A Very Birdy Post

Last Friday I started a new quilt!  This is the center and is 30 inches square.  The background is a piece of muslin that I tea dyed.
Here it is pinned to my design wall.

This will be the center of a medallion style quilt with various styles and techniques.  All the pieces are leftovers except the pot.  The tiny berries are 20 years old!

Working Titles include but are not limited to:
No Berry Left Behind
Cast offs and Rejects
Also Rans
This and That

Mr. Fun and I pulled the piece off the design wall without losing a single pin.  I've decided to machine baste the pieces for needle turn applique'.

I tried several things, but a long straight stitch for the stems and a wide zigzag for the leaves seems to be working the best.

It will be such a pleasure to have everything basted so I can sit and stitch.  The super skinny (thanks Susan) stems required slow stitching.

OMG look at the disaster of my sewing room!

There wasn't a clean surface anywhere!  I did, however, hang my lollipop garden quilt this week for spring.

 Goodness!  Designing a quilt is messy messy messy.

One bright spot - I organized the lights and shirtings.  Now about half of my fabric has been reviewed and restacked.

I'm excited to plant morning glories this year.  It has been a few years without them.   They get a better start if you soak the seeds  first.

Big News on the Bird front.    I think the Bluebirds have a family!
Here is the hard working mom loading up her beak before flying off.

They are working together to break up the mealworms to carry away.  Here is the proud Dad.

I'm a little bummed because I don't know where they are nesting.  They fly around the house to the woods.  With the cold snap they are feeding A LOT.   I ordered the food on Amazon.  It looks like this and I put them in a cereal shaker.  I actually think they have a nice earthy odor - not bad at all.

Here is a photo of a pretty Goldfinch.   The boys are really showing off their bright yellow color for the ladies.  He has a lovely song too.

And here is a female Red Bellied Woodpecker.

Mr. Cardinal would not cooperate with me.  He kept hiding on the wrong side of the feeder the little stinker.

I just love Pansies.  They are my favorite spring flower.  

 Here is 'you know who' to see what I'm doing outside in my PJs.

I'm going to the Northern Star Quilt Show on Sunday.  I'll share some photos next week.
Well that's all folks.
xo