panel of birds turned into this...
 

From this.... and after much pondering and playing on EQ7.... to
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This! :-)

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We live in the country--very rural. NO neighbors on our side of the road for a mile either direction. There are neighbors across the road--but a few tenths down both sides. Anyway--the granddaughter of the wonderful woman who was our neighbor for years--is moving into her grandmother's house. She and her husband have 9 kids, age 1-19--so are renovating to add lots of space first. Will take a while before they are here permanently. I'm making a pile of things for their house warming gifts. Ragged flannels for sure... But this is the first piece--a wall hanging. Kris loves birds. ;-)


I have another of these panels so I think I'll make a wall hanging for my classroom. I'll make the strips narrower though.

I love that setting!!!

Fantastic! Love the setting.

Great job!

I love your setting for those birds. You are planning a nice welcome gift for this family.

You did a great job turning that panel into such a fantastic wall hanging.

That looks wonderful and will be a delightful gift.

Oh yes, now I love that. It looks like they are all sitting visiting in the same tree. lovely!!

very nicely don. i have one of those panels... i should try something similar

Nice work, and lovely panel!

Excellent designing. Walk like the fabrics you added to your quilt :)

Judy in Phx, AZ

That is just beautiful. Love the way you set them.:thumbup:

EQ7 helped me try different ideas and I liked this one best. I made a 2nd--blocks aren't sewed together yet--but strips are narrower by .5" and I think I like it better. I'll post it on this thread when done so you can see which you want to do. I put all green on blocks 1 and 12... then on 5 did green first, then floral; and on the other 5 did floral before green. If you study the photo--and number your bird blocks--it'll be easy to do this design. It goes together fast. I'd love to see if you do it!

This is wonderful. Love the fabrics you chose for it. It is simply perfect.
peace

Exactly my thoughts! Beautiful and very kind of you to welcome them into their new/old home.

Very nice , I like it a lot.

Excellent!
Sandy

Absolutely love how you put these bird blocks together! What a great idea and so nice of you to be making things for new neighbors with a boat load of kids.

Wonderful use of a beautiful quilt panel. Your quilt is really great. I think you designed a wall hanging that will be treasured.

I love birds also and this quilt really speaks to me. It's beautiful. You did an amazing job turning a panel into something wonderful.

Just beautiful. I love the feeling of height it has.

Nine kids? That's great! You're gonna be a favorite with them!

I too have one of these panels, just couldn't bring myself to cut it and sew it as originally designed. I'd love it is you could share more detail about sizes of strips etc - maybe a tutorial for all? I love what you did with this!

It was a great arrangement for the panels.

wow, your setting is amazing. adds so much to the panel

What a beautiful creation! I am simply NOT able to imagine such designs without seeing them first. I have started a flower fairies quilt for our granddaughter and the best I could come up with is "Attic Windows" frames. It is pretty, but this is so unique!

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Please share your source for the pannel. I can't wait to try my hand at making one too.

[QUOTE=GramMER;7707755]It's by Elizabeth Studios. I tried a search with that and added birds--and it came up.
I'll show the smaller one once I'm finished so folks can see which strip width they like.

That is a beautiful design. I know they will love it.

Love what you did with that panel . Beautiful quilt

How you figured out that layout is beyond me, but it sure works well and makes a real beauty of a wall hanging. Wish I were that inventive.

Very, very nice! Love how you made it look like the tree is in the center outside a window and all the birds are visiting.

Love the way you did it

Good planning. I can tell some thought went into this quilt. It looks great.

What a beautiful finish from the panel!

Love what you did with the panel. Very pretty

Beautiful, what you have done with this panel, I bought a panel from this series in Washington state last summer. you inspire me to start working on it. thank you. hope you will show the time bird quilt.

That is really pretty. She will love it!

That's beautiful!!! I love what you did with it and I'm sure she will treasure it forever!!

Oh, WOW! That is just lovely! They will love it!