Give a Hoot

Hootie the Owl talked me into making the wing larger, thinking we will take him more seriously.

And here is our progress so far.

Oopsie the Owl

 Meet Oopsie the Owl. As you can see, I didn't center the owl very well on the background.  When I sew the blocks together (as if), the seam line will come much to close to the top of Oopsie's head. I asked him to move down a bit, but he couldn't because I had sewn a curlew wing to his body...obviously not enough wingspan for moving. And yeah, I hadn't given him feet yet. Happily I also hadn't given him a beak so I didn't have to listen to all that owl cursing.

I did make an owl size wing, but could see that there wasn't enough contrast between the wing and the body. So apparently when I went to make a new wing, I grabbed the curlew wing pattern piece instead. And you're right to wonder how this could have happened given all the cat supervisors roaming around. 

The next bird is the downey woodpecker.

Owl Accomplishments

Here are my accomplishments and progress so far on completing the owl block for this week. First, I drew an owl design. Drawing it on a post-it note was not well conceived or intentional. But so it goes. 

Next, I drew a square the size of the block, fiddled with some Kay Buckley template plastic circles to determine the owl eye size. Then I redrew the owl to its final size. Then I traced it and cleaned up the drawing. 

By having the drawing on tracing paper, I can have either a front or reversed version. (If I make freezer paper templates, I will trace the pattern from the reverse of the tracing paper, and then iron the freezer paper pattern to the back of the fabric...to get the original version.) I have also found the fabric to use for the eyes, the wing and the body.

The bird a week project is just something I'm doing to prod myself into designing on a regular schedule and at least post to this blog once a week. 

Curlew

The bird for this week is curlew. The bird for next week is owl.

Here are the bird blocks so far. I wonder if these are supposed to be in the same quilt and if anyone is taking that into consideration.

With Molly Legs

Here's Molly taking over the new quilt project. She is astonishingly adaptable and willing to contribute to any task at hand.

Without Molly, here is the project's progress.

Here's Molly with the project safe from her furry contribution.

Basted Frog Legs

 I may be a bit too far over my skis but certainly appliquéing a six foot tall quilt is somewhat the same as a 4.5 inch patch.

Buddy

While I have no evidence of quilt making today, I can show evidence of the existence of Buddy. However, contrary to assertions by MissPat in the comments, there is no evidence that Buddy has worked a day in his life, thereby having no duties to shirk. While Molly makes everything her business, Buddy prefers to specialize in Buddy...and why wouldn't he?