Recent Quilting Stuff

Here is another House Block that I've made for my Block Exchange. This one I've titled the Dog House. Just couldn't resisit making a block from some of my dog fabric!

The next quilt is from a pattern designed by the Buggy Barn called Buggy Barn Crazies. I'm normally a very bright kind of quilt girl, and this one is definately not bright. From some of my online swaps, I had collected a little stash of pastel fat quarters and I thought this quilt would be a great way to use up some of those fat quarters (28 to be exact).

The next quilt is from the book 40 Fabulous Quick-Cut Quilts by Evelyn Sloppy called Cheerio. One of my Yahoo groups is making this quilt as a group project. Basically many of us loved the pattern and to help motivate everyone to actually complete the quilt, we will post about our progress and will help each other out if there are any problems. This one is made entirely from Batiks. I'm still debating about adding an another border to it, but I have to find that perfect batik and I haven't had any luck yet. I just may end up leaving it like it is if I can't find something that will work.

A day at the Aviary

Today I took the girls to the Aviary for something to do. They enjoyed it but not as much as I would have liked. I could have just sat in the exhibits and watched the birds all day. They had many free flight exhibits and I'm sure I didn't get to see all the birds that were there hidden among the foilage. It is kind of relaxing just listening to all the birds sing (or make lots of noise) and watching them just fly around. Of course the girls just couldn't sit there all day so I had to move on. I did take some wonderful photos and thought I would share some with you. Birds really are very beautiful!

Last but not least, the girls. It was actually harder to get them to sit and pose nicely for a photo than it was for me to take pictures of the birds.