Many thanks to these bird makers for the lovely bright creatures, some with long legs, some with short legs: Belinda (thanks for the strips too!), Ginny, Maree, Nann, and Sophie. This is so much fun! My husband is kind of fascinated by the envelopes arriving and the great combinations of fabrics.

Thank you Kathy – your beautiful birds flew into my mailbox today! My husband was interested in the postmark of Lehigh Valley and then your return address because he was born in Allenton.

5 additional birds for a total of 7 this month. Love these little guys, hope they get to stay with me and be joined by a flock of...

I almost forgot to post these 2 little ones! There are several more nesting by my sewing table because I have not decided if I’m going to keep them or enter them. I’ll make up my mind by the end of the...

to Ginny and Jeanne from warm and sunny Las Vegas! I tried to enclose some sunshine 🙂

Another great block! Fun and easy to make and I’m visualizing them in low volume fabrics and liking the idea! Obviously a lot of people like these because there are already about the number of blocks made for the whole month of February....

Hope you enjoy making a wonderful quilt of hearts!

I really like the low volume string hearts this month and made enough to have a topper for my dresser. It just needs the binding and then it will be...

I finished a quilt top using Karen Griska’s pattern Raw Edge Tiles and it is featured on her blog: http://selvageblog.blogspot.com/2013/02/gail-griffins-new-raw-edge-tile-quilt.html It was so much fun to make. Most of the blocks have a theme.

2 string hearts so far. It is hard to get a good photo of them. I’ve made a couple more and I’m trying to decided if I want to keep them for myself! You know, just in case I don’t...

2 more star-crossed blocks for a total of 3. I really love this block! Maybe luck will shine on me this month in the...

This is a great block – looks harder to make than it...