You must either use or reinterpret this traditional block at least once somewhere in this week’s project. You can do so many things with the Birds in the Air quilt block when you use it to make a whole quilt, as illustrated in the sample quilts shown. A larger light triangle makes of the bottom diagonal of the square. I love working with clients to enhance with quilting the masterpieces that they have created. Here are a few that I drafted in EQ7. I enjoyed revisiting what it is like to be a brand new quilter." This week we’re revisiting a traditional block: birds in the air.It’s two sizes of triangles, combined for a square block. It was such a pleasurable read. I cared about the characters and what happened to them. Around that same time I had picked up a copy of McCall's Quilting Vintage Quilts and saw a pattern for this Birds in the Air variation inspired by vintage blue and white quilt. Birds in the Air Quilt -- exquisite smartly made Amish Quilts from Lancaster Navy and Multicolor Birds in the Air Quilt -- marvelous Amish quilt from Lancaster PA. Ably made by an Amish woman in her own home. They combine beautifully and work well with the prints of the small triangles. When you get to be more familiar with sewing HSTs, you will absolutely adore this block. I have a quilt on my bed made up of the Birds in the Air blocks. "Birds in the Air is a great book and quilt block -- it's as unusual as liking the book and the movie! her rendition of Birds in the Air. Then sew the large half square white triangle to the pieced half square triangle to finish the block. The Birds in the Air quilt block is a common unit found within many, many other patchwork designs. Eleanor has a swift way of directing the Birds in the Air blocks into flight #2207 Birds in the Air Quilt, part 2 Click here for book Always working to perfect the art of making quilting fun and easy, she developed a method to make 8 blocks at a time, using the Two Block method. A crib quilt Gerda and Joanna make in The Runaway Quilt.The pattern for “Birds in the Air” appears in my first pattern book, Elm Creek Quilts: Quilt Projects Inspired by the Elm Creek Quilts Novels (C&T Publishing, 2002). Around that same time I had picked up a copy of McCall's Quilting Vintage Quilts and saw a pattern for this Birds in the Air variation inspired by vintage blue and white quilt. Press. Always working to perfect the art of making quilting fun and easy, she developed a method to make 8 blocks at a time, using the Two Block method. --Kathy Mathews, ChicagoNow. I cared about the characters and what happened to them. Always working to perfect the art of making quilting fun and easy, she developed a method to make 8 blocks at a time, using the Two Block method. In the Birds In The Air quilt block, we will be using Half Square Triangles. Six dark and three light triangles are arranged along the upper diagonal of the square. I enjoyed revisiting what it is like to be a brand new quilter." I created it 16 years ago when my husband and I got married.