My oldest turned 11 last month. Such a big girl going to middle school! I made this flamingo for her room. Last year I made her a more grown up quilt for her bed and she told me recently that none of the old pillows I made her match anymore. In other words- “MOM, can you make me something new??”
This is the Flamingo from my book, Pretty Birds, enlarged to 200%. I find the easiest way to enlarge pattern pieces is to use PSE or a similar program. Start with selecting a blank page that is 8.5” x 11”. Copy and paste the pattern piece onto the blank page. Since the pattern pieces are already formatted at 8.5” x 11”, it should fill the page.
Then use the resize tool to enlarge the photo to 200%. This should mean what ever was on the original pattern page, now will have to be spread out over 4 pages. Just experiement a little and you will get it!
The other option, if you live near a staples or kinkos or something similar and take the original 8.5” x 11” pages and have them enlarge it for you.
Either way, the result is a fun and fabulous bed size flamingo.
Erin of Hungie Gungie also made a really cute version of this flamingo here.
Pretty Birds is now only $14.11 on amazon! I really loved writing the book and have found myself heading back to make projects from it often. It’s just fun to use scraps and make something quirky and original, right?
If you liked this flamingo project, please feel free to Pin, share, tweet or whatever! Also, let me know if you have any questions or comments.
