A wonderful fiend of mine from school days recently sent me some photo's of flowers in her garden. I'd been playing around with the idea of producing a new range simply called Floral Bouquet. The problem was how was I going to do it. i thought of dyeing the whole background and then painting a flower or two on top...but that's too similar to my animal blocks...and this time I wanted the white of the fabric to be incorporated into the flower...if needed...so I couldn't pre-dye the fabric...hmmmm dilemma!
Then as I said...this photo arrived and hey presto I just knew what I was going to do.....
Just look at that! Stunning it is.
So now I'm going to be painting each block ..first the back ground then one or two flowers that are crisp and clear. This is something new and for me very exciting. I'm going to be using a fine woven cloth .....100% cotton of course that I have already washed and shrunk.
I'm going to do Roses, Iris's, Pansies, Sweet peas, Lily's, actually whatever grabs my fancy.....I'm also thinking of doing an African Wild Flower range too. :-D
Then as I said...this photo arrived and hey presto I just knew what I was going to do.....
So now I'm going to be painting each block ..first the back ground then one or two flowers that are crisp and clear. This is something new and for me very exciting. I'm going to be using a fine woven cloth .....100% cotton of course that I have already washed and shrunk.
I'm going to do Roses, Iris's, Pansies, Sweet peas, Lily's, actually whatever grabs my fancy.....I'm also thinking of doing an African Wild Flower range too. :-D
I bet they will turn out Beautifully and I can't wait to see them when they are done!
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