Feathers for Susan

The bee that I coordinate for my guild is beginning its third year of most of us being together. This year we're all going to work on paper-piecing. I don't know how many, if any at all, are reformed cat washers* like I am, but we've pretty much agreed that we'll do paper-pieced blocks that don't have more than three sections to assemble. And we'll mostly use solids. We'll see how it goes.

Susan is a charter member of the bee and she had the honor of going first. She wants a rainbow of feathers, and judging by the photos the group has posted on Facebook, a rainbow is what she is going to get. 

I knew I had a lot of greens, so I started that feather first. When it was finished, I began digging for purples. Since it's my favorite color, I was sure I'd have a lot to choose from. To my surprise, I kept coming up with scraps of my least favorite color and I decided to just go ahead and turn them into a feather!

I'm pleased with how they turned out and Susan seems to be, too.

When I saw Polly last week, she gave me her feathers to pass along to Susan and since I've got the temporary custody, I think it's right for me to share them with you:

*It's been a good many years since I [in]famously proclaimed, "I'd rather give a cat a bath than paper piece!"