Wednesday, May 17, 2023

A Pandemonium of Parrots

Or would you rather a 'prattle'?

Whatever you call them Australia is home to many 

species of cockatoos and parrots!



Many live around my new regional home!




So when I stumbled across a budgie pattern,

found HERE, I knew I 

could adapt it to suit my purposes.



I purchased some new Japanese solids which feel 

beautiful and felt they would be 

a wonderful addition to my stash.





I did a practice one first.....

Can you see where I made an error change?



It is the extra piece of blue fabric on the lowe

left-hand side of the bird's body.

Once I had done that, I decided it made for a better 

shaped bird.



Again I made an improvement by giving the next bird a 

two-toned taill


Then with the more complicated design I also split the 

tail colour into two.



They look more like birds with their felt eyes.


On a recent morning walk, I saw a flock of these pink 

and grey galahs.


So had to make one of those too!

Looking at the above photo I think I could have placed the colours better....



There are a couple of extras pieces in this one to get a 

good range of colour.

I have four that I definitely want to use.....



I think I will let them sit on their perch for a bit and 

then decide where to go next.

Happy sewing!

SUZ

PS I saw this painting at the Bendigo Art Gallery today.




It is by an Australian female artist, Ellis Rowan.

Enjoy!

 

6 comments:

LintLady said...

Hello Suz,
this patterns are wonderful. Where did you get them from?
The colours you chose are nice.
I never saw a pink parrot before.
Happy stitching Doris :o)

Florida Farm Girl said...

Cute budgies. I LOVE that painting!

Susan Smith said...

Loving them & we do have so many varieties of coloured birds, so you have many to choose from. Wondering what they will become after they perch for a while. Cool mornings now, aren't they? Take care & hugs.

Karen S said...

Wow! Your birds are stunning. Looks like you have been doing a lot of successful experimenting.
Those fabrics are perfect as the colours are so vibrant. How many birds are native to Australia? You have quite a workload ahead of you!!

dutchcomfort said...

Your budgies are beautiful! What do you mea by Japanese solds? They look amazing!

Kim said...

Oh wow your colourful birds are amazing. Why, I recognise some of the parrots that visit my garden. Such happy and vibrantly coloured fabrics. The galah is a sweet fellow. What a joyous quilt this is going to be.

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