Dancing with Dolly
Quilt Summary:
My version of a flamingo appliquéd on scrap background
- Applique
- - Freezer Paper
- - Fusible Applique
- - 3 Dimensional
Description:
I moved to Florida five years ago and still marvel at the many beautiful birds on and around the water. I fell in love with flamingos and decided to try my hand at making a collage wall quilt. I pieced together neutral fabric scraps for the background and straight line quilted it before adding any applique. I used freezer paper to draw my shapes free hand for the flamingo and leaves, added fusible to the back of my fabrics, and fused them to the background. Leftover fusible scraps from previous applique projects were used for highlights, foliage and features of the bird. I fussy cut some Kaffe flowers to fill in, added some Chenille-it strips to the wing and feet, and stippled over all of the appliqués. It was a complete design on the fly, fun scrap quilt that needed a whimsical boarder treatment. I cut random strips of neutral background fabric scraps and made a boa type border to finish. She became one of my favorites because she is an original design with no pattern that took on a life of her own.