Fractured Birds wing way to challenge

Birds In the Air Challenge 4 for Project Quilting Season 11 sounded like a great challenge. I knew I had at least 3 fabrics featuring birds.  I knew I could find 2 of them in my sewing room.

Fractured Birds

Then, I read past the headline.!!! Project Quilting 11.4 request to use a Birds In The Air block almost meant I was skipping a week. I had lots of good reasons:

• The grandtwins turned 1 Sunday. Of course, grandma wanted to help with the party. It is my chance to do what I wanted to do as a mother but I was limited by the need to work 
• My husband’s birthday was yesterday (Monday).
• Our wedding anniversary is Thursday.
• We are continuing our Ken Burns Country Music Passport tour.
• We are visiting Atlanta for a luncheon with a dance corps, bingo with friends and a movie blitz. 

Most importantly I hate construction of triangles from fabric. Still I did make 12 triangles into squares. I tried following the pattern but it just isn’t me. So I took the block basics and rearranged them. I dove into the ric rack stash, grabbing the jumbo dark blue. I covered my perfect points!

So here is my Fractured Birds wall hanging. It is 8 inches by 10 inches. It was made in Tennessee. This is my earliest finish in Project Quilting. 

I thought I was done earlier in the day. Then I played some more. That led to adding the yellow ric rack.

Birds in the Air

Oh yeah, here’s a more traditional Birds In the Air block. This is a Civil War reproduction quilt block by Barbara Brackman

You can see the other projects completed by quilters in a week in this collection of links.

Project Quilting is open to all. A challenge is posted at noon CST Sundays. The completely finished project is due the same time the following Sunday.  

I have added a personal twist to my involvement - no new purchases.