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The title of this quilt is "Proud Momma". It is an original design of my own with the drawings done by my son, Chris Heys. 

The bird is machine appliquéd and embellished with Swarovski crystals. The nest is made using many different threads and ribbons on dissolvable stabilizer. There are dried mushrooms from Northern California where Chris is an organic farmer. My other son Nick, a musician, contributed a couple of guitar picks that were cut up and stitched into the nest as well as added to the branches for buds. Lastly, my daughter Jillian contributed sea shells gathered during our visit last fall to Sarasota where she is attending school. Her shells are incorporated into the nest. These items, combined with my husbands love for bird watching and my passion for quilting, has turned this project into a fond representation of our family.

This quilt was submitted to the Hannah Dustin Quilt Guild Challenge for 2011/12 year. The Challenge was "Give a Bird a Home". The challenge was judged by approximately 100 guild members and 8 categories were awarded prizes.

This quilt, I am "proud" to say, won the "Best Bird" category. I hope you all enjoy it as much as I did creating it.

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Design by Beth Helfter
Quilted by Melissa Heys of The Completed Quilt
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