New Bluebird Gardens Quilts with Melody Lea Lamb Art

It's exciting to be working with the charming original artwork of East coast artist Melody Lea Lamb.

An award-winning illustrator, Melody has the uncanny ability to capture the animal's soul in her more than 200 colored pencil drawings and miniature art of domestic and wild animals.

I'm currently working with Melody to identify a series of animals from which Bluebird Gardens Quilts and Gifts customers will be able to select and design your own baby quilts, throws and bedding quilts.

We know from the first two test rabbit quilt blocks, these quilts will wonderfully reflect the charm of Melody's original art and bring the joy of animals into your home decor.

We'll be printing Melody's original artwork onto fabric blocks, like we currently do with original photos and other mementos.

I'm testing possible layouts for the blocks, all designed to frame and highlight the charm of the art.

Right now I'm focused on a rabbit theme; I also have my eye on a series of cat blocks, and another series of wildlife blocks.

With art so cute and charming, it's hard not to want to  use them all.

Melody has also started an interesting collaboration with a custom fabric company, which is now featuring one of these charming rabbits in fabric.


(You bet I have my eye on that bunny fabric, too!)

Melody also offers these charming designs on her own website as original tiny art in a variety of forms, including pillows, stamps and buttons.

Great gift ideas for special occasions, including Christmas!