Since
I am such a wild bird lover and love Alexander Henry's Bird Song
print, I thought I would ask my quilty friends to flock together in
combining the two for my month of November. Hopefully, this will be
an easy and low stress project for this busy month.
What
I have in mind is for you to use the two bird squares that you find
in your envelope and combine them with scraps from your personal
stash to create two 12.5 inch (12 in. finished) log cabin type
blocks. You will also find two strips of Kona PFD cotton to use in
one of the rings on each.
In
creating your blocks, you might find these hints helpful:
*I'm
looking for more of an overall “picture frame” effect than I am
the typical shaded log cabin block. See my samples on the OBO Blog
to see what I mean. Please, use only 90 degree angles, not 'WONKY'.
*Use
the PFD Kona in one of the rings. You can trim it narrower if you
want.
*The
center bird print can be trimmed down if you want...there is no magic
in the size square that you are sent.
*Use
as many fabrics as you want to make the block with as many rings as
you want. Please have the outer ring be a color though, and not the
PFD. Be sure the outer ring is wide enough for my 1/4in. seam.
*It
worked well for me to make the blocks a bit larger and then square up
to the 12.5in. size.
*I
would prefer that you not use batiks, children's prints or civil war
repros. in making the blocks. Use any colors that you see in any of
the birds, flowers etc. Solids are fine, but throw in a print as
well.
*Here
are a couple of tutorials that might be used as jumping off points..
Thanks so much! I will be mailing out the envelopes tomorrow.
Happy quilting,
Carla
www.lollyquiltz.blogspot.com
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