Poppy’s Done!
Here’s the poppy progress at the end of working on Sunday,
and here it is finished on Monday afternoon.
I did make some changes, especially in the background. After auditioning several other choices, it seemed best to stick with that original polka dot. I still may change that one under the stem that might be better darker. What do you think? This poppy decided to be darker than the original with a lavender center. As I worked on it I thought it might be fun to make one with a white poppy. I just got a catalog with poppies and there is a white one with red in the center. But for now I think I am poppied out!
We are into some gorgeous fall weather right now and I sat out on the deck to remove all of the freezer paper from the back late yesterday afternoon. The perfection was shattered by the arrival of a visiting dog next door and so my dogs had to defend their territory much to my dismay because of my new plantings on the fence line. I didn’t have the heart to investigate the damage yesterday, but on checking in this morning I was pleasantly surprised to see that for the most part it came through unscathed.
I think I will take a few days off from sewing and attend to some of the more mundane things. I must get the Poppy pattern off to the printer and “Bittersweet Memories” off to the La Connor Museum show in WA. And I suppose a little house cleaning ought to be on the agenda, along with catching up on the books!
Tags: business, Poppy Quilt
September 16th, 2008 at 6:22 pm
I am crazy about Poppies; my Poppy used to sell them in his florist shop when I was young.You have captured the light that shows through the transparent petals and their seeming fragility. They really are a tough plant and flowers but seem otherwise.
I am on the artmail list…haven’t figured out how to do a post yet.lol and love looking at everyone’s blogs and websites. The work is always inspiring. I am doing my first artquilt wall hanging but I am no artist…just enjoying the journey.
Thanks for sharing.
Shirley
September 16th, 2008 at 9:27 pm
The definitive word for ‘mundane’ is HOUSEWORK!!! YUCK!! But, there is something about creating and then finishing a quilting project that just saps all the ‘juice’ out of me, so that leaves housework, which is a pretty mindless chore. About two days of that and I can really think of quilts that need to be made… anything to stop the dusting and actually cooking a meal. Congrats on getting the pattern finished. The poppies do have a different look. The background on the first one does resemble the foliage of a poppy. The background on the second poppy really stays in the background and lets the POPPY star in the quilt…. just my opinion. Either one is a winner!!
September 17th, 2008 at 8:11 am
Welcome Shirley, I’m glad you posted!
Gwynette – the housework still waits- too much other stuff going on. Today I WILL get Poppy to the printer!!
September 17th, 2008 at 8:30 am
I think the piece under the stem works well. What doesn’t work for me is the piece under the bottom petal which leaves an odd dark triangle in the corner. Might go better if it had a more open pattern one either piece. But both of the poppies are gorgeous. You do such beautiful work. I’m so happy I know you!
September 18th, 2008 at 6:50 am
Del, I see what you mean and I do value your opinion, but right now it’s 26.5″ and it’s going to finish at 24″, so it won’t be so obvious I hope. Quilting will make a difference and then it will be trimmed. I think I will replace that small piece under the stem, then I will have a sweep of “shadow” in the foliage area. A dark binding will help too.
September 18th, 2008 at 7:24 am
Okay, Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. I liked the dark triangle, as I thought it is what ‘pushed’ the POPPY forward, as if it were suspended from a stem in the garden above the other other plants and foliage.
April 29th, 2016 at 2:49 pm
Love, love, love it Ruth. How innovative and beautiful. I’m buying the pattern but I’m an intermediate quilter and wonder how hard this will be. I noticed plastic on the unfinished block and wondered what that was; do you leave it in for puffiness or is it just a holding type thing? Is there any way I can see how it’s made so I can determine if I can tackle it? Thank you so much for this.
May 1st, 2016 at 6:40 am
Dear Sharon,
Thanks for writing!
The plastic that you see is freezer paper. You will trace the pattern to freezer paper and that will become your templates. Freezer paper has a plastic side that will stick to fabric when you iron it, so each freezer paper template gets ironed on to the backside of your fabric then you cut it out leaving a quarter inch seam allowance all around. You leave the freezer paper in until everything is finished, then you remove it. I peels right off.
The pattern is all straight seam sewing and it is marked with the order of sewing and the colors so it is not difficult at all; it’s really quite fun! I hope you try it!!
Let me know if you have any more questions