One Down, One To Go
This morning I finished the hand sewing on the last coneflowers piece. It needs to be shipped out today to the East Cobb Quilters in GA where I will teach a two day workshop in September.
This one features commercial prints rather than the batiks that I love to use for these flowers, but I thought it was important to show that they should be considered as a viable option for this pattern. The pattern suggests using the accent fabric as the binding so I did, though I might prefer black on this one. You should always decide for yourself and dare to be different!
I have started the last sample that needs to go to GA., orange this time. There is not a lot of time left! The first day I got this much done:
I like that the stem shows up better in this one because there is better contrast behind it. Having nice darks behind the flower gives depth and makes the flowers stand out. But yesterday I had to go get a perm and do some other stuff, so I only made a little progress:
Tags: Coneflowers
July 18th, 2009 at 12:08 pm
Wow, the orange makes my heart sing!! I do like the orange stripe binding on the black and white piece. It encloses the piece nicely and gives it zing!! Although I see where the black would look good, too. I’m eager to finish projects so I can get back to my coneflower and I’m collecting backqroungs for the daughter’s coneflowers. Nita wants teal flowers and a tannish background. I’ve auditioned several teals, but not happy yet. This must be the week for perms!! Gwynette
July 18th, 2009 at 7:45 pm
Your coneflowers, all variations of colors, look great. I still haven’t started mine but feel fired up to work on it when I see yours, and your student’s. I think the actual sewing would go OK, it’s just getting started. Wish you could come out this way and do a workshop with one/both of my guilds. Working at Burkholders next week during Quilt Odyssey (Hershey show).
July 20th, 2009 at 8:21 am
Rose, I’d love to come out and get you started!