Bird quilt blocks

Give it Any Personality with Color and Fabric Choices! Plump little birds flock together in this darling quilt. It’s a fun project that can look modern or vintage depending on your chosen fabrics. The design shines in bright colors and is just as wonderful in softer hues. It’s great in any fabric style and color …

A couple of months ago, a beemate of mine made 2 adorable bird quilts and when I asked about them, she steered me to a free tutorial! So ...

This bright bird block pattern is one of nine quilt blocks that make up a charming mini quilt called “Birds on a Fence”. The pattern (for the entire quilt) appeared in McCall’s Qu…

The photo above © TildaI found the free pattern for this bird quilt block on Pinterest. In the Happy Campers quilts, the Bird block is used in two different colorways. Sometimes the block is reversed

Before I show you the next thing I'm working on, I thought I'd answer some questions and comments I've received since I started the birds quilt. First, the scale. Here is my hand next to a typical bird block. These are not small. For my readers outside the US, the ruler above marks the size of the block in centimeters. Here you can see the size in inches. I'll make the bird bigger, if I want to accommodate a particular print. The birds aren't my creation. I don't know where they came from. I…

Growing up sewing was a hobby and a necessity. Mom taught all five of us girls to sew and we made most of our clothes. I remember one summer we had three sewing machines set up in our home. When my husband was in dental […]

Bird quilt blocks are a joy to make and they work well for so many sewing projects. This quilt block

I'm busy designing new patterns but I try and make a little bird block every day for my Autumn Feathers quilt. I've been asked if this block is paper pieced and it's not if you haven't made one yet you'll love how they come together. #thepatternbasket #feathersquiltpattern #showmethemoda

Birds are just lovely creatures that I adore so much. Most of the time, when I'm drinking coffee early in

Give it Any Personality with Color and Fabric Choices! Plump little birds flock together in this darling quilt. It’s a fun project that can look modern or vintage depending on your chosen fabrics. The design shines in bright colors and is just as wonderful in softer hues. It’s great in any fabric style and color …

I am piecing a quilt! Yes, me, piecing! I am not the strongest piecer but I fell in love with this super cute pattern, Feathers, by Margot Lunguedoc Designs at The Pattern Basket. It has aged in my…

tutorial on how to make bird blocks. PATTERN: https://cutt.ly/je23dN9r

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I've decided to break up the student birds into two quilts. This way the quilts will be able to fit to hang in smaller spaces for display, and it when I teach a class, there will be two quilts in the room instead of just one. Putting disparate blocks together is tricky. It's adding fabrics to one side or another, trimming the blocks so the edges are straight and square, inserting the occasional set-in square and basically winging it. Here is the top third of the quilt in process. Here I have…

If you love Missouri and you love to sew, you won't want to miss the library's Missouri Bicentennial Quilt Project. Download a different Missouri-themed quilt block pattern each month starting in February, 2020 and connect with other participants through the “Missouri Bicentennial Quilt Project” Facebook group. Show your love for the Show-Me state with a unique quilt project!

You’ve all probably seen or at least heard of the 1970’s classic film One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest , starring Jack Nicholson. The title i...