Tweet Street

The donation fabric with birdhouses all over it was the inspiration for the theme and name for this, my latest Project Linus quilt. I began by using the Buddy Quilt pattern from quilting class. Due to miscalculations on my part, I did not have quite enough of the theme fabric to make the side borders, and so improvised by making the applique bird blocks to extend them the needed length. Often end-arounds make for a better quilt, don't you think? 

When I started working on the back, I found I still had a nice rectangle of the theme fabric, and so used it as the center. I also had some extra cuts from the front construction, so I began a surround with that. The large cornerstone blocks were fabric inked in black and then colored with fabric crayons, and heat set. The nest block used the tulle over fragments of fabric to create a 3D effect for the nest, itself. Fun experiment, for me. I was in too big a rush to do it right, and did not trap the tulle in the seams as would have been most effective. So, I ended up securing the on-block edges with extra random top stitching. Traditionally these corner blocks would
have been on the outer border, but since this was the back of the quilt, I was unsure what the final trimming would catch, so opted for the inner border. 

Meanwhile, I'm enjoying watching a pair of robins in our yard with their little nestlings. Tweet Street ... local.