Try a backer of your own choice!  You don't have to use ours.  Make a frame.  Incorporate the hummingbirds and flowers into another project you have in the works.

As built, this project is 17" wide, 12" high.

These birds, caught in flight, is an easy beginner intarsia project.  Change the stain colors to your liking, or even use paints for a pop.  Full size patterns for all pieces.

Whether you opt for a digital download or paper by mail, you get FULL SIZE patterns, a materials list in the form of a roughcut sizes list, an exploded diagram for construction aid, step by step instructions, and some general tips on scrolling, wood and blade selection, how to use the pattern(s) and more.