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 lower
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!
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| 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!
8 comments:
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)
Cute budgies. I LOVE that painting!
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.
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!!
Your budgies are beautiful! What do you mea by Japanese solds? They look amazing!
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.
These are SO beautiful - the birds and your blocks! I'm jealous that you get to see such colorful birds in your part of the world. Lorakeets, galahs, cockatoos...they're just gorgeous creatures! You sure found the perfect FPP pattern for immortalizing them, and I like the way you adjusted that one tail piece. Perfect. Your fabric birds are beautiful and will make a lovely - Wallhanging? Quilt? I can even imagine a bird on the pocket of one of your pretty dresses. So appropriate for your area. I'll look forward to seeing your project develop further. Have fun with it!
It took me a minute, but I finally saw how you changed up the bird with that lower piece of fabric. I agree, it does shape the bird's body better, and I'm glad you left it...and added it to the other birds. Is this written on the pattern, or did you just draw a line there? I love what Linda wrote (above) and she has fun ideas for any leftover birds you have, but I love how you did them in the end: all lined up. Lovely!
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