Ouch!

It is definitely taking me longer to finish these birds than it should.  Today I worked on sewing on the wings.  I have five of the six wings on the yellow bird attached now.  Unfortunately, though, my fingers are really sore from pushing and pulling the needle.

I struggled for a while with a regular straight needle before deciding to try one of my curved quilting needles.  The curved needles definitely made it easier in some respects, but more difficult since the overall thickness of the needle was a bit thicker.

I suspect that I am going to need to hold off working on these for a day or two to let my fingers recover.  While I should get back to working on the charity quilt, I did stop at The Quilters Studio (a quilt shop in Longmont) yesterday.  I managed to find some black fabric as well as a gray fabric that would be perfect for making penguins.

Any bets as to what I'll work on while I'm waiting for my fingers to heal?  Charity Quilt?  Penguin?