Blue Bird of Happiness Quilt Pattern

This last week I have been working on this quilt pattern for you. With Valentine's Day coming, this is a perfect quick table topper, mini quilt or wall hanging. You could even take this quilt and continue with additional blocks and borders to create your own quilt the size you wish. The link for the pattern is here: https://sisterofthedivide.etsy.com 

This quilt has some Half Square Triangles, instructions are provided. It also has 2 pieces that are paper pieced. You will need to square up your border blocks before finishing your final border. The ruler that I used for squaring up is the Sew Kind of Wonderful Sew Square 4 ruler. You can use any ruler that has a 45 degree marking and a 1/4" marking on two sides. This will let you quickly square up your border blocks and maintain the seam allowance.  

This is a great pattern to use up your bits and bobs of fabric. It doesn't take much for the hearts and the bird. Gather up your scraps and have some fun. You can put this together in a weekend!

For the quilting, I wanted to create the effect of a vintage lacy doily or the kind of lacy effect that you see on lots of Valentine's Day cards. I used the Tulips B2B by Linda Matteotti and reduced the size quite a bit, cropped around the heart and the bird. On the heart I quilted a feather heart with some embellishments. In the first border I quilted pennies and the second border is pretty much left alone, the blue areas have an inverted square which was skewed to fit each area.

You can quilt it anyway you wish. This would be beautiful hand quilted.

I hope you enjoy this pattern, it was fun creating it. Happy Valentine's Day!