Bring the beauty of backyard birds indoors to nest on your quilts, table runners and pillows. Learn how to paper-piece 14 different bird blocks from Backyard Bird Quilts that can be incorporated into any number of home decorating projects to showcase both a love of quilting and an interest in bird watching. Renowned quilting author Jodie Davis teaches you how to transform small fabric pieces into beautifully realistic cardinals, hummingbirds, bluebirds, woodpeckers and more! You'll find: Thorough Basics section walking you through the steps necessary to ensure your paper-piecing success. Easy-to-follow instructions with more than 200 how-to illustrations and 125 gorgeous photographs showing every detail needed to create 18 gorgeous projects. More than 40 pages of full-size paper-piecing templates to take the guesswork out of pattern enlargements.