This year’s theme for our guild’s quilt show challenge was, “Birds of a Feather Quilt Together”.
The challenge rules consisted of:
- Create a bird using any style you prefer
- Use some or all of the ruby fabric provided
- Use some or all of the beads provided
- The number 40 must appear in your quilt
- Perimeter not to exceed 80”
When I saw the April block from the pattern collection called, 2025 Year Of Sewing Machines, I knew I had found the perfect pattern to fit the parameters of the guild challenge, Birds of a Feather, Quilt Together.
The quilt pattern depicts a Singer Featherweight sewing machine piecing a bird block. Since I have a Featherweight, this seemed to be the perfect pattern for me. I have surrounded my quilt with beads on the bumps of the rick rack trim on the outside border of my quilt and I have used the ruby red fabric provided in the challenge for the body of my bird and the outer border. The number 40 appears on the faceplate of my machine as, 40 Years 1985 to 2025, which is a tribute to the 40th Anniversary of our guild. The silver alphabet beads stitched to the body of the quilt spell out, “Birds of a Feather Quilt Together”.
