Monday, February 4, 2019

BIRDS, BIRDS, AND MORE BIRDS

I ordered this bird pattern from Patchery Menagerie this past week.  I fell in love with these little guys.  I will admit that the 40 page pattern is a bit of a challenge in the beginning.  I had my first try about half done and everything was sort of backwards.  However, I persisted and here is my first bird start. 
And a finish on him to get me on the road.
After this I learned that I had the ability to just make all sorts of different choices of size and style.  
Bird beaks took a bit of time to figure out and perfect.
So fun picking wings and breast, longer legs or shorter, wider legs or skinny, and those beaks.
So finally I think I have this down to the perfect science.  
Well so I thought.  However, note the neck of the bird is longer on this guy.  I wondered if I should just scrap it, but for some reason I like it this way.  Reminds me more of a blue jay or wood pecker.  I liked him so much I made another with the same error.  That makes it a design choice.  So I am off plowing through my batiks with combinations of wings, breasts, beaks, and legs.  There is no telling where this will go. 


10 comments:

  1. I was just looking at this pattern on Etsy yesterday. 40 pages does seem like a lot to read through. Your birds look great!

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  2. I like your birds! I agree that last one looks like a bluejay. Great design choice!

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  3. Choosing the fabrics for each bird would be so fun. I can see how this project might become addictive!

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  4. Oh!! What an awesome use of batik scraps!! This is going to be the cutest quilt.

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  5. I can't wait to watch your progress with this one!

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  6. I used a pattern similar to that to make a table topper for my mother in law

    https://sewgreenm.blogspot.com/2014/05/finish-2.html

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  7. What a cute little bird and the colors you are using are great!

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  8. OH MY GOODNESS!!!!
    I love these so much!!!
    you are amazing!!

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  9. Well it is 40 pages but every step is illustrated with photos to guide you. There are lots of pictures of finished birds and variations. I want you to play with them and make them unique as Donnalee has.

    These birds are terrific Donnalee. Thanks for sharing and the shoutout.

    Lynne Tyler
    Patchery Menagerie

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  10. One of My favorite quilts ever when I made my Daily Bird from Lynne’s pattern! Glad you joined the club!

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