Peacock's

Years ago my grandfather made fretwork panels with peacock designs in them.  Two years ago I went to my grandmother's house and "rescued" them from the railing.  My grandmother had them inset into her railing.  Here are some of the photos...  I arrived after the railing dismantling started so I didn't get a photo of before... after looks great!  My uncle totally understood why I wanted my Grandfather's woodwork.

Old railing is balance against the wall
New railing has been installed (Thanks to my Uncle)

This is the table & chair set that just arrived.
My dad brought it back from the
 farm this summer.

My panels were taken out of the frame to bring them home.  I packed them up, wrapping them in saran wrap and adding duct tape handles.  Security at the airport was a little confused as they scanned the package, but luckily I didn't need to unwrap the package.

My grandfather also made a coat rack, that my father brought home that summer. And a table and chair set.  The table and chairs were delivered this past week.

I have some fabric my grandmother strip pieced... I think she was going to make a blouse, jacket, or ???  The fabric is probably assorted polyester...

I ha a thought the other day while running that I should do some peacock designs quilted onto it and make a quilt for my father.  I'm debating whether I should make a number of small wall hangings about the size of the panels for my aunt, uncle, dad, brother (and one for myself too....)

Quokka Quilts Bloggers Choice FQ Contest is running a contest to design a FQ pack from Fat Quarter Shop.  My inspiration came from the  Royal Peacocks Fawn Feather Scroll Yardage  peacock fabric...

My fabrics are made up from the follow fabrics at Fat Quarter Shop:

• Ocean Wave Batiks Aruba Watercolors SKU# 1895-371
• Riley Blake Designs Sundrop Blender SKU# C200-60 
• Sparkle Yellow Sparkles SKU# 39055-555
• Sketch Yellow Screen Texture SKU# C8224-Yellow 
• Lilac Rose Batiks Mint Watercolors SKU# 1895-74 
• Riley Blake Designs Robin Blender SKU# C200-30 
• Kona Cotton Black SKU# K001-1019 
• Kona Cotton White SKU# K001-1387
• Kona Cotton Baby Blue SKU# K001-1010 
• Royal Peacocks Fawn Feather Scroll SKU# 9210-7G 
• Poison Ivy Batiks Green Diagonal Dots SKU# 22031-777 
• Poison Ivy Batiks Aqua Mini Dots SKU# 22028-444 
• Sketch Grass Screen Texture SKU# C8224-Grass 
• Sketch Denim Screen Texture SKU# C8224-Denim
• Royal Peacocks Cornflower Tossed Feathers SKU# 9211-7G