I finally have gotten back to my studio for a little bit, scattering lots of colorful fabric pieces. I began a new project of making covers for various sizes of notebooks, journals, and brag books, from mini to more standard sizes. I have been using some of the fabrics I dyed last month along with sunprints on hand.
Pretty Pile of Book Covers in Progress
The colors remind me of some of the photos I have been taking of t he Spring flowers in my gardens.
Snow Glory Group
The first flowers to pop up in my front yard garden were the Snow Glories, My favorites because of the bright shade of blue- like a summer sky.
Deep Midnight Blue Fat Quarter
This fabric has lots of shades of blue, including shades similar to the Snow Glories.
Winter Aconite Blooms
These little Winter Aconite flowers opened up even while the foliage still looked frozen. These hide in my shade garden in the back yard, near the stone wall and bloomed even before the Snow Glories.
Japanese Pine with Snow
Even this plant does not have flowers, it looked so pretty with it’s last coating of snow for the season… almost flower-like. I love the look of the branch tips against the blue sky.
Blue, Green and More Dyed Fat Quarters
These fat quarters were scrunched in the same container. The shades of blue and green with touches of yellow and fuchsia remind me of gardens full of blooms.
Pulmonaria "Mrs. Moon"
These little beauties sometimes sneak into bloom and are nearly done before I see them in my back yard garden. I caught them just as they were opening their first buds. I love how they change from pink to blue as the flowers age.
Yard of Bright Dyed Fabric
The above yard is one of the brightest that I ended up with, using fuchsia, cerulean blue, and yellow.
White Daffodils with Yellow Centers
These Daffs seemed to bloom much sooner than usual with the warm, summer-like weather we had early.
Double Daffodils
These were not in my flower beds, but I wish I had some… They were in bloom on Easter Sunday…. So beautiful!
More Fat Quarters
This group of fabrics show another bright fat quarter with a soft mauve one and a pair that were done with the same colors.
Almond Tree Blossoms
These are still open, but I caught them at their peak for the photo. The almond tree is covered with these pink flowers this year.
Light Blue Fat Quarter
This fat quarter isn’t exactly the shade of the skies in my photos, but it is pretty and soft.
White Grape Hyacinth with View
I caught this little clump of white Muscari, or Grape Hyacinth, while in bloom. They are in my huge Maple tree garden and I usually miss them while in peak bloom. I was able to get the distant view of the mountains in the background.
Jenna in Easter Dress
This little “flower” is the hardest one to photograph… she doesn’t stop moving- granddaughter, Jenna.
Mini Composition Cover- Lavender Geranium
Here is one of the finished covers. This one is for a mini composition book. The size is just right for tucking into a purse and makes a really pretty way to dress up a little memo book to keep lists, ideas and more. Available in my Andrus Gardens Gift Items Studio on Artfire…. Link to Geranium Cover.
I am a former textile artist and new pattern designer with a degree in horticulture, wishing to share my love of nature, flowers and gardens with everyone through my photos, sunprinted fabrics, and now pattern designs. Chronic Lyme Disease has caused major changes to the direction my life. I have to limit the amount of time spent digging in my gardens, and quilting has become more difficult. I discovered pattern design as a way to get art back into my life. I now use my gardens and photos to inspire designs that can be used on fabrics and print on demand items.
Your fabrics are fabulous and the flowers are lovely. Your granddaughter is a real cutie!
Just beautiful the way you have interpreted the glory of nature into your prints. Jenna in her Easter dress is precious, too! :o) button