Pie Birds - A Complete Block Set

 

Pie Birds

I now have completed 35 ten inch (finished) blocks.

They sure used a lot of 1.5 inch width scraps!

I was inspired by a quilt on Viridian's Blog.

Now there is some assembly required!

And sew on...

Finished or NOT FINISHED Friday at Alycia Quilts.

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I thought the groundhog was wrong when he predicted six more weeks of winter. We have had a week of unseasonably warm weather with 50-60 degree temperatures.  It was so nice to get out and putter around outside.  There were a lot of sticks to pick up because we have had some 30-40 mph wind gusts. This morning I woke up to a light dusting of snow on the ground and 28 degrees. It is predicted that temps will be below freezing for the next few days.  

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You may or may not know that I do my laundry the old fashioned way - two washtubs with a wringer in between. My clothes dry on a rack or line in the basement or clothes line outside.  Why I do my laundry that way is another story for another time. This story is that I took advantage of the nice weather and hung my sheets and pillowcases outside on the line to dry IN FEBRUARY on a sunny and windy and warm day. Oh, I had the smell of wind and sun  and fresh air on my sheets when I went to bed last night! 

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I finished reading the first two books (Seeds of Hope and Beneath the Panhandle Sky) in the Dirty Thirty Saga series by Jean Hackensmith. I've started the third and final book in the series. A family who has lost many relatives in the mines of Pennsylvania moves to Oklahoma to claim land under the Homestead Act. 

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I have only managed to get two of the seven Amaryllis my husband gave me last year to bloom again this year. The rest of the bulbs have leafy growth but have not sent up any flower spikes. I have been enjoying and thankful for what I have. Both plants have many blooms on them now. 

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Oh joy! Wanda D. in TX sent me another box of scraps. And I mean SCRAPS. I measured every piece with my little six inch ruler so I could add them to my bins of scraps I organize by width. I usually have a block or two going for every scrap bin.  Most of these scraps were under 3.5 inches in width. I had such a good time sorting scraps. Now I will have a good time using them!