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
