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Little Brown Bird

A while back, I shared a tiny tease from Little Brown Bird, a small wholecloth art quilt here.  Well, here is all 16×20 inches (or thereabouts) of it:

littlebrownbirdfull450I made this quilt as an illustration for my Machine Quilting Unlimited article (July 2009 issue) on Negative space.  I developed the vine motif as part of the illustrative exercises, then decided to put it into use in the quilt.

The fabric is one of my hand-dyes, and is relatively monotone yellow-green.  I quilted it using five shades of green thread (Superior Threads’ 40-wt. polyester, with green Bottom Line — a fine 60-wt polyester — in the bobbin). The darkest shade of green is used in the bird, the next darkest for the straight lines and vine/leaf motif, and the lighter shades to shade/lighten the background.

Here is a detail of the bird:

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And here is another of the leaf/vine motif:

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If you visit my blog on June 16 (obviously it will not be “live” until the 16th!) blogpost, you can download a free PDF of the leaf/vine motif for use in your own quilting!

7 Responses to “Little Brown Bird”

  1. Vicki W Says:

    It’s beautiful! I can’t wait to see the article!

  2. Marie Says:

    It’s a beauty SB ! Betterer and betterer you get!

  3. joyce Says:

    It’s gorgeous! Your background fill is amazing.

  4. Terri Says:

    Just gorgeous! How generous of you to share.

  5. DeLane Rosenau Says:

    Very nice. I love the whole cloth image. You’ve done a tremendous job. I love the bird, but I think I love the surrounding greenery even more.

  6. A. Carole Grant Says:

    Sarah, this is awesome!! Thank you so much for generously sharing!

  7. Wen redmond Says:

    I love this piece, so cheery in green, I can hear the little bird sing!