It's been a while

The birds are definitely getting harder as we go along.  Getting all the sections to line up properly on the swallow was hard work (and, although you can’t really tell in the finished square, I didn’t entirely succeed), especially that final seam.  And this is only the half-way point!  I suspect the final few birds…

emester starts tomorrow, so I was hoping to spend the weekend on a last burst of sewing to get the last two birds done.  But best laid plans and all that – I’m coming down with a cold (not *too* bad so far, but as almost everyone I know has had some variety of nasty…