New Orleans House Project

Saturday, June 8, 2013

Sunny Saturday

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!