Rooster Day

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When I started Mr. Rooster he was supposed to be a fast made Fall Fair themed decor art for my booth at the 2011 Bulkley Valley Fall Fair.


It was a really fun event and one that I'd sure like to do again. I was busy trying my interest at selling organic 100% cotton. And it does contain some awesome photo's of the whole booth for your interest by going to the post published back in 2011.



This summer Rooster I See You gained more attention and I decided that I didn't like it that this poor rooster had no neck and background.


I began fusing feathers of all free form simply hand-drawn feather shapes onto various similarly colored prints.


This is where I've got so far today.


I think he looks a lot better and I'm dreaming up a Fall Fair themed background maybe. I'm not sure so if you have ideas, please share them in a comment.

Happy Quilting everyone.


Comments

  1. Magpie's MumblingsOctober 6, 2015 at 7:17 PM

    I like Mr. Rooster. As for the background question - for some reason I think you should play up the male-ness of him - perhaps something that is stereo-typical male, but not animal-themed. Maybe something along the line of a gigalo...love 'em and leave 'em...

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    1. Carli The QuilterOctober 6, 2015 at 7:22 PM

      My goodness that is one idea!! A gigolo, fantastic. I'll have to work on that, thank you!!

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  2. Christine BOctober 7, 2015 at 2:20 AM

    Love Mr Rooster Caroline and the additional neck feathers look great! Have fun planning the background! Christine x

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    1. Carli The QuilterOctober 7, 2015 at 5:02 PM

      Thanks Christine. Mr. Rooster is coming along. Its always fun when I'm free wheeling.

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  3. Anja @ Anja QuiltsOctober 7, 2015 at 6:42 AM

    Your rooster is amazing.

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    1. Carli The QuilterOctober 7, 2015 at 5:07 PM

      Thank you, wow very cool blog you have too. Thanks for dropping in, Mr. Rooster is scheduled for some interesting wardrobe changes.

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  4. JanieOctober 7, 2015 at 4:12 PM

    Your addition is a good idea.

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  5. Karen HOctober 8, 2015 at 5:58 AM

    The feathers were the perfect addition. I kind of like the blue background because the colour is a nice complement to the red/rust feathers. Maybe you could add texture and visual interest to the background by quilting with interesting threads,

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    1. Carli The QuilterOctober 8, 2015 at 9:10 AM

      Karen these are interesting additional changes to Mr. Rooster I'll consider this as I'm working along on it. Its rainy day here today, great day for quilting!

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  6. Jo FergusonOctober 8, 2015 at 1:38 PM

    They're both gorgeous pieces. I'm looking forward to seeing what you chose for a background.

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