Green String Quilt with Appliqué Owls

When the scrap bags get full, it's time to make some scrappy quilts and my favorite scrappy quilts are String Quilts! Most of my scrap bags are stuffed full, so it is time to make some more strings in other colors and an all color string quilt too.

Since I prefer to make smaller quilts, (less stress on my shoulders when I quilt them) I like to add a little something extra to the quilt and that is an appliqué of some kind. I have done appliqué bears, snowman, dogs, etc. in the past. This time it is my favorite appliqué owls! I even added a bubble with the question, "Who?" by the corner owl. Might take this one to the gift shop next time I need to add some more stock there. If it doesn't sell, I will donate to Project Linus later. At least it is worth a shot to see if I can sell some of the quilts I create as it gives me a few dollars to buy needed batting or thread, fusible web, etc. that I use to create the quilts I make.

I used small die cut letters.

All the owls were made from flannel, except the beak are quilting cotton.

Simple quilting using a Serpentine stitch diagonally.

I added a Conversation Bubble over this owl, who looks like he would be saying, "Who?"

I might reduce the owl above to appliqué onto a purse flap for the purses I make and donate to Sew Powerful. I think any of these owls would look cute on a purse flap, don't you?

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Who? Owls Peeking in the Window Quilt

My quilt guild announced an Attic Window challenge recently so that we would try making an Attic Window any size. You could make a single block or a quilt as large as you wanted to. The purpose of the challenge is to decorate our guild's booth space at Fiber Arts Fiesta, happening at the end of May. We turned in our Attic Window quilts yesterday. Everyone who participated got a participation entry and they will draw a random name to win a gift card at a local quilt shop.

I knew what I wanted to make right away and was so happy at how it turned out! Some ladies made Attic Window quilts using a panel of an outdoor scene so that it appeared as though you were looking out a window onto that outdoor scene. I wanted to have the owls that I appliqued appear as though they were looking in the window at me. I love these cute, whimsical owls.

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