Seeing Red...

Please meet Freddy LeRouge. Freddy is a noted lepidopterist as you can see from his shirt and his fluttering friends that surround him wherever he goes. He also moonlights as a model for headache medicine. Perhaps you can tell by his general droopiness that he is the "before" model. Freddy is just one of the LeRouge Family that came into being at the recent birthday celebration for Quilters of Alachua County Day Guild. 

We were definitely seeing red. Oh, but there was a lot of red! All over the work tables. Once again, our challenge was to work in groups of 8 to create a small quilt of a person while working monochromatically and applying our skills with contrast and scale. You may recall we did this activity in another quilting group awhile back, but with purple fabric scraps and trims that time. Here's the link for that gathering. 

We began with a square of batting in front of us. Working in rounds and with a timer, we cut and layered the required elements, starting with the background and moving to the head, neck, shoulders, facial features and hair. The pile of fabrics in the middle of the table were for all to use. And the twist was that when the timer rang, we had to pass the piece to the person on our left.

Once all of the elements were added, the piece that landed in front of us is the one we took home to finish. We could add embellishments and stitch the whole thing down, and then bring our completed quilt back for show-and-tell. It was great fun. 

 Here is Freddy once he made the rounds and got pinned together to travel home. I reshaped a few elements and added fabric to create some contrast with his ears. If you compare this photo to the finished Freddy, you'll notice that he also got eyelids, cheeks and a nose job. And a story. This was great fun and the LeRouge Family grew in great numbers that day!

This is Freddy's Aunty Flora. She's quite a fashion plate. Love her earrings.



The Sharp Dressed Man might be interested in meeting Aunty Flora!