Sunday, February 28, 2010











I am finally making my "Bird Quilt"! I am very excited about it. I love birds, especially song birds and we have plenty of them here in beautiful east Tennessee. My home is mostly decorated in a totally Tuscan Theme, but, I think I can incorporate the birds into it--do you think? I'm sure they have birds in Italy too! I'll have to post some before and after pictures of our bedroom. It is not so much tuscan as the rest of the house. I had planned on taking it more that direction, but with this quilt, birds will have to be the major "theme". I am combining my love for birds and my painting into a work of art that will be usefull and hopefully be around long after I am gone. I will share my progress here with the quilt. I have 21 squares painted already, I need 48. I only have a couple that are complete with the framing and sashing sewn on. I will be sewing them together on the machine, and then, taking the completed top along with batting and backing that I have not picked out yet to the Jonesborough Senior Center to get help from the quilters there to do the hand quilting. I will not be leaving it completely to them to quilt though. Oh no, I will be there quilting along side them. I feel like this will be like the old fashioned quilting bees. It should be finished much sooner with their help. So, now I will post some pictures of the birds I have painted. I will post a few new ones every few days to catch up, and then, as they are completed and as they are put together. So, hopefully, you will follow this and watch the quilt grow into something beautiful!