Beautiful Birds Quilt WIP to follow along for anyone interested
08-08-2011, 07:42 PM
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Ok, I have the info on the fabrics that I could gather.
The ducks are Debbie Mumm for Joann's
The off white background with various green leaves, red berries and brown branches is VIP Cranston
The mixed birds on coneflowers, shovel handle and fencepost is a partial selvage says Hautman VIP.. so might be Cranston
The multicolor birds with lots of flowers on white (I used indigo buntings and wrens) is 2009 Daisy Kingdom Birds of The Air 7890 Michelle Palmer for Springs Global US, Inc.
The cardinals on Snowy pine trees partial selvage} ---- Pines, Wild Wings, LLC by Sam Timm, Springs Creative Products Group, LLC
Sorry I can't find info on any of the others but those are the main ones that were being asked about anyway.
The ducks are Debbie Mumm for Joann's
The off white background with various green leaves, red berries and brown branches is VIP Cranston
The mixed birds on coneflowers, shovel handle and fencepost is a partial selvage says Hautman VIP.. so might be Cranston
The multicolor birds with lots of flowers on white (I used indigo buntings and wrens) is 2009 Daisy Kingdom Birds of The Air 7890 Michelle Palmer for Springs Global US, Inc.
The cardinals on Snowy pine trees partial selvage} ---- Pines, Wild Wings, LLC by Sam Timm, Springs Creative Products Group, LLC
Sorry I can't find info on any of the others but those are the main ones that were being asked about anyway.
08-09-2011, 06:40 PM
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Pouring rain today so I'm sewing with fred and arthur (fibro and arthritis) but it's better than not sewing at all, right? I have the frogger all sharp and handy cuz I'm sure I'll be using it a lot. LOL
Today my first goal was to finish the center section with the 6 sampler blocks. I have decided on a sky blue sashing finished width of 1.5".
After that, if I could manage it, I hoped to add the duck border and then another border of the sky blue at 2".
The center went together well for me except I reversed the bottom two blocks so I had to frog that and put them together properly.
The duck border was another story, LOL. Perhaps I should have left it for another day, but I wanted to get it done.
Today my first goal was to finish the center section with the 6 sampler blocks. I have decided on a sky blue sashing finished width of 1.5".
After that, if I could manage it, I hoped to add the duck border and then another border of the sky blue at 2".
The center went together well for me except I reversed the bottom two blocks so I had to frog that and put them together properly.
The duck border was another story, LOL. Perhaps I should have left it for another day, but I wanted to get it done.
center section complete
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making the ducks fit
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tiny adjusting seams
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08-09-2011, 06:43 PM
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Had I not been in the fog, I would have measured the ducks and adjusted the outer blue border so the duck border fit it. But no, lol, so I had to adjust the ducks to fit the center section. See in the photo above the tiny little seams I had to take in the top and bottom rows so they would fit without losing any parts of the ducks?
I decided the best way to adjust the 1/2 duck block difference was to use the blue as extended sashing so that's what I ended up doing. It turned out well. Except in the fog I made my side measurement the same as the top again, so they were a bit, ummm, short, LOLOL.
So back to the cutting table to redo that. But at the end of my day, it all came out just the way I wanted it and I love the center section of my bird quilt. :D
I decided the best way to adjust the 1/2 duck block difference was to use the blue as extended sashing so that's what I ended up doing. It turned out well. Except in the fog I made my side measurement the same as the top again, so they were a bit, ummm, short, LOLOL.
So back to the cutting table to redo that. But at the end of my day, it all came out just the way I wanted it and I love the center section of my bird quilt. :D
froggy time mistakes
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closeup of the oops
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all fixed now... thankfully I had enough fabric
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all done center section with duck and blue borders
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08-10-2011, 04:41 AM
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Linda....thanks for keeping us in the loop of your progress! I love your birds and the idea behind it with all your lovely blocks.
I knew you had been keeping an eye out for birds fabric & glad u found some to do this project. Hope u feel better too !
I knew you had been keeping an eye out for birds fabric & glad u found some to do this project. Hope u feel better too !
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