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Tuesday, October 24, 2017

A Tale of Birds in the Air - Chapter III- I Haven't Flown the Coop


In order to move a couple of old Birds in the Air UFOs forward I was going to try to work on them a little bit each week and post progress on Monday.   (It helps me to have some small goals).   I had to go out of town unexpectedly and just got back so missed my Monday "moving forward" post so today is the day for the next chapter instead. 

In Chapter I  I started a new Birds in the Air quilt using my Pansy themed fabrics and felt guilty because I had two different UFOs with Birds in the Air blocks. 

In Chapter II I had moved forward by making what I thought was enough six inch blocks but decided I needed more.   I also moved forward on the second Birds in the Air. I made more blocks and built the quilt center. 

In this chapter I made all of the blue/violet hand dyed fabric (half ) blocks I needed for the navy background birds (above) so I could use the rest of those scraps to make more...


...six inch Birds in the Air. 

Then I dug into my 2.5 inch scrap box and the Batik box to find fabrics to make 11 more. 

Now I can start assembling the white background Birds in the Air blocks. 
For the navy background Birds in the Air I need to make more green blocks and a few more red blocks and I'll have all the blocks I need to assemble that one. 

After all my blocks for these two quilts are made I will reward myself with a few Pansy themed Birds in the Air blocks. 
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7 comments:

  1. Libby in TNOctober 24, 2017 at 3:47 PM

    Keeping all those birds in the air has to be exhausting.

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  2. Cynthia Brunz DesignsOctober 24, 2017 at 5:36 PM

    You are always so organized when using your scraps. I don't always think so far ahead and just cut Willy nilly. I love these blocks!

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  3. NannOctober 24, 2017 at 5:42 PM

    Thanks for reviewing the story of your flocks. I'm not sure how you keep track of all of them. All the blocks are great -- I especially like the pansies.

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  4. mangozzOctober 24, 2017 at 8:41 PM

    I love the colors of all these birds in the air. I don't know how you remember what size to cut each piece for all of your blocks or WIPS. Do you keep notes? I always work on several projects going back and forth between them when I get bored with the current one, and I've made plenty of cutting mistakes because I don't keep very good notes...or I don't remember where I put them. And I don't have anywhere near as many as you do.

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  5. AnnOctober 24, 2017 at 9:06 PM

    Working intermittently but regularly on one project is an idea I'm trying, too. It sould like you have several of them.

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  6. LindaOctober 25, 2017 at 1:29 AM

    You are definitely moving along with these blocks. Well done.

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  7. KajaOctober 25, 2017 at 1:16 PM

    It sounds like you have a good plan for making progress and what you have done looks great. Can't have too many geese for me.

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