The Big Plan

 Now that you have seen how I put the birds together into what I call "panels," this is how I plan to assemble the rest of the quilt.

This is another section.

And here it is all sewn together. Things change, as you can tell. I decided I wanted the two little birds to look connected, so I set them on the same level.

 

I might work on this one next.

 

Here is this one all sewn up. I decided I didn't want the two birds on the left to look like they were too romantically involved (if they face each other and their beaks touch, I think of that as kissing), so I put a bit of space between them.
 

 

This is the chunk on the middle right. I haven't quite decided how to put the top part of this one together yet.

 

This is the big piece at the bottom.

And oh, by the way. None of this is cast in stone. I may change my mind or get a better idea as I work, but this is the plan for now. We shall see how it goes.

Is it hard? No. Is it fussy? Yes. Is it worth it? Well, if you want to make a great quilt, I think it is.

 

 

The birds in the photos above were made by students and customers who bought my tutorial on Etsy. As you can see, many of them made some modifications, and they did that all on their own. If they can do it, you can do it too. There's a hummingbird up there. There's an ostrich. There's a squatting bird. Hell, there's even a bird juggling asterisk flowers. Did I explain how to do any of that in the bird tutorial? Nope. But I do explain everything else, and more importantly, I give you the confidence to succeed and jump out on your own and make your own unique birds. I am not interested in sixteen million exact duplicates. I like them unique and individual. I bet you will too.