Sewing the petunia flower was very fast. In fact, it was the quickest I’ve put together a ribbon flower yet, so the sewing sequence I identified with the last one does make a difference for me. I’ll do a post … Continue reading
Petunia Ribbon Flower
Category Archives: printing on fabric
A New Flower for the Garden – Perhaps a Clematis? Correction – it’s Impatiens!
The latest ribbon flower was started on Tuesday and this time I’ve tried to keep track of how long it took to sew one. I got these segments pieced in about six hours. In the process, I think I’ve discovered … Continue reading
Shaggy Orange Coneflower
I fell in love with the idea of the shaggy orange coneflower for my Gardens Gone Wild quilt when I first saw a picture of it on Wanda’s blog. And now finally it’s done. There is one batik in this … Continue reading
Optical Illusion
I have tried – really, really tried – to stay completely focused on piecing the flowers for the Gardens Gone Wild quilt. And really? That hasn’t been much of a problem. Until last week, that is. Last week, the 3.5″ … Continue reading
Printing and Printing and Printing Some More
After printing the shapes for the nightfire hibiscus on Wednesday, yesterday I decided I’d get the shapes printed on the fabrics I’ve picked for the next group of flowers. The first thing I did was choose the fabric and print … Continue reading
Is This The Beginning of a Hothouse Flower Quilt?
I decided I wanted to look for a few flowers that had more than just shades of one colour and thought pink and purple would be a good place to start. That led me down a path I didn’t expect … Continue reading
Tea Rose
The flower I kept saying I’d get to is finally done – the tea rose! When I started looking at pictures of tea roses online, I was captivated by all the variations. So this is very likely not the only … Continue reading
The Flower I’ve Been Waiting For!
Earlier this week, I saw a picture on Wanda’s blog, Exuberant Color, of a shaggy orange coneflower. The link will take you to that specific post, so just scroll down a bit until you see the picture of the shaggy … Continue reading
Flying Fabric
The tea rose still isn’t finished! Why? It seems I decided to start looking for possible backgrounds for flowers and got lost pulling fabrics for hours. Fabrics were flying through the air on to the stack of possibilities because as … Continue reading
Morning Glory & A Lily
My morning glory is perhaps a bit more blue than in nature and who knows, I may change my mind about what flower this is. I want some blue flowers in my quilt and morning glory seemed like one I … Continue reading
Quilt Obsession 