Hummingbird Fabrics

I am currently reading an interesting book about a hummingbird rescuer in Los Angeles, and it is a fascinating story of mostly Anna's and rufuous hummingbirds native to the area. These little feathered jewels crash into buildings, lose their nests during tree-trimming, or battle fierce storms, and this woman took in hundreds of them to rehabiltate and release back into the wild.

We have ruby-throated hummingbirds in this part of the country, and I also have quite a few hummingbird fabrics in my "collection":

HB teal 1

HB bouquet 3

Adventures in Patchwork and Piecing

I used to do a lot of quilting- both full-sized and smaller patchwork projects. Recently, I decided to put together a pencil pouch made with various cosmos print fabrics. It was a fun project, and I definitely see more patchwork projects on the horizon!

This is a Pieced Patchwork Cosmos pencil pouch, with a larger moon peeking out of the bottom corner and a back composed of strips set on the diagonal:

PP piecedcosmosmoon 1

PP piecedcosmosmoon 4

Spring Robins

Robinbabies2 good

Redrobin 1

Robinlullaby closeup best

Spring%20Robins %20turquoise %20Clothworks