I finished sewing the floral colorwash last night. It is 30" square. I had the iron on beside me and pressed after I sewed each row and that worked so much better than pressing after it is all sewn.
I wanted to show you some of the fabrics that were on the purple shelf. The leaves on the one on the right are more of a periwinkle lean toward purple than they show here. It is from the 1990s.
The one on the left only has a little purple in it but it ended up on that shelf. The one on the top is purple and pink in the background and I bought it at the end of the 1970s at one of the first quilt shops in our area.
I bought it in 3 colors but I don't remember right now what the 3rd color was. I'm thinking maybe brown. Back in those early days of the quilt shops some of the fabrics didn't have any company name printed along the edge and most did not have the big white selvages that are prevalent now.
This was probably created to be garment fabric because most of the available quilting fabrics in the late 1970s were little calicoes. The owners of this particular shop chose lots of unusual fabrics for the quilters.
My earliest peonies are getting really tall. They have about another month before they will bloom.
We haven't gotten any snow yet.........but it is still in the forecast.
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Lovely finish on that colorwash piece.
I miss the older-type fabrics...I had that butterfly/grasses fabric in a few colorways.
Hope the snow passes you by...we were able to sit out on our deck yesterday for an hour or so--so relaxing...hugs, Julierose
Love seeing your oldie-but-goodies. My peonies have buds forming and I haven't staked them yet. Yikes!
The colorwash is beautiful! You do have some unique fabrics for sure! I had some of that fabric with the butterfly, but in the green/turquoise color.
your peonies are so tall, can you cover them to protect them? I'm sticking a bag and then a pillow case over mine but mine is much smaller, I'm doing the same with my Mediterranean Bells which are almost ready to flower of course.
The floral colorwash is lovely. We're supposed to get to 2-4" of wet snow tomorrow and I'm hoping they're wrong. Temps down in the 20's will probably damage the flowers on the fruit trees again this year. Several years ago, the entire peach and cherry crops in this area were wiped out by a deep freeze in late April.
Pat
Your spring time floral Colorwash is another of your beautiful signature pieces . . Those prints are works of art themselves . Love the Zebra peeking out through the leaves. And those flocks of birds in the grasses with the sparkling pond, the Butterfly with the art novueu background...ALL are such fun pieces and thanks for showing .
JJM
Gorgeous colorwash! We are supposed to get snow tonight and tomorrow and I am praying that my tulips don't get flattened as they just started to open. Shortly after I started following you in Sept. 2011, I met Deb from Stitchin' Therapy who was a commentor on your blog. I am just devasted about the news today from her family and am finding it hard to sew.
Beautiful colorwash, Wanda. I jumped on the computer to see if you got snow tonight. We did here in the Ohio River Valley and it stuck...looks to be a couple of inches. I'm going back to bed. nitey night, sleep tight...etc.
Your colorwash turned out beautiful...as always!
I always enjoy hearing the year some of your fabrics were made. Do you write on the selvage or keep a list?
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