Close-up view of a few of the birds in very bright hues: red, blues, orange, yellow, turquoise, grey. black.

Birds in the Window

It’s finished! I’d worried that this quilt might not be finished in time for the birthday for which it’s intended, but I have about ten days to spare. Whew! The design came from the Wonderfil Threads site (you have to write them and ask for the link; it isn’t readily […]

A paper-pieced hummingbird in green, teal and dark blue flies above a brown branch with green leaf and on a light blue background.

Birds in the Window

I’m making progress on finishing up my paper-pieced bird quilt, which is a very good thing, as I’m planning to give it as a birthday gift in a couple of weeks. Whew! Since the birds were designed with pieces to represent branches and leaves, I’m quilting the background with lots […]

Detail of quilt showing how the shades of colors (purple and orange, in this shot) give a dimensional effect. Quilting on the black border shows another "box".

Honeycomb Waffle Quilt

It’s finished — finally! I’d pieced this top ages ago and was “stuck” on how to quilt it until Lisa Calle came to my rescue with some suggestions. It was mostly ruler work, which was a challenge on my lovely Bernina 790Pro — a domestic machine. That involves pushing the […]

Bernina sewing machine quilting a block showing a "box" with surrounding walls, all done in a 3-D effect through use of dark/medium/light shades. Other visible blocks are in pinks and blues.

Torture!

I made this quilt top several months ago and then waffled forever (as usual for me) about how I wanted to machine quilt it, finally getting some ideas from Lisa Calle, whose work is amazing. I have to say that I really love free-motion work (especially feathers), though I have […]

The whole flock

I had intended to make a single block of this design each month as a take-along project for sewing days sponsored by our local guild. However, once I had all of the blocks done — many of them done at home when I simply couldn’t resist working on. them — […]

Two colorful birds sitting on branches: bullfinch, sitting in a grey nest, and house finch.

And the final five …

What can I say? I was on a roll and just couldn’t wait to see how each of these little birds would turn out. So here are the final five birds, all ready to be combined into a quilt top! My Bernina has really had a workout in the past […]