Folk Art Bird and More Quilting!

Last week I was one of the lucky winners of a giveaway hosted by Jill of Untie the Ribbons. Jill makes wonderful folk art characters and wool textile pieces. Her blog is worth following, she always has wonderful ideas and inspiration for fiber artists.

This is what I won, a wonderful folk art bird. Is this not the most wonderful piece. So much detail and such a unique creation, I really love it and have it hanging so my guests will see it when they enter the house.

Today I took a trip the the folk art quilt store. I realized I needed some light neutrals for backgrounds and fillers, so I picked some fabrics out, that I thought would work with different types of projects. The ones on the right are going into a civil was piece. I will be doing some ladies with appliqué and civil war print dresses, so these colors will go into the background. There is blue in the print, and that will work well with the americana theme.

And then I worked on some new blocks, this time I got them right and like the fabrics I used. So, here are four of them and one design that can be made with them. They look a bit brighter with the flash.The middle blocks are black.