Every three years I do a quilt that is way beyond what I think I can do. I've been doing split star quilts with fussy cuts and thought of my bird fabric from Walmart that I got seven years ago when it first came out. It's time had come. I saw a wall hanging of one motif of the flying swollows. This has four.

Along with y seams which were the easy part, there were 37 places where 8 seams met and many where six seams met. All these made those Y seams seem easy.

Over half of the back ground is off grain, the birds are all off grain.

I starch everything to keep the pieces from being stretch. I marked all the seams at the intersections. It took forever to piece and a long time to quilt. This is by far the hardest quilt I have ever made. Maybe this time I will wait five years before I do something "outrageously difficult" again

It sure is beautiful!!!!

Gorgeous...don't wait you are talented.

That is totally gorgeous worth every minute you worked on it.

Beautiful!

Well Congratulations for persisting and finishing it. You have the right to be very proud of yourself.

I love your quilt. However long it took you it was well worth the time and effort! I have that fabric too. I want to make an "attic window" pattern with it for my sis (but that's way down the line!)

Deb, you make even the hard look beautiful. Looks great.
Don't you just love the over grain fabrics. a friend was
working with a panel that she almost put in the trash. I
don't think she has finished yet.

Gorgeous!! Worth it.

beautiful quilt ~ regardless of all the issues! :D