Birdhouses – 1995

I loved this bird house pattern.  It kind of had a country look and that’s how I was decorating my house at the time.

The bird houses are pieced and there are hand appliqued birds – 3 of them but one is hard to see.  The checkerboard border is pieced because I couldn’t find a large checked fabric that would work.  I hand quilted around each bird house, then did a clam shell pattern in the background.  I quilted an X through each of the lighter squares in the border.