I am entering my latest quilt finish into the festival: Florence Flamingo. You may recognize it as a pattern by the modern quilt designer Elizabeth Hartman. Finished size for my version is 21" X 29".
In my small quilt group, we made one block each for our friend and member who is moving to Florida. With pattern in hand, I thought I'd make one more for my mini quilt wall. It now has 11 quilts on the modern side of the stairway:
I quilted this on my longarm, with paisley feathers on the body of my flamingo:
And "Ripples" in the background, thanks to a tutorial by Threaded Quilting Studio.
Since I didn't have any shrimp, the food of flamingos, fabric in my stash for the backing, I used another sea animal--crabs. This shows the backing, binding and hanging sleeve fabrics, all bought in Japan:
I bought the gradated fabric from Massdrop, an online site that is like "Groupon"--the more people that buy, the lower the price gets. Their quilt community deals change daily. Check it out here: Massdrop.
This quilt sign is on the front of our home, for easy ID when quilters are coming over. The Classic Metal Company sells it.
And lastly, it's not a flamingo, but we did pass very close by this Great White Egret yesterday at Minnehaha Falls.
Grace and peace!!! ~Nancy
Linking up to Quilt Bloggers Festival, Cooking Up Quilts, Too Cute Tuesday, TGIFF, Crazy Mom Quilts, Confessions of a Fabric Addict, Busy Hands Quilts, Needle and Thread Thursday
I think that gradated fabric really adds to the piece - and the crab print backing, too cute.
ReplyDeleteWonderful quilt for the festival! I bought that pattern on the Shop Hop. Now just to get mine made. I've been to Minnehaha Falls a few years ago with my girl scout troop. It's beautiful.
ReplyDeleteI love it! I love the ombre look on the flamingo. It's beautiful!
ReplyDeleteThis is so darling!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful! Love it!
ReplyDeleteWhat a fun quilt, my SIL who lives in the Florida Keys (and escaped major damage) would love one.
ReplyDeleteThe fabric is perfect for the flamingo. It looks wonderful in your quilt. Love your quilting, too.
ReplyDeleteThis is very cool, Nancy! I love the fabric and your quilting just makes the whole quilt! I haven't tried Massdrop, I'll have to take a look. And I think I need to come up with a place for a mini quilt wall.
ReplyDeleteI am not a flamingo fan, but this little guy reeled me in!! It's adorable and great use of the gradation fabric, and the quilting perfect!
ReplyDeleteLovely flamingo and lovely quilting. Its brilliant to have a quilt hanging and the sign for when your friends are coming!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful. I really like your choice of colors and how you quilted it. What fun!
ReplyDeleteThat's a such beautiful ombre flamingo! I love it ♥
ReplyDeleteAwesome addition to your MiniQuilt wall display!!
ReplyDeleteSuch a fun quilt! I'm so glad you shared it for the festival! And for TGIFF! I always love seeing your longarm skills!
ReplyDeleteI've always loved flamingos. Great color choice.
ReplyDeleteLove the "feathers" on you flamingo!
ReplyDeleteYour flamingo is just adorable. Love the ombre look as well as the your quilting. Great job and thanks for sharing.
ReplyDeleteSo gorgeous - Elizabeth makes the most amazing patterns, your interpretation is stunning
ReplyDeleteBeautiful quilt! We really enjoy seeing the Egrets here along the Mississippi river.
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