It's been awhile since I updated, I had some hiccups concerning health, and some other things including having to redo those little eye units three times. Oy!

However, the cockatiels are done. Only two more types of birds to do, cockatoo and lorikeets.

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A quilt top from five years ago.

I had just completed 3 quilts for all 3 of my sons for Christmas. I got the genius idea to take elements and materials of those quilts and put them in one sampler to gift to my ultra frugal husband. It was meant to embrace everything he is. It went to our daughter instead. She was needing some extra TLC and she wasn't expecting a quilt so my husband sacrificed his Christmas present.

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I go back to work in 2 weeks, so I'm not even going to apologize for spamming my last minute sewathon. 🤣

Onto the cockatiels!

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Pretty Birds! I love the macaws! Time to cut out the pieces for another type. Only 32 more to go. 🤪

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The further I go the more I'm falling in love with this! I still need to do the perch and the tail feathers for these macaws and then I move on to another type of bird.

It helps to not sweat the details either, three or four of these birds have noticeably not square eyes, they're a little cockeyed. I am just rolling with it, it gives them character! 😂

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Eight macaw heads all lined up in a row. #QuiltedArt #quiltingismytherapy #quiltlovinlisa

And the stitching part is done, 10 1/2 Turtles total. My half Turtle is diving under a wave. 😂

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61 assorted gallon and quart zip lock bags later, I think I'm ready to tackle Elizabeth Hartman's "Pretty Birds."

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Productive day making applique pieces. I'll press and sew tomorrow. I might rearrange a little bit before then.
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Original pattern is The Original Beach Crawl by The Sweet Tea Girls Patterns.

I changed my mind on the size part way through piecing, and ended up flipping the quilt orientation to accommodate that. All I have left is to applique hatchling turtles.

I am really loving how this is turning out.

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I need to get my sand blocks sewn into the rows. I only have about 30 blocks left to piece.

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Even though I still have maybe 25% of the blocks left to piece and 50% of the blocks left to trim, I had to sew into rows what I had. It was proving impossible to keep track of everything, but never fear I fixed that. Even with this section partially pieced, it's amazing how the water comes to life.

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Picture from 2020

The teacups are are from a book called block Magic. The butterflies are based on a 6-unit grid oh, and I got the pattern from a Japanese, literally the book is written in Japanese, quilting book. No I can't read it. Making the templates were a bear! And the scallops are custom drunkard paths.

This quilt is 100% mine. The layout is entirely my own. Block placement and size and artistic placement, all me.

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For anyone worried that I might be bored after finishing that massive quilt, I have no less than five projects that I have partially completed sitting in the wings that I must finish, and three extremely complicated quilts that I need to get started.

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It's been a little over 3 weeks that I've been wrestling this beast and I'm finally nearing the end! #QuiltedArt #quiltingismytherapy #quiltlovinlisa

There's a lot of starts and stops but I wanted to accentuate on this border, the feeling of a ribbon going back and forth.

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The old girl demanding treats. #CatsOfMastodon #catstodon #QuiltedArt #QuiltingIsMyTherapy

This thing is a BEAST! But, making progress.
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Quilt top from 3 years ago, made for a wedding. My daughter is now divorced, but she kept the quilt her mama made her. #QuiltedArt #quiltingismytherapy

Per usual, there's an obstacle to overcome before I can quilt. #quiltersofmastodon #QuiltedArt #catstodon #CatsOfMastodon #catsofthefediverse