Birdhouse Wallhanging - Days 3 & 4

Friday afternoon was Day 3 of working on the birdhouse wall hanging, and most of what was accomplished was lots of cutting. All the patterns that I traced onto the iron-on adhesive the previous afternoon were cut 1/4" around the drawn lines and readied to adhere to the individual fabrics. I can hardly wait to start working with the fabrics chosen for each roof, house, and front porch; however, Friday was spent with only scissors snipping away! Here's a picture of some of the little pieces marked and placed in identifying piles.

Saturday was Day 4. My plan was to begin the next step of ironing each pattern piece onto the fabrics on Saturday afternoon; however, Tom and I spent most of the day out celebrating, arriving home late afternoon (extenuating circumstances: I fell on the ice in front of a shop, we were stranded at the bottom of our steep, icy driveway for two hours before finally getting home, and Tom fell twice while trying to get us out of the ditch! We're so thankful to the Lord that there were no broken bones and that we were safe!)

As I was lamenting the fact that all my plans did not materialize, Hannah reminded me that I, in fact, accomplished a lot by buying the buttons, ribbon, and yarn embellishments needed to add a 3-D effect before completing the quilting. I had a fun time matching some of the yarns at Ragtime Fabrics with the colors in the quilted hanging. So I guess a fair amount of work did get done this weekend!

Today is Day 5, and I will begin ironing each pattern to the fabric. Here are a few I've already started--looking good so far! These colors are for Birdhouse #3 on the pattern. Birdhouses #1 and #2 are ironed and in the background of the picture.

My goal is to finish all the ironing today and start cutting out each fabric piece--a lot of detailed scissor work for one day. But if all goes well, tomorrow I will start placing all the cut pieces on the background and get a realistic idea of what the wall hanging will eventually look like. It's all coming together!

~Deb

Comments

[Chris]

My goodness Deb, this is quite a project! I can't wait to see each step as I get on your blog, looks like lots of fun! Keep posting your progress, I am enjoying your work!
Glad you and Tom didn't break any bones!! If you were about 30 years younger it may have been more of a FUN day in the ice and snow! :) Kids don't seem to mind it like us "old folks" do. :) Have a great day working on your wall hanging!

[Cindi]

Oh, that looks so fun! I am hanging on all your pictures and words loving watching what is materializing!

[Carol]

Okay, that's a big project.

I'm relieved no one was seriously hurt while "ice falling."

[Randi]

All this hard work is going to produce a lovely wallhanging!

[Tammy]

I am amazed at all of the pre work that needs to be done before you even get to the sewing .