Welcome to My Cabin Quilt

     I made this Welcome to My Cabin Quilt as a block of the month with my Persian Pickle Quilt Group.  We found the pattern in the book Welcome to My Cabin by Nancy Smith and Lynda Milligan.  I tweaked the pattern some to make it my own.  The original had fish and a boat in water instead of the snowflakes.  The background is quilting cotton, nearly all from my stash.  The snowflakes, leaves, flowers, and animals are of felted wool.  I machine pieced the patchwork and hand-appliqued the wool, using perle cotton. 

A Colorado Christmas

Written by my son Drew when he was in 5^th grade

        On the first day of Christmas, my true love gave to me a chickadee in a pine tree.

        On the second day of Christmas, my true love gave to me two chipmunks and a chickadee in a pine tree.

        On the third day of Christmas, my true love gave to me three black bears, two chipmunks, and a chickadee in a pine tree.


Drew took this picture behind our home.

        On the fourth day of Christmas, my true love gave to me four hummingbirds, three black bears, two chipmunks, and a chickadee in a pine tree.



Drew took this picture on our front porch.

        On the fifth day of Christmas, my true love gave to me five columbine, four hummingbirds, three black bears, two chipmunks, and a chickadee in a pine tree.

        On the sixth day of Christmas, my true love gave to me six squirrels scolding, five columbine, four hummingbirds, three black bears, two chipmunks, and a chickadee in a pine tree.

        On the seventh day of Christmas, my true love gave to me seven rabbits hopping, six squirrels scolding, five columbine, four hummingbirds, three black bears, two chipmunks, and a chickadee in a pine tree.

        On the eighth day of Christmas, my true love gave to me eight deer running, seven rabbits hopping, six squirrels scolding, five columbine, four hummingbirds, three black bears, two chipmunks, and a chickadee in a pine tree.

         On the ninth day of Christmas, my true love gave to me nine turkeys squawking, eight deer running, seven rabbits hopping, six squirrels scolding, five columbine, four hummingbirds, three black bears, two chipmunks, and a chickadee in a pine tree. 



My husband took this photo in our backyard.

         On the tenth day of Christmas, my true love gave to me ten bobcats crouching, nine turkeys squawking, eight deer running, seven rabbits hopping, six squirrels scolding, five columbine, four hummingbirds, three black bears, two chipmunks, and a chickadee in a pine tree.



I took this photo of a bobcat under our granite boulder - from a great distance!

On the eleventh day of Christmas, my true love gave to me eleven raccoons peering, ten bobcats crouching, nine turkeys squawking, eight deer running, seven rabbits hopping, six squirrels scolding, five columbine, four hummingbirds, three black bears, two chipmunks, and a chickadee in a pine tree.

On the twelfth day of Christmas, my true love gave to me twelve foxes leaping, eleven raccoons peering, ten bobcats crouching, nine turkeys squawking, eight deer running, seven rabbits hopping, six squirrels scolding, five columbine, four hummingbirds, three black bears, two chipmunks, and a chickadee in a pine tree.



The fox we named Filbert, who loved to sit on our deck and look at us through the glass door.

You might enjoy reading my previous blog post:
http://starwoodquilter.blogspot.com/2012/12/not-just-for-christmas.html