That is very cute. I have that on my to do list. I love yours. I finished one set of my blocks and as soon as daughter takes a picture I will post it. Thanks for sharing!

I am an owl lover too. I really love a horned owl. Today, I will posting some owl fabric
panels on the garage sale portion of this board. Look for them.

editing
 

The above owls will be for sale They are 15 inches square

thank you im going to go look.

Working on designing and fusing my last set of owls. Then I have to sew them all down. It looks like all sets will be applique. I think they are turning out really cute. Sofar 4 sets of 12 1/2 in. and one set of 9 1/2 in. blocks. currently I have no working camera so I will leave you all in suspense. How many people are signed up sofar?

Dhanke, I think that design is very cute and I especially like the colors of the potholder version. I thought about doing that design but since you are I will make another one. Variety is the spice of life I figure. what is everyone else making? It is so quiet.

I have another set of blocks cut out but I think dhanke is doing something similar. So I will see what she does and decide whether I will start a different set.
dhanke are you making the blocks like you posted?

As for how many people I believe so far we have 9. I will get the list together and how many sets each is doing over the week end. Still lots of time for anyone else who wants join. Lets get this hopping.

Pictures of owl blocks
 

Here are pictures of the owl blocks for the swap. They still need to be sewn down and then trimmed down to the right size. I hope you like them.

Annaquilts they are all beautiful. There went a couple of my ideas. LOL back to the drawing board for me. I love all your blocks. Thanks for posting.

Thank you owlvamp but please do not stop making them just because I used a similar pattern. You will use different fabrics. After all we are all doing owls. Maybe just changing the fabrics and or small changes like a belly or gogles can give an entirely different feel.

I will be making a set of pieced owls similar to the one on post 22 and a set of appliqued silhouetted owls. I won't be making the ones on post 40. I agree with Annaquilts though. We could all be using the same pattern and we would still have a nice variety due to color and fabric choices.

I agree never thought about that. Okay I will Finish them up and post them. I love seeing the blocks. Keep them coming. I have all the pieces cut out for the one on post 40. I also found 2 other patterns I purchase months ago so will make some of those too.

I found a few pieces of owl fabric I forgot I had so that is good. Have a few ideas on some blocks. Need to sew the binding of two quilts and then will,finish up the owl blocks and post.

How is it going with you all?

Half way sewing down the sets of owl. I did all aplique. I still have to square them up after that and cut fabric squares for the twist.

silhouette owls
 

Here's one set completed. I hope the background colors aren't too wild, but I wanted to use batiks to look like sky in the background.

dhanke I really like the effect the batik has. the owls stand out in front of a stunning sunset. Very nice and a clever artistic interpetation.

Very pretty. I would like to get one of those.

Mhh me too!

silhouette owls are stunning. I love the background too! Did you cut the owl out by hand? I really like those.

Oh good, i'm glad the batik is OK. The silhouette is cut by hand, fused and satin stitched. I made all six on sunday, so they are fairly quick and easy.

Short and Sweet how many sets are you doing?

How's it going everyone?

owl blocks
 

ok all , here is a picture of both my sets of owls and they are ready to fuse then will sew, let me know waht u think, i love teh siliwettes ones, so so cool, glad i will get one, and the pot holder one also, awesome,

Very cute owls blocks lovngrandma .Keep the blocks coming!!

Look at all that snow. Go make snowman. I don't miss those days.

I would love prison owl with his black and white stripes. Are you planning to add pupils? The snow picture cracked me up. Enjoy watching the kids play in the snow in that recliner? Brrrrrrr......Hahahahaha I bet the kids have a lot of fun playing outside.

I have my sets done but looking at lovngrandma's owls I was thinking wouldn't some Aloha style owls be cute?

ok, first that is the dogs chair, nad im not sure i want to sit in the snow packed chair lol, and my husband is saying OH NO we have mroe coming 5=8 more and this will not have melted,
then yes all owls will have pupils, one one of each sdet will have glasses just cause i think they are cute, i had not thought of prison lolhaha , i
I will however sit in my recliner INSIDE and watch the sno fall, and lots mroe to come, thank you for all your comments, i cand to the twist as i dont have any fabric that has owls onit,

I wouldn't want to sit in it either with all that snow and more to come... I'm with you I will sit inside and watch it fall plus at least I can cuddle under a quilt or two.

I found one fabric and will be hunting for more. To be in the twist you do not need more thern a FQ or 1/4 yard cut. Just think of all the cute squares you'll get bacvk and the great variety. But I understand. You sure the dog would sit in that snow covered chair? I think the dog says you can have your chair back. Too funny. I just thought it was hilarious how it is standing in the middle of the snow. Eye glasses sound really cute. I still hope I get Mr. Prison out break owl. :D

well i will see if i can fidn some from a LQS who i cound that will mail me a fat for cheap, i will also look online, to see if i can find any, and if u happen to not get the prison one ill make u one , ok, hows that, i also love those silowette ones arent u the one who did those, well im off to look for some, and oh nope the dog can have the chair and the cats, i dont want it , no more, hehe lol

I have my 3 for the twist. Mine are 4 inches though. I must of cut them for something else i was going to do and guess i didn't use them so now i will .Do you all want me to cut it down to the 3 1/2 inch block or leave and you,have a little extra to deal with? Let me know okay and will fix them if I need to.

I believe the cats and dogs are knocking on your door to come inside. They say its to chilly out there. I would be freezing. I would be an icicle and you,would have to thaw me. Burr it's cold out there.:)

ok here are my finished owls and oh man more snow coming, and here is the snoman, and my baby named muddy, and just got word they have closed all schools in our area and city,and state offices, so i am not going outside , i got packages to mail and blocks to mail, sorry they will have to wait

Love the owl blocks.
The snow looks like a lot of fun and cold. Love the snowman. My grandson made about a seven inch snowman out of snow and sense our snow stays for one day and gone the next he brought his snowman in and ask if he could save it in the freezer. LOL it's still in there. I'll get my daughter to take a picture for me to post. So I am saving his snowman in my freezer. It makes him happy therefore I am happy.

Thinking hard about doing this one. I have a lot on my plate right now but this would be so much fun!

my 2nd set
 

Here's my second set, these are pieced with appliqued eyes.

Dragonfly Nana do come and play with us. We need you and anyone else that will come play.

dhanke those are adorable. I love the owl blocks.

Okay ladies I love quilting but the last two day I was ready to throw in the towel. I was trying to make pin wheels but for the life of me couldn't get the points to match up. I will get my daughters phone tonight to take pictures to show you all. Okay so then I put it down and walked away. Came back and made another one and the points are better but still not totally matching. All the fabric I am using for this is all I have for it so can't afford to mess it up. I came up with a different idea for a different block sense I already cut them all into triangles. Points match pretty good but now the block is too small and I have to add a border. I don't I have anything to match. It's totally crazy let me tell you. So then decided on the other blocks to do a ten minute block and five minute block. I really like them but found them to be a little more difficult than I thought. Is quilting for me? I am trying to get out of just the block style but I don't know. I see so many beautiful quilts and I just want to make one but I guess I'm not ready. It's just when you see someone post this is my first quilt and wow they did awesome point on points. And I can barely master what I do. Okay enough of my whining. Needed to get it off my chest. I have almost 5 sets done so I will take pictures, and post for you all see. Thanks for listening.

So sorry you've had a bad quilt day. I'm still working on my points! What's worked the best for me is taking more time measuring each square for the blocks before I sew them. Also, make sure you use a narrow 1/4 inch seam. This allows a little extra room for when you turn the fabric. So for pin wheels blocks you use HS triangles. If your HS is the accurate size (even though you sew them together, oft-times 2 HS blocks will have a little extra room on both sides.) measure after you sew the 2 HS's together. Trim any excess. When you do the bottom 2 HS's line up your point before you sew with your fingers. It helps to grab a needle & sew it in place a couple stitches. Pins can still allow your fabric to move. If your point is in place then sew. Works most of the time for me. Other than that,
you can try Paper-piecing which allows you to get those perfect points. Either way, it takes a little bit of patience. Hope this makes sense. Good luck!

Thanks for the advice. I need to try pp but havent dont that yet.

Owlvamp here's some other tips. I learned a lot from Rhonda. Check out her pages here.
http://www.quiltingboard.com/tutoria...ts-t23252.html
http://www.quiltingboard.com/tutoria...rs-t46365.html

owls will go out tomorow, went to the post office today and got stamps and envelopes and all and got told my fat 8ths cant be sent like that so im gonna get that press and seal and redo the envelopes and see how taht gors and then all will be in mail tomorow, spent 50 bucks at PO , shoudlnt have to go for a while lol