No, this isn't a bird-watching entry. One of my quilting magazines came last month, and one of the patterns called out to me. It's basically a "Birds in the Air" block, with a variety of red fabrics used in the unpieced half of the square. I already had the fabric in my stash to make it, so I started cutting right away. This quilt will be roughly 60" x 60." It takes 64 blocks. Since I've chosen to make it with a scrappy look, I have more than enough pieces already cut out to make more blocks. It would be easy to expand the quilt and make it full size.
This is what the basic block looks like:
I have about half the blocks pieced. This is what the quilt will look like as I assemble it:
I don't too often jump into a quilt like this when I have others ready to go. Actually, I have TWO others ready to piece. I wanted to combine a group of Christmas themed fabrics with some of the "woodsy" fabrics I brought home from Alaska. I thought this might make the kind of quilt I'd like to have on the back of the couch at Christmas. Can't you see drawing a cover up over you while you read on a snowy day?
I love using my digital camera to take pictures of blocks. As I looked over some of the pictures I took today, I realized that two of the darker "neutral" fabrics were just a bit too dark for this quilt. It's a wonderful tool to determine value in quilts.
I don't have a name for this quilt yet. The designer called hers "Red Sky At Night," but I don't want Dear Husband to get any ideas about appropriating it for the boat!
