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This week, I worked on finishing the bird quilt. After sewing the binding by hand, the next task was to make a label. I had a bird panel left, and thought it would be great to do an embroidered label with it. I added some side panels in the same fabric as the backing to make it large enough for the hoop.

Top and bottom fabric was added to the panel, and then it was hooped for embroidery with stabilizers.

But, when I started to do the stitching of the label, the font size is too small and was not ...

Standing at my kitchen sink earlier this week, I noticed movement in the front. Once again, the local black bear was making an attempt to get to the bird feeder. My Sweet Babboo has tie-wrapped it to the pole so the bear cannot shake it down and cannot reach it, but last time the bear bent the pole. So I grabbed the camera and stepped just out the door to the veranda to scare him off by yelling at him. He moved away quickly, and I used the zoom lens on the camera to get his photo as he went ...