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My avatar became a UFO. I had made multiples of it as Christmas gifts for family that feed hummingbirds. I never finished mine [typical right?] I thought it was from 2011 but in researching the old pictures, I found it to be from 2006!. It is an original pattern and original quilting designs. I used the backs of some fabrics on this one to make the background blend in.
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Love your quilting of hummingbirds. Beautifiul.

Nicely done.........there's a space in my Fifth Wheel that would show your hummingbird off nicely.

Great job on this! Nice design, and great variety of quilting, especially the hummers!

Love hummingbirds. We have a feeder in our front stoop. We can watch as we eat and be entertained easily. Love your quilt/avatar.

I love everything about it. As you can see by MY avatar, I like hummingbirds too :-)

Looks nice close up.

beautiful finish!

Beautiful! I really like your pattern and I especially like the quilting in the border.

I have long admired it! Congrats on your finish!

Nancy your avatar quilt is so pretty. I love humming birds too. I am glad you showed it up close, because I could even see the flowers at the bottom. Very sweet quilt. :)

Great Avatar--you did great job !

Well worth the wait.

It's beautiful!

Terrific finish! You're very talented to do your own designs!

It's beautiful!

Excellent! A friend used to say you pay for both sides of the fabric, you should use whichever one suits the purpose.

Great job!!

I like it. Quilting looks nice.

Very nice!

oh my, this is beautiful, love your quilting on the border

Good to see your avatar up close. I am a hummingbird lover, too.

Great job! and congrats on the finish of your almost 10 y/o UFO... Now you can enjoy it's beauty outside your sewing room. : )

The project is lovely. The hummingbird quilting in border is just beautiful.

Very nice!

Love your hummer. You sure did a lot of small squares are those 1" squares? I have seen so many quilts with tiny squares but I don't think I could ever work with tiny squares like that I would definitely be a "basket case" before I finished. lol I don't know how you folks can work with such small pieces. Reminds me of the postage stamp quilts.

Nice work! I love humming birds!

That is just beautiful. I admire you for being able to design your pattern, and LOVE the hummingbirds quilted in the border.

It's a beautiful quilt, great quilt design and I love the hummingbirds quilted into the border. As for using the backs of fabrics, I remember one visiting quilter to our Quilt Guild saying that we buy both sides of the fabric. I used the back side of a print for a border, when I discovered that while sewing the border on I liked the back side better, so I used it. Thanks for sharing your original pattern. Nice work.

I never knew it wasn't completed! It's beautiful!

thanks, all, for the compliments.

Gerbie, the squares are cut at 2" and finish at 1.5". I don't think I was brave enough back then to cut them smaller. I have an ongoing Bonnie Hunter leaders and enders project right now with 1"cut squares to finish at .5" . It will be a while before anything gets big enough to use in a pattern :)

I have always liked your avatar. My SIl would love this. She loves hummingbirds.

Love your avatar and the quilting on it is terrific.

Beautiful! I love how you quilted the hummingbirds in the borders.

Nice hummingbird quilt.

Funny how we save ours till last.lol Great job, nice finish.

That is awesome & sew very creative !!

that's beautiful. love the way you did that quilt.

Very impressive! Love the quilting just as much!