Birds in the Air - Project Quilting challenge 11.4

Project Quilting announced the fourth challenge of the season as “Birds in the Air”, which is the name of a traditional quilt block that uses two sizes of triangles combined to make a square block.  We were directed to either use or reinterpret this traditional block in our project.  

I have had the pattern, “Harrison’s Daybreak” on my to do list for a few years now. It is the 2015 Row by Row pattern from Beginnings Quilt Shop in Hendersonville, North Carolina which I picked up during a visit to my sister-in-law that year. This was the perfect time to finally make it.

I modified the pattern a bit to change the size (and number) of background squares so I could incorporate the Birds in the Air blocks. But even then, the background squares were only 3”, so I decided to draft a foundation piecing pattern to make the Birds in the Air blocks.

I am calling this

Sunrise Sentinel

Size:  approximately 15" x 39"
I create in Casa Grande,
Arizona

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Project Quilting - Birds in the Air
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Put a Heart On It - Project Quilting challenge 11.3

For this third challenge of Project Quilting season 11, our theme is "Put a Heart On It".

I knew going in that time would not be on my side this week.  I had already decided whatever the theme, I'd make another mug rug.  So that is what I did, but it’s also so much more than that to me.

Reading the stories associated with the projects from our last challenge "Team Colors", I was inspired to continue in that vein for this challenge and create a piece that related to something close to my heart.

A heart for my mother, who I love.  Purple for Alzheimer's, and coincidentally my mother's favorite color.  And fragmented, just like my mom's memories.

Feeling Purple

Size:  approximately 9" x 7"

I create in Casa Grande,
Arizona

Check out all of the entries for this challenge at 

Project Quilting - Put a Heart On It

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