Birds Want to Have Fun Quilt

These birds are definitely dressed for fun, look at those tail feathers!

Birds Want to Have Fun Quilt

There are handmade quilts and then there are quilts that grab you with their colors, their charm and their whimsy-maybe all three!

Birds Want to Have Fun Handmade Quilt was among the quilts featured at the Piece and Plenty Quilt Guild Biannual show in 2015 and I have to confess, may be one of my personal favorites. Without knowing the quilt story, I first fell in love with the birds and their wonderful whimsical tail feathers.

Maybe it was Dr. Seuss who corrupted my impression of what bird tail feathers should be but these applique birds certainly come closer to the kinds of birds I imagine should be flying around.

Then there is the charming story. This handmade quilt by Kathy Stack was made for a 2-year old's birthday from fabrics from her baby room. What a wonderful way to repurpose fabrics and capture memories those fabrics represent:

Birds Want to Have Fun Quilt includes fabric from her baby room, what a great way to recycle!

Last but not least, the quilting. Often I am surprised with how much the quilting changes the personality of a handmade quilt.

Birds Want to Have Fun handmade quilt is no different, the machine quilting adds a wonderful three-dimension to the various blocks and designs. This handmade quilt could have easily been quilted with an overall pattern but Kathy chose to outline quilt many of the designs including the birds and that gives this handmade quilt an additional charming dimension.

The machine quilting gives this charming handmade quilt a wonderful texture.

This delightful handmade quilt reminds me that Mother Goose is not the only bird around nurseries these days!

Charlotte