{"id":35,"date":"2011-12-18T16:57:00","date_gmt":"2011-12-18T16:57:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/janesassaman.gloderworks.net\/weblog\/?p=35"},"modified":"2011-12-18T16:57:00","modified_gmt":"2011-12-18T16:57:00","slug":"a-tree-for-the-birds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.janesassaman.com\/weblog\/?p=35","title":{"rendered":"A Tree for the Birds"},"content":{"rendered":"
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A beautiful dusting of snow appeared over Friday night. Yesterday was delightfully gray… a perfect studio day. After a foggy evening we awoke to bright blue sky and a sparkling coat of frost over everything. It is never boring here!<\/p>\n

This week I worked on the new book and did a little holiday shopping, very little. I like to keep the holiday simple, especially after such a busy year. Handmade holidays are always best. Greg found a nice tree, as always, with room for ornaments to dangle. It looked like the perfect tree for birds to nest in. So I went to work making nests.<\/p>\n

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I went through my scraps and cut random squares of brightly colored fabrics. Then I piled them in loose stacks and free-motion quilted a big spiral in the middle of each one. After that I slashed them all around the edges and popped them into the washing machine.<\/p>\n

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Next I sent them through the drier twice to fray and tangle the flaps until a grand bouquet of nests emerged.<\/p>\n

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Melissa Peda<\/a>\u00a0made us a bunch of sassy birds for our Early Birds<\/a> booth at Houston Market, so of course, they will warm all the new nests. After the birds are all settled in we will add the next layer of ornaments.<\/p>\n

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It’s starting to feel like Christmas. Remember to take some time to stitch this week… and bake and wrap…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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