barbarakibler23

LStew....sending hugs your way. do the best you can with the swap. if your packages are ready to go with out cards just send them out that way. Just include a note saying they are from you.

Barb

barbarakibler23

Every time I thought about getting my mail on Saturday it was raining so finally today I remembered! Thanks LUM you made my day today!

armylady2012 10/4
bjsmith57 9/29
CrazyConnie 10/3
faintlyArtistic 10/4
Gaijin 9/25
Givio 10/4
Hav4boys 9/28
IceLeopard 9/28
Jane Quilter 9/28
Janice McC 9/29
JENNR8R 9/25
JuanitaBean 9/26
Kele 10/3
LottieParker 10/3
Lum 10/6
MizMelly 9/27
oldcatlady 10/4
Onaemtnest 10/4 x2
Patrick's Mom 9/28
PattyJo 10/3
Pinkflowers 10/1
Sunrise450 10/4
TexasTam 10/2
Travelinggramma 9/28

24 cards received! happy dance!

Thanks ladies

JuanitaBean

Love your blue birds, they are soooo cute. Do you have a pattern to share with us? I would like to try making some. Looks like HST and 2 1/2' sqs. and ?????. What is the finished size ?

JENNR8R

I saw a picture of the block online and made my own pattern on graph paper. I made my bird to fit an 8" block. I don't know the size of the original pattern. My squares finished at 1.5"

I was able to make the half-square triangles with the 2.5" candy blocks.

Here is a link to where you can buy the quilt pattern using this block: http://www.thepatternbasket.com/catalog.htm?item=214

Here are some other pictures of the block: https://www.pinterest.com/search/pin...yped&term_meta[]=feathers%7Ctyped&term_meta[]=quilt%7Ctyped&term_meta[]=pattern%7Ctyped

WMUTeach

I could be making cardinals and juncos. Not a paper piece fan but a few for a wall hanging might be nice. Like your little dearies. I live near a marsh and get many, many bird from gold finches to sand hill cranes but no field loving bluebirds. Do you have a good source for PP bird paatterns?

WMUTeach

Well, silly me, I got the envelopes all ready for the mail and then I heard Homer Simpson go Duh!! No mail today, because it is Columbus Day. Dropped them off to the post office so they will go out in the early morning mail tomorrow.

JENNR8R

Here is a cute paper-pieced bluebird from Craftsy: https://www.craftsy.com/quilting/pat...luebird/113899

and another: https://www.craftsy.com/quilting/pat...d-block/107838

and a wren from an old Quilting Board tutorial: How to paper-piece my wren. Free pattern

JuanitaBean

Thank you for Info, Jennr8R

Lstew2212

Thank you Ms. Barbara, I went to the store and got enough cards to finish out the year. The remaining October Birthdays will go out this morning. I did notice that the .50 birthday cards have shrunk. I've noticed that a lot lately, items getting smaller but the price remains the same. "GRRRRRRR"

givio

JENNR8R, Thanks for the pictures and bird pattern links. After looking at them, it feels like I should start another project because they are so cute, but I'm trying not to start new projects and instead get the old ones done.