Songbird Serenade Fabric Tour

Happy Friday - welcome to the Poppie Cotton Songbird Serenade Fabric Tour! I am thrilled to be today's stop on the tour - thank you so much for visiting. I have a very special lap quilt to share (and a little needlebook too!), created with the new Songbird Serenade Fabric Collection designed by Sherri McCulley for Poppie Cotton. It was a nice change to put on my quilt designer hat and work with these soft and detailed prints. This brand new collection (shipping to shops now) has lovely songbird motifs, gorgeous florals, and a fabulous Songbird Hankies Fabric Panel...all done in a calming pastel color pallet. I truly found my joy working on this project, as I haven't had much design time lately. Creating this quilt definitely brought harmony into my studio! Let's take a close-up look at my project...

"Songbirds and Sashing" - A Lap Quilt

I titled my lap quilt (or wall hanging) "Songbirds and Sashing" - this quilt was built around the Songbird Hankies Fabric Panel featuring nine unique songbird blocks. My quilt combines paper foundation blocks and traditional piecing. Twenty-five 7" blocks make of up my lap quilt along with sashing and cornerstones - giving it a finished size of 47" x 47". I used a fat quarter stack that included a fabric panel and a little bit of Country Confetti (Marshmallow White) yardage for the background. I had plenty of fabric left from my fat quarters for a scrappy binding. I have written a pattern that is available in my Etsy Shop in both paper and digital format...AND my local quilt shop (The Quilted Sunflower) will have the patterns and kits in stock (once the fabric arrives - it's on the way!) - I will add the shop information below. The pattern has yardage listed for those who do not want to use a fat quarter stack...and it has basic paper foundation piecing instructions included, along with the foundation blocks for the Floral Corner Blocks and Flying Geese Blocks. I fussy cut all the cornerstones to showcase each of the special bird motifs, so the layout works perfectly for a wall hanging, as well.

Songbird Hankies Fabric Panel

Paper Pattern: https://www.etsy.com/listing/1329413493/songbirds-and-sashing-a-paper-foundation
Digital Pattern: https://www.etsy.com/listing/1315432708/songbirds-and-sashing-a-paper-foundation

After completing my quilt, I was compelled to work with some of my leftover fabric pieces and made the sweetest little needlebook with pockets inside. I even fussy cut a little birdie heart and appliqued it on the first wool page inside. If there were more hours in each day, I would have made a pile of these for gifts!

I hope you have enjoyed this stop on the fabric tour and are feeling inspired - thank you for visiting with me today. If you love this fabric collection, be sure to check out your favorite quilt shop - Songbird Serenade is arriving now. If you are interested in the pattern, you can find it in my Etsy Shop - I have it available in both paper pattern and digital pattern. If you are interested in a quilt kit, feel free to contact my local quilt shop - they will have them put together as soon as the fabric arrives (it is shipping now!). Here is the shop information (and side note - Leslie, the shop owner, did the fabulous longarm quilting on my quilt model):

The Quilted Sunflower
111 South Main St.
Spring Hill, KS 66083
(913) 592-0100
thequiltedsunflower@gmail.com
https://www.thequiltedsunflower.com/

Paper Pattern: https://www.etsy.com/listing/1329413493/songbirds-and-sashing-a-paper-foundation
Digital Pattern: https://www.etsy.com/listing/1315432708/songbirds-and-sashing-a-paper-foundation