Birds and Quilting

This is a picture of my mother robin that has a nest right at my driveway. The nest is not hidden very well.

This web site has a live cam or two baby humming birds. I can not resist watching them.

http://phoebeallens.com/

On to quilting -- Scrappy loves the flannel quilt I just finished.

With Memorial Day weekend coming up, I plan to set aside some

serious quilting time to finish up some of my UFOs!

Update on the ducks

This is the daughter of last year's "black" duck. She has some white spots on her chest and she has a mallard boyfriend!

I am making another quillow!

Here is the fabric for Thomas' quillow. I need to make a push this Easter weekend on making it.

I will keep you posted....

Meanwhile, I mailed out this dish towel and cloth that I knitted to Brian and Tisha.

Brice's Quillow

Fabrics and threads used

Scrappy was a big help!

I used the Mega Quilter to baste the quilt sandwich

I sewed the binding while commuting to work. Don't worry -- AJ was driving.

Finished!! and I had enough fabric left over for a pillow case.

Quillows for my Grandsons!

I am making quillows for my grandsons. I never made a quillow before. I am using directions from Fons and Porter's magazine - Jan/Feb 2007, pages 94-97, and a pattern that was free from Connecting Threads. The pattern is no longer on the website. It has directions for a pieced pillow top and the quilt part. You can watch a video -- link is below. I have the labels made!

http://www.fonsandporter.com/aspx/fonsandporter/Videos/ViewVideo.aspx?v=1755

Mom's Quilt

I took a picture of it this morning before I shipped it to Florida. It was a kit I bought at Lilies of the Field in Easton. The pieces were badly cut. Some even had selvage as part of the measurement. So I had to do a little fudging here and there. Then I had the worst time quilting it. I spent a lot of time with my seam ripper. All in all - it is a cute quilt and it is finished!

Oh did I mention it came without directions!

Almost Spring

Saturday, as I was at my ironing board pressing fabric, I noticed a wren peeking out of the bird house. Yeah! This is a sure sign of spring when you see the birds building nests.

Both house are occupied.