Baby Blue Two

 Name:  Baby Blue Two

Design:  4" squares

Size:  36" by 42"

Fabric: Stash/scrap fabrics including some prints from backed in  flannelette and cotton

Quilted: by me with Aurifil 50 wt in grey

This quilt was like dealing with sourdough starter because I used a bunch of leftover 4" squares from a baby quilt made last year.  I just had to add a few more squares.  I guess I got a little square crazy when I made the last one.  As it turns out, I even used the leftover backing from the first quilt for the back of this one.  I just had to add a bit of extra fabric to make it big enough.  I quilted this one with diagonal lines which I marked with a hera marker with a lovely light grey Aurifil.  I love this kind of quilting.  And you know, you don't really even need to mark the lines because once you get in the groove, you can aim corner to corner and its just fine.  

This one is bound in a favourite white dot on grey that I bought a ton of... it is a perfect shade of grey. Soft and clear.  The little owls are from some fat quarters I bought when a quilt shop was going out of business.  It adds just a little bit of fun with this simple patchwork.

And that reminds me of the pictures my husband took of a little visitor to our yard the other day.  This wee Northern Pygmy Owl visits from time to time.  What are you looking at?  Aren't those eyes amazing?

Linking up with Amanda Jean for Finish it Up Friday.

Close Encounters of a Bird Kind...

This is Wendy.  Or at least that is what we will call her or him.  Wendy is a Northern Pygmy Owl who had a little crash into our living room window this afternoon.  Husband went into bird rescue action and got Wendy back into form and managed to take a few pictures before letting Wendy fly off.  Of course, this wee owl, all 6 or 7" of crankiness,  was cursing at him in owl language.  Check out those talons and fuzzy legs!  We are happy to say that Wendy flew off across the field in what Husband described as a pure Harry Potter moment.  Who knew these little fellows lived in our woods!?

Of course we have had other close encounters is birds.  Who could forget the duck in the fireplace?