Birdsong

My little QFS parade continues. Today it's all about an adorable flimsy made by my sister Betty.

She had found a panel with lots of sweet birds framed in garlands of flowers and just knew that she could do something fun with it.

Add in a few interesting little framed four patches for the corners (notice how she cut the narrow green border to match the narrow border on the blocks from the panel)...

and a lush graphic sashing...

and before you know it, a lovely little flimsy emerges. I must have taken these photos on a particularly dull day because they in no way do justice to the real colours. It was light and airy and reminiscent of a walk in a garden.

I love the green check that she used for the borders. It has a little purple running through it, which worked so well with the rest of the bits.

She also included a mauve gingham backing and a binding made from the same green as the frames around each bird, so all that would be needed on the other end was to quilt it and get the binding on.

This time of year we've just about had it with the chill of winter and start looking longingly for those warmer spring days, just as this wee block suggests....M