Parrot Peek-a-Boo

Parrot Peek-a-Boo (25 x 20.25") by Susan Brubaker Knapp

This is Parrot Peek-a-Boo, a piece featured in my upcoming book, Point, Click, Quilt! Turn Your Photos into Fabulous Fabric Art. It is scheduled for release in mid July.

I took the photo on which this piece is based (below) at Silver Springs in Ocala, Florida, a few years ago. We were on a family vacation, and my husband had gone there as a child, and remembered it fondly. We took the glass bottom boat trip out into the “99.8% pure waters” of the Silver River, where you can see straight to the bottom. 

 

The park also has animal displays, where I found these affectionate parrots playing peek-a-boo:

Original photo by Susan Brubaker Knapp

I eliminated the background because I thought it would focus attention better on the parrots. There is a ton of thread sketching on this piece to make the feathers look dimensional and to add the cool wrinkles on the birds’ faces. I just love the bright colors of these Blue-and-Yellow Macaws.

If you would like to get more information about when my book is available, just e-mail me at susan@bluemoonriver.com and let me know. (Or click the “sign up for my e-newsletter” button on the right sidebar of my blog, or on my website’s home page.) I’ll add you to my mailing list and let you know when you can order it.

 

I’ll have a pre-order button on my website here in about a week. The price is $27.95 (plus tax, if you live in North Carolina, and shipping, which will be $5 in the U.S. and Canada, and $11 for everywhere else). I try to keep my shipping costs very close to the actual cost of mailing, plus a bit for the padded mailing envelopes.