My first bird block now has all the basic pieces appliqued down, with embellishment to follow. It's been nice this week to have had the block available to grab for odd minutes of sitting and stitching. Quickly picking up a single block is a different proposition from settling down for an evening of binding.
This has turned out to be a wintery bird and branch composition. My applique style is definitely casual and folk-arty, isn't it? I've never been a tight formal precise quiltmaker when I do pieced projects, and this tendency also seems to be in evidence with my applique work :)
Looking forward to more cookie baking and stitching this afternoon, and then tamales for supper -- our tradition for the first night of Las Posadas. During the decades that we lived 'down the hill', the community we lived in had an annual Las Posadas street festival in the Old Town plaza. We enjoyed attending and feasting on delicious tamales and tacos and champurrado! Ah, pleasant memories of years gone by …
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2 comments:
Love your folk artsy style! Embrace what gives you joy!
A lovely block!
What a beautiful "snow" bird--nice work hugs, Julierose
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