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[@terrig2298]

💜The appliqued parrots are awesome and I love your secondary label. 😅💜

[@lizwarnke4689]

@@terrig2298 Thank you! The parrots made it so fun!

[@threadmybobbin]

Those Christmas quilts at the start are gorgeous! Appliquéing that parrots out into the border just really brings that quilt to life, love the colours in it.

[@lizwarnke4689]

Thank you so much! Monique at Open Gate Quilts is such a wonderful designer, isn't she? I think I had an additional parrot fussy cut but it flew away! It will probably show up at some point but the quilt will have already left for the recipient.

[@fredmakesthings]

Your Christmas projects all look great but your parrots look fantastic. I love how you did the applique on, it really elevates the quilt. I'm also more excited to see your Mexican Stars project come together, I am super curious about it. I've made a set of mug rugs out of some crumb pieces and finished last years temp quilt top. Now I just need to iron it, trim any excess threads, find or make the backing and bring it to my local long armer. For the tiny pieces, I too collect them and since my house is drafty, I've made door draft stoppers and plan to make more and gift them in my Buy Nothing Group. I baste scrap batting, (I used the scrap from my quilt as you go projects), and ugly fabric i'll never use together and turn them into a tube with one side open. The I stuff it full using the little bits and bobs, then I close the side up when it's full. I then shove that tube into another fabric tube that matches my home decor. I've made one and a half with the pieces from last year. They're dense and weighty enough to stay in place.

[@lizwarnke4689]

@@fredmakesthings What a great idea for the tiny pieces! I'll keep saving them up. I might use them first to make a long cat bed for the shelf that my cats lay on. I have one shelf that I left empty for them above my crafting table and they lounge up there and watch me. However I only have it covered with some towels right now, which they are constantly crumpling up and discombobulating. We can definitely use more door draft stoppers too!