Big flowers

 So the scary birds are guarding the crowns, and I've started the huge flowers that live in a huge vase in the center of this third of the sampler.

I really wonder how the red in the original sampler managed to retain such a vivid hue. So many of the other colors have a much softer tone, but this red is right in your face. Then again, there are a couple of orange birds in the middle third that are also quite colorful. One of those mysteries of textile dyes, I suppose.