Its for the birds!

Current yoyos...no it has not gone away.

Should maybe have subtitled this post Look How Talented My Sister is!  And her husband even let her paint the nursery...I had nothing to do with the painting before Steven & Jakob, and would have LOVED to paint those stars on the ceiling, but that is another post with some old pictures!

This is my inspiration for this quilt...and yes my most amazing little sister painted this.

Colors are better, but this was a better close up.  She could not find bedding that she liked so I am making something to match.

These were the close ups of the birds...that are now my templates for applique....here is how I did it (if you are quilt police you should look away!)

I printed the pictures, cut out the birds, one I actually turned his head the other way.  Then I traced them in Crayola thin washable marker.  I did each bird in both fabrics.  Maybe I should have flipped them so that half would face the other way, and maybe I still will if I decide to add anymore once I lay them out and see.

Next I cut them out and I have started basting them with water soluble thread.  Yes this means that when I wash the quilt that the marker lines and thread will wash away.  It is the way that I do applique...I would rather have some water soluble glue then pins but that is something I have had to cut out because I have to order it on line and the shipping costs as much as the glue.  I get a bottle or 2 when I place an oder for something else but I did not do that for this quilt.  So I will use safety pins instead when I come to that.

I had only 2 in the picture...I got excited an needed to post it to FB for my sister to see already.  Now I have 4 done and am working on the fifth.  

This is what I did today.  I need to get back to the Crown quilt.  I figure if I can do the quilting on 10 blocks a day I'll have them done in 12 days, then I can put them together in a bout a week as well.  Hoping to have it done before Thanksgiving so that I can send it with my in laws instead of shipping.  But I am also hoping to have the Vega's quilt top pretty well done by the 12th for my sister's shower.  I know big goals....and my house needs cleaned and I need to not get sick too!

This is a somewhat current picture of the embroidery.  Well I am a bit further, but this is the idea.

Have a great one...you've seen my Ta-Done's for the day, what were yours?!