Friday, July 10, 2015

Red Flamingos


Here are the red Flamingos for July's so scrappy challenge.LINK

My camera's color looks off, but the one on the left is kind of maroon on black, and the one on the right is bright candy-apple red!

I looked through my red scraps and tried to find some that had texture that would read as feathers.

I mean, it doesn't matter I could do polka dot flamingos but I thought I might try for texture.

See the little bi-planes?






see the little black threads from ripping out a seam?
so these were the fabrics I chose...


I used a black pen again, for the Goth lipstick.

I'm running out of sky scraps. For real! I might have to actually cut a slice of yardage, put it in the scrap bin, then say it's still a scrap block, lol!
Note these two are followers... facing life the same way... walking single file...the second one saying, "I got your back"







34 comments:

Lara B. said...

Your flamingos crack me up Leeanna! You do excellent paper piecing!

Anonymous said...

I love the wing/feather effect of the maroon/black flamingo, that looks amazing. Those biplanes are such a cute effect, too!! I couldn't tell what they were at first, but I love that so much!

SuperMomNoCape said...

I love your flamingo! And those bi-planes in the sky are perfect!

Linda M said...

Cute Flamingos!

Andra Gayle said...

I LOVE your flamingos and the bi-planes! Going to be SO, SO cute!

Unknown said...

Fabulous. You are very talented. I love the Bi planes.

Joanne said...

Hi LeeAnna,
Yes, red is a difficult colour to photograph!
They look great here!
Take care,
Joanne

Ruth said...

Brilliant feathery effect all right!

Terri said...

Those are hot flamingoes. Thanks for sharing them.
Hugs

Heather said...

Where did you get the flamingo patterns? I LOVE them!

Mari said...

As always, very creative! I always admire what you can do with a simple pattern.

Michele McLaughlin said...

Wow, I'm really catching up here! Cole, I feel your pain about thunder. Seamus is okay with it but both he and Greta poodled me during our city fireworks (we live on the hill above the stadium so it's REAL loud). Our first poodle, Paddie, used to sleep with us and it delighted me that she lwould try to push my hubs out of bed. I've seen crappy fabric but that black takes the cake. Hope you can figure what to do with the blocks. I love LOVE your flamingos and the goth lipstick is a hoot! What a playful block! Have a great week~ Hugs, Mickie

Tails Around the Ranch said...

Excellent job with the 'textured feathers.' Well done. Have a super weekend.

Norma Schlager said...

Your red flamingos should visit my red quilt. Really cute!

Julierose said...

Fantastic flamingos!! Love them in reds hugs, Julierose

Karen said...

Your flamingos are adorable.

gayle said...

Perfect feathery fabrics! I love your flamingos soooo much.
And those biplanes are too honkin cute. 8)

Katie Z. said...

What pretty fabrics (and flamingos!).

easyweimaraner said...

your flamingos are great, you picked a super fabric... BRAVO!
easy rider

scraphappy said...

Running out of scraps! Way to go. The texture on these birds is great. Way to let the fabric do the heavy lifting

Quiltdivajulie said...

Just awesome!

Nell's Quilts said...

Charming plumage on both. I hope the maroon fellow is watching out for those biplanes buzzing his head.

Sheila said...

I love your blocks! ! Perfect prints. Scraps, stash, doesn't matter. It's being turned into quilts and that is a good thing in my book.

Deb A said...

I think you need to sew some blocks with sky blue... so you have more scraps! The flamingos in red are glorious.

Kaja said...

The flamingos are my favourite. Can't wait to see them all together.

Pamela Arbour said...

I just love your flamigos! too cute!

Tu-Na Quilts said...

Really cute flamingos.

Lori said...

The flamingos are sunburned. 😀

Unknown said...

Your flamingos are so cute!!!!

AlidaP said...

They are so cute! Looking forward to see whole group of rainbow flamingos!!! Thanks for sharing!!

Beth in MN said...

Your flamingos are adorable!

Kate said...

Very cute flamingos! The fabrics you picked are perfect.

Run 'n Stitch said...

Red flamingos...very nice! pinned.

Unknown said...

So cute. Lovely fabrics.