How to Quilt a Silly Bird Tutorial

April 24, 2018

Silly Bird, Machine Quilting, Lori KennedyGood Morning, Quilters!

What a difference a week makes!  Last weekend, we endured a blizzard that dropped 16 inches of snow and yesterday it was 70 and sunny!

The birds are chirping–heck, I’m chirping!!  Woo hoo!  Tweet-tweet!

Let’s quilt a Silly Bird to celebrate Spring!

DOODLE FIRST

Follow along with a pen and notebook. Doodle each step shown here,  then add your own variations to create YOUR Silly Bird.

THE SILLY BIRD MACHINE QUILTING TUTORIAL

Start by stitching the foot, and then add a straight line leg.

Silly Bird, Machine Quilting, Lori Kennedy

Add a large oval.

Silly Bird, Machine Quilting, Lori Kennedy

Stitch three semi-circles.

Silly Bird, Machine Quilting, Lori Kennedy

Add a triangle-ish shape to create the tail feathers.

Silly Bird, Machine Quilting, Lori Kennedy

Closely echo stitch to the top of the oval.  Use slow stitching technique to create a curved line with small eyelashes.  For a simpler eye, add a spiral.

Silly Bird, Machine Quilting, Lori Kennedy

 

Add a few head feathers for embellishment.

Silly Bird, Machine Quilting, Lori Kennedy

Closely echo stitch the from of the oval then add a small triangle beak.

Silly Bird, Machine Quilting, Lori Kennedy

 

Add decorative elements to the body.

Silly Bird, Machine Quilting, Lori Kennedy

Silly Bird, Machine Quilting, Lori KennedyEmbellish the tail and then complete the bird by adding another leg.Silly Bird, Machine Quilting, Lori Kennedy

How silly is that?

This is a great bird formula (I was going to say “recipe“–but that seemed disrespectful?!)

Use it to create variations by changing the length of the legs, the shape of the body and the embellishments to create YOUR own Silly Bird!

Tweet-tweet!

Be sure to check out Jennifer Thomas of Curlicue Creations on the Spring Clean Blog Hop today!

 

Signed,

Skylark Lori (or perhaps, more fitting-Lori the Loon!?)

PS…All tutorials, images and information are the property of Lori Kennedy at The Inbox Jaunt and are intended for personal use only.  Feel free to re-blog, pin or share with attribution to The Inbox Jaunt.  For all other purposes, please contact me at lckennedy@hotmail.com.  Thanks!

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