The Patchery Menagerie

  When I designed the top half of the quilt I think will be called Spring Chatter (thank you Elle), I knew I didn't want the birds stack...

  The quilt is coming along, but the pieces are NOT sewn together. This is just how I think they are going to fit together and the fabrics I...

In yesterday's post, Julie pointed out that the two birds I have circled were on backgrounds that were too light, and they looked like a...

 I know I can sometimes make it LOOK easy, but it really isn't. This is the left side of the fourth "row" up from the bottom o...

 I've started to assemble the blocks in the Green Birds quilt. This quilt needs a name. (Hint, hint.) Here is the very bottom row. Here ...

 I made six more birds on Sunday.   This is a revised bird... This was the original. I felt the wing was weak and didn't look very solid...

 I was busy yesterday... This is a new bird. This is a revised bird. This one has a new breast and body fabric because I didn't have any...

 Here are some before and after birds: This is a really handsome block, and part of it is the combination of the warm green background and t...