Friday, September 17, 2010

Sew & Tell Friday #40

I worked on several different quilts this week, none of which would qualify as a Friday finish.  


So I took a break from the big quilts and made this mini bird house quilt.  I was inspired by this little red bird house while browsing  Flickr.  


I started with this little bird, which I cut in a wonky shape, and added scraps I had on hand.  Many of the scraps are from Plume by Tula Pink.  The border is Nest from Valori Wells.  I love that there is bird theme fabric in my bird house quilt.  


The bird house looked like this at one point.  I thought it was too tall, so I chopped some off the bottom.   I added an inner border and then the Nest outer border.  I still plan to add some cute bird buttons once the quilting is complete.


I am hoping the bird buttons will help it look more like a bird house.  My daughter thinks this is cute, but she doesn't think it looks like a bird house.  Maybe a bird button on the roof and one on the base?


Luckily I've learned to take pictures of the quilt top before I mess it up with my quilting.  Here is the beautiful Anna Maria Horner Garden Party backing.  I had the brilliant idea to quilt around the gorgeous patterns on the back.  I was pleasantly surprised at how well it looked....until I looked at how the design was placed on the front.  I spent quite a bit of time with my seam ripper last night!

Before I go check out the creative goodness over at Sew and Tell Friday, I'd like to mention that my middlest turns 18 today!  Happy Birthday sweetie!!!  I can call him sweetie because I know he won't see this ;-)

Have an amazing weekend!!!!


17 comments:

  1. Oh, I think it looks like a bird house. This is lovely--I look forward to seeing how you quilt it. Have a good birthday weekend!

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  2. agreed. It does look like a bird house and it's awfully cute!! You've got a big boy now. ;) Isn't it fun to watch them grow up?

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  3. Spent some time with my seam ripper yesterday too, but didn't complain because it meant that I had my machine back!!!! I think it looks like a bird house!! I also think that the birdie's name is Verna!!

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  4. I concur - it's a birdhouse but the addition of a couple of bird buttons would be fine, too.

    Where would we be without seam rippers?!? They are our second chances!

    Have a great weekend celebrating your son's birthday.

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  5. I love it and think it looks exactly like a bird house. Great finish.

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  6. Love your bird house - do you think my bird nesting boxes need quilts?!!

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  7. It's a bird, in a house, that makes it a bird house in my book!

    I admire you for trying to quilt your tops, I'm guessing it looked better than you're letting on, but you need to please you, so good luck with the unquilting and the requilting.

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  8. So cute! Me and my seam ripper are very close friends, unfortunately!

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  9. Love your new birdhouse block! You got the placement of that bird just perfect. And the rest of the fabrics work so well for the house. Cool project!

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  10. It's a great bird house! I love how you put everything together.

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  11. Oh, it is so very sweet! I love your tiny little birdie in its home, cute!! :-}pokey

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  12. It looks like a bird house to me and a very cute one at that. Great fabrics!

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  13. Love your mini birdhouse. The fabrics are so lovely. Good luck with the 'reverse sewing'. I so detest unpicking. Probably as much as I detest basting.

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  14. Bummer about he quilting! But the mini looks so pretty and perfect.

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  15. I just adore your bird house block!! :o)

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