Friday, January 12, 2024

Protecting bluebirds

 

Houses on the lake

9”x6”. Paper pieced, hand embroidered, machine quilted.  Hand dyed cottons

Completed for Project Quilting 15.1 challenge: birdhouse 


On a recent walk around the Orange Reservoir we saw a row of birdhouses facing East, built in the lake  like this:



    A bit of research revealed that local bluebirds are endangered by more aggressive species like swallows and sparrows.  To protect bluebird nests the conservancy built these specifically for bluebirds.  Here is a picture a neighbor compiled showing baby birds in residence.   



After paper piecing these tiny houses (2”).  I added the posts and then quilted it to look like water.  

Finally i embroidered small bluebirds on this small piece  


Peace 

Paula 



4 comments:

  1. Very cute quilt! I had no idea bluebirds were endangered!

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  2. Beautiful! We don't have blue birds here...just Stellar and Mountain Jays. You do lovely work.

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