feathers on the peacock. And, worked more black in the center.

Two pictures

I completed the bird's body and then worked on the black skip tent background.

Finally!

I finished all blue beads in this section and then moved down to the left and did more of the black skip tent stitches--which don't show up in this photo.

Getting there

I worked on all the blue beads and the end is in sight for those!

Another section

I finished the left section down to the level of the others and stitched a few more rows of the black background.

The center

I did a bit more on the right panel of beads and then worked the center down to the same level.

An inch?

Just more beading and it looks like about another inch!