Woodpecker -- Forest Quilt Along!!!

Ok, I have to admit that now that my kids are mostly sleeping through the night, I am sewing a bit later and later at night these days.  Sometimes after the whole bedtime routine it becomes a very necessary relaxation before I go to sleep.  I like to sew and listen to my latest audio book until I feel so tired I am ready to fall into bed.

After finishing the Sew Retro blocks I thought I would leave paper piecing for a little while, but then ironically Joanna and Julianna's Forest Quilt Along just started and I had to do this one right away!  It is something I have actually been wanting to do for a long time now.  I wanted to make Australian animals all paper pieced and I actually have them all drawn on EQ7 ready to go, but haven't started yet.  I also really wanted to make paper pieced animals from the environment I grew up in as well, so forest animals work just perfectly! 

I'm really excited!  I love this woodpecker and I hope all the blocks that come up in the quilt along are as awesome as this one.  This will be a great chance for me to dive into a few more of the neutral fabrics in my stash--I have many that don't get enough use!  The background prints on my block are Oakshotts so they have a shimmer to them in real life that I can't get in the photo.  Now I can't wait until the next one comes out.