{ in the leafy treetops quilt }

I love the the robin IN the bird bath and the look on the other robin's face.

As a child, I loved the song

"In the Leafy Treetops" (the birds sing "good morning").

I still love birds singing in the tree tops.

After reintroducing quack grass to our yard,

Mr. W. and I made a compromise that I would

only use black sunflower seeds in my bird feeders.

This spring my bird bath has been a beehive of activity.

I have been delighted to see multiple birds

drinking and bathing and vying for a spot.

I saw this pattern and loved the two colored twist.

Using this as my inspiration, I set out to create my own.

(I would have been ahead time wise to have

bought the pattern but this is what I came up with.)

 In the Leafy Treetops Quilt

The solid colors are Kona cottons.

The leafy treetop fabric is a Cloud 9 fabric from JoAnn's.

The back is a Peter Pan fabric I purchased in the 90's.

(I'm trying to 'shop' at home more . . . )

The quilt design is a beautiful bird and flower from

Quilts Complete.

Quilt information

Finished size - Width 39" Length 48"

Orange border 1/2" finished (1")

Bird border 5" finished (5 1/2")

{ He knows me }

 Are not five sparrows sold for two farthings,

and not one of them is aforgotten before God?

 But even the very hairs of your head are all numbered

Fear not therefore: ye are of more value

than many sparrows.

- Luke 12:6 & 7 -

{ 24 Carrot Quilt }

In honor of spring and bunnies everywhere,

I present my Fancy Nancy Original 24 Carrot Quilt.

This quilt makes me smile!

I LOVE the orange/blue/brown combination!

Look really close for my quilting

I'm really proud of my 'carrot quilting'.

Loopy loops on the carrot tops and

'carroty' texture on the carrots.

My quilts tend to 'evolve' more than be planned in advance

and so I was delighted to find the perfect border

and binding fabric after the carrots were pieced.

(The carrot fabric was already in my hoard collection.)

The carrots on the back make me smile.

My sweet helper/photo bomber is currently

serving as a LDS missionary in Uruguay.

I had to include her sweet baby blues.

And her shadow hand puppets.

I paper pieced my carrots (I was struggling with

accuracy on biased edges) but the shapes are

simple enough that you could add seam allowances

to the shapes and piece them that way.

The blue border is 1 1/2 inches (1 inch finished).

My Mom's clothes line

The floral border is 4 1/2 inches (4 inches finished).

The striped binding is on the biased (my favorite).

I cut my binding 3 1/2 inches wide,

use the right edge of my walking foot as my seam allowance, and stitch it by hand.

It finishes to a beautiful 1/2 inch binding on the front

and a little wider on the back.

Link for a pattern for the carrots

Link for a pattern for the carrot tops

The quilt finishes at 43" x 65".