As usual, Wisconsin is ushering in Spring with SNOW. I'm taking advantage of the nip in the air to work on my Winter's Song quilt. Its decision time. Outline the cardinals with my trusty, reliable walking foot? Or live dangerously and do some FMQ stippling? or FMQ snowflakes?
On a side note, I observed two male cardinals in chase this week. Territory skirmishes have begun. The male goldfinches are changing from olive drab fall/winter feathers to their bright yellow spring/summer plumage. At the suet feeder I had a female flicker the other day. Today the suet attracted a gray squirrel with a blond tail. Despite all this activity, I've not yet spied a robin. Perhaps I'll spot one tommorrow, being the first day of Spring!
4 comments:
Chris
I think snowflakes would suit this quilt to a T. That is, if you know an easy way to do them. Unfortunately, I don't.
As a second choice I would pick stippling over outlining. You might want to consider stippling all the white areas so that the cardinals and the squares pop.
Nice quilt.
Your quilt looks great.
FMQ is fabulous once you get the hang of it. Maybe practice on a few smaller things, like table runners and pillows? You might be surprised how easily it will come! Good Luck.
Hmmm, I think you should stipple around the birds but not over the top of them.
Can't believe you haven't seen robins yet! We've had lots of them!
I LOVE cardinals, though I've never seen one in person! Beautiful quilt!
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