I can't believe I missed posting a scrappy yellow house for last week's Rainbow Scrap Challenge! Dear Husband and I had undertaken a rather extensive painting challenge (photos soon) and the day slipped away before I knew it. Happily, I already had a scrappy house ready for last week, so this week I have two houses to share!
The yellow floral fabric for this house has been in my stash for as long as I can remember. There are only scraps of it left, so I thought a summery, flowery house would be a great way to preserve the last of the fabric.
In the same spirit - I love this bungalow-style home with its cheerful yellow color, Bahama shutters and tropical plants!
I was completely oblivious to the fact I had made two flowered houses until I took pictures of them this morning! This fabric leans a little more toward gold, but still makes a happy, scrappy house. The chimney scraps were left-overs from appliqued sunflowers.
I took this picture one January morning. The sunlight doesn't do justice to the yellow color of the house, but I wanted a good example of this particular house style to share. This is what is known locally as a "camelback". It's a shotgun type house with a second floor set on the back of the house.
I also added a few yellow leader-ender spools to the growing collection. There's not a lot of yellow in my scrap collection, so I may find myself reaching into the gold scraps before the month is over.
If you're of a mind to see more sunny yellow scrappy inspiration, do stop by Soscrappy and see all the links shared today. I hope everyone has a stitchingly good Saturday!
Love, love, love those flowery houses--sooo summery! Great use of yellow! Have fun this weekend..hugs, Julierose
ReplyDeleteAgain, you have some cute houses. And, thanks for the info on the houses. You know, I work with a lady that lived for a time in New Orleans and when she mentioned something one day about shotgun houses I had no clue whatsoever what she was talking about! It sounded like a dangerous place to live ;-)
ReplyDeleteVery pretty house blocks. My son has a shot gun home in Marrero. The shot gun home are awesome.
ReplyDeleteI look forward to your postings. I know that I'll enjoy your sweet little fabric houses, plus I get to see the unique, lovely, colorful, architecture you've found around New Orleans. Not to mention the little lessons re: design.
ReplyDeleteThere's no way I could find colorful interesting houses like those in our boring city. (I'm yawning just thinking about the utilitarian, boring houses I see around here, by comparison.)
Such a great collection of houses again this week. I have never seen a camel back house before. So pretty! Hope your painting was a big success. It is easy to get carried away in the middle of a big project.
ReplyDeleteYou never disappoint us! Love the yellow blocks and the beautiful homes in New Orleans.
ReplyDeleteLOVE your yellow houses! All four. I look forward to seeing your houses every week. I'm spoiled.
ReplyDeleteYellow is my favorite color! When I buy my home, I want to paint it banana yellow with navy blue trim!
ReplyDeleteOh my goodness - how funny is that "camel-back" house?!? I love it!!! And I love your flowered houses too. Flowers should have flowers all around on the outside, shouldn't they?
ReplyDeleteYou should get an award from the city. Never in my life was I even slightly interested in visiting New Orleans. I now want to visit and stay and stay :)
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I've always wanted to have a cozy yellow house some day! Sweet little block.:)
ReplyDeleteCan't believe I just found your blog...I live in Amite, La. and I spend every Saturday at Mama's Quilt Shop in Independence. I love your blocks and your pictures of the wonderful houses of New Orleans. We are only an hour above NO and I love the architecture. I became your follower so I can keep up with you.
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