Time to start sewing the applique down on the Crow Quilt. It is a labor of love to whip the pieces to the background. Even though I pre-folded the edges down there is quite a bit of finishing to be done. Mainly it is how do I want the tree limbs to finish. Should they end where at the background edge or do I let them trail into the borders. I decided that visually it looked good to have some extend over.
Thread decisions – pulled the right colors out of the stash
Clipping the edges
Deciding that the limb should extend beyond into the border
The stitching begins
More stitching – there will be lots of this
Getting under the overlapping pieces
Some end at the border and some overlap.
More Stitching
The under side of the project
Needles and pins
Decidig how much should overlap the border
Crows of Arroyos 
Oh I think this is beautiful and can’t wait to see the finished piece. This makes me miss sewing so bad.
Oh I am so glad you like it. I just checked out your post on the snow & your coyote girl. All creatures great and small are just trying to make a living. Some find it harder than others because we humans think them bad… crows, wolves & coyotes. Got to cheer for the underdog.
I just love them all. We have no pets of our own and love feeding the crows and coyotes, when they will have us. I would love to feed wolves too, but they don’t live here in New Mexico, well the northern part anyway. I have heard there are a few in the southern part, up from Mexico I believe.