These were fun to make.  The background is blue not grey as it...

I’m really glad that I received the sneak peak and sewed my block before April 1. On April 2, my husband woke up and found water throughout most of the house…..fortunately insurance is paying for clean up but we did have to move out because of this: Even though the only thing ruined were the floors and kitchen cabinets, we will be dealing with contractors for a couple more weeks so I probably won’t get to sew anymore. Thank...

The first goldfinches have arrived at my birdfeeder this week, so I was inspired to make yellow-winged birds for this month’s lotto.  Thanks, Sophie, for a great pattern.  Kathie L in...

Here are my nine birds for this month’s...

I have been going crazy making birds but mostly for myself.  I decided they were just the thing to populate random places in my own bird trap block inspired quilt top (for about  four months now I have been obsessing on the African-American quilts in the Belger Arts Center collection.  These three birds are quite a bit smaller than this months Block Lotto bird, the smallest began with  2″ squares to make the 1/2-square triangle body.  My...

When I went to my sewing room to work on these blocks on Friday afternoon, my machine wouldn’t work!  While my oven hasn’t worked for 2 years, I’m OK with that, but a day without my machine?  Oh no!  I took that baby apart, cleaned and oiled everything, and put it back together again.  Somehow, I got it working, but it took so long that I only had it in me to make two bird blocks.  I’m hoping to make more, but I figure...

  only one so far, but I’m expecting a flock by the end of the month… love...

I’ve made nine blocks so far this month, but only two are the right size, the other seven are a bit too short, so will keep them, and if I find some time, will make some more.  I also forgot when sewing them up that I had cut the backgrounds from three difference blues, and so mixed them up!  They are fine for me to keep, so not...

I love these birds, and so does my little girl. I made three so far for the lotto.   My daughter thought that she needed some too and is starting to design a quilt around some long-legged birds. Apparently there will be water and trees and fish and and and…So far, I’ve made only two wading birds in the...

Hello, I’m new to posting here.  So glad to be able to join in on the fun.  One of the things I like to do best in my quilting hobby is to try new blocks.  So this is the right place to be.  Here’s my rendition – I call him Robin: That solid background really is blue – must be because I took it...

I am going to publish the 5 birds I have done, so that things don’t sneak up on me.  I hope to make 4 more, but this looks like it will be a busy month – a couple of quilts I need to finish, plus gardening to get started as well.  Love this block – I hope I...

Here are my nine birds for this month.  I really liked making these blocks and they were much easier to make than I thought they would be.  I am now wishing I had taken the time to vary the bird size and turn some of them around to look the other...