Simple Sane Quilts and Goslings

It is funny how if you collect things that you like eventually you have enough to do a project out of them. I made two small quilts lap or baby recently. One has a girly theme and the other a tom boy theme. I received this fairy 6" charm in a swap and went searching for things to go with it. This is what I came up with. I really like the simplicity of a 4x5 -6" block quilt so I made two.
I bought some bug fabric at a garage sale and went in search:

And this is what I came up with.

This fabric was a piece left over from my oldest son's crib sheets. (ds is 16 now boy I keep stuff a long time. But I think this proves that it is a good strategy as it suits the quilt.)
The face square was also from a swap. I found the pig rushing home and remembered the three little pigs and thought it would fit in a fairy quilt
I don't Know how these guys got in here but their too cute to cut out. DH took this photo I was to chicken to be chased by their parents to get this close.
I had a scrap of this left over from another project and thought what kid wouldn't like a kitty or two on their bed.
I also thought the butterflies were nice but not too girly in these colours
There was also a pair of owls on the tomboy quilt. I love these quilts so much I think I want to make a wall hanging from the owl one as I have yet to quilt it. The Fairy one, I use to cuddle under at the TV. I think one day I just may have a little gd or some special little one or two that I could let them go to. But after all DS1 is only 16, I Shouldn't get ahead of myself. However like the little bunny fabric things do eventually find a nice place if I keep them until they are useful.

This is for the birds

The Pelicans Came back just before our last late snow in April. These photos were taken after the snow melted. I just love pelicans. They hang out at the weir on our river. The fish that go over the weir get stunned and are easy pickens.

This next photo is of a Red Winged Black Bird. I remember the first time I noticed one when I was a child. Grandpa Muller and I had a wonderful drive in the feild to see the cows and there was one of these pretty little birds. Because of the late snow many robins hung out in the city on sort of a lay over so there were tonnes of them every where. There wasn't much for them to eat though.
This is a recent photo of two Mallards one lovely eveining this past weekend.