Big Bird Update PLUS Colorful Turkeys

My last blog left off with a bald eagle and

a great white pelican (with no eyes).

Well the eyes I ordered from the taxidermy website and

the "Fabric and Craft Gorilla Glue" I ordered,  arrived on the same day

The great thing about this glue is that it dries instantly and you

don't have to hold it in place for 30 minutes.

So what do you think?

I just dabbed the glue on the backing paper on the

wrong side of the eye and pressed it on the fabric for

a few seconds!!!

Last Thanksgiving while walking around the neighborhood,

I couldn't resist taking a photo of this inflatable turkey.

Pretty Colorful...

And as you have noticed we have lots of wild (not so

colorful) turkeys around our community... some gather

for a visit on the park benches and

others strut there stuff in the greenbelt area behind

our home.

Then I saw this cute photo somewhere and snapped

a picture of it.  Colorful don't you think?

It made me think of that colorful fabric packet

that I purchased at a quilt show, 

which I partially used to create my houses banner....

So I stylized and simplified and created my own pattern

for this colorful turkey and laid out the arrangement on

the kitchen counter.  Looking Good!!!

So I went to my thread drawer and selected the right colors

red, pink, orange, yellow, green, blue and purple for the feathers

and brown, black and orange for the body of this cute and

colorful turkey.

I stitched each piece onto the background fabric which has a

light grey pattern which made the colors POP.  I used  a "blanket"

stitch around all the outside curves and a straight stitch on

the inside curves.  Sounds complicated but my new machine

can handle all that without me doing anything but stopping

the machine and dialing in the next stitch I want use.

Piece of cake, a little time consuming, but easy.

(Click on any photo for a more detailed look.)

I had also purchased this half yard of fabric at another

quilt show, just because I couldn't resist the wild colors.

I haven't finished adding the batting, binding and backing yet,

but this will give you an idea of what the final piece

will look like.  I think it will make a colorful addition

to our holiday decor.