Tom came home to roost

I went into Jill and said something really vague, like "I'm thinking of bittersweet and feathers, and maybe some sawtooth detail."  Jill researched bittersweet on the internet, pulled some turkey feathers out of her cabinet of wonders, and then let her artistic talent loose.

Notforgotten Farms Tom the Turkey, stitched on 36 ct linen
with assorted overdyed cotton floss

Here's a detail of the painting.  I'm not sure if you can how she replicated the iridescence on the feathers.  Real turkey feathers have a sheen like peacock feathers, and squared off ends.

Photos courtesy of The Fabulous Jill, since she was kind enough to take them before putting the glass on.

Eye update - Thank you to everyone for you thoughts and kind wishes with my eye problems.  The bad news is it got worse after I saw the corneal specialist on Tuesday.  The good news is when I got in to see him on Thursday it was bad enough he now had enough information to be fairly confident with a diagnosis.  I have Thygeson's superficial punctate keratitis.  I'm on some steroid drops to reduce the inflamation, which will make the eye feel better (which it already does 6 hours later).  But, due to steroids lowering the immune system, I now get to take my antibiotic drops every hour, and set an alarm to wake up at night every 2 hours, just to prevent a bacterial infection from starting.  I'm just grateful that after suffering on and off with this for 3 years, I finally know what it is.