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Bonnie wins birds quilt pattern

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Pattern_BirdsAndNotesDesayuno

Congratulations goes to Bonnie, she is the winner of my giveaway for a digital quilt pattern of BIRDS (Desayuno 2012), by Cecilia Koppmann. Her winning comment:

Oh I would love to win this pattern! The birds and the musical score….well they are wonderful together!!!

I’ll contact Bonnie privately to wrap things up. Thanks to everyone who entered the giveaway and for sharing your thoughts on this sweet quilt. Oh, and stay tuned for ongoing Craft Gossip Giveaways.

Looking for more Bird themed quilt patterns? Check these out on Etsy.

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Comments

  4. No worries. So glad you stopped by. I hope you read all the comments, I’ve never had so many readers touched by a quilt. Yours is exceptional. Thank you so much for creating the pattern for it. Warmest wishes to you. — Scarlett

  5. Even though this fabric is no longer available, I was determined to make this for my son-in-law who writes music. So I took some of his music to a local printer who makes fabric signs for stores and his son rescaled the music so it runs across the fabric just as it is played and of course enlarged it way big just to your measurements. I have now sewn on all the birds and leaves and am taking it to have it quilted since it is polyester and quite heavy so I am not going to chance trying to quilt myself. If it comes out in time for Christmas (I hope!) I will send you a photo. Great directions BTW…..forever grateful for this pattern!
    regards,
    Judy Kempen
    Milton, Florida

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