July 16, 2011

The Other Garden



There's a garden growing here :: one that I haven't shared with you before.  It doesn't require watering or weeding, and there are absolutely no spiders, Japanese beetles, or mosquitos involved.  Beautiful flowers are growing in this garden.  It's a community effort, tended by a group of very talented ladies.  Each petal of every flower is being lovingly created by hand.  Our guild is making a Grandmother's Flower Garden quilt.



There are five of us on the planning committee and we've had a ball choosing fabric, cutting squares, and packaging kits to distribute.  We're using this technique to make our individual hexagons.


Our guild is fairly young and our numbers are still small, but in one month's time we've "grown" seventeen flowers for our Grandmother's Flower Garden quilt.  Each center is a beautiful buttery yellow with the exception of five red-centered flowers to mix it up a bit. We chose a collection of fabric called Pom Pom De Paris for the petals and then added a layer of bone Kona cloth to the outer edge.  The little pile of green you see below will become the garden path.  For that we are using sweet pea.  How fitting :: sweet peas in the garden.   :)



So when the temperature's soaring on a mid-summer day you can be sure to find me in the garden....the other garden.


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Hi Laura, I just love your "garden" ! What a fun way to get together with friends and create something beautiful. Thanks you for joining the Open House party.
xo,
Sherry
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What a wonderful post...old time quilting bees...precious!
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Me again. Thank you for your lovely email. RED doors. (smile)

Tell me about this (these) quilt(s). Who will each quilt belong to or have you already decided to auction/sell it for charity, etc.? I am appreciative of the peek into this world. Tell your fellow "gardeners" they have a cheerleader in me...
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JoAnne Yanish · 411 weeks ago

I love the idea of this garden. Can you tell me the name of the fabric in the close-up that is pink with yellow and rose flowers? Thanks.
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Monica R. Stevens · 386 weeks ago

Hi, Laura hopes you are doing well with essay help in the daily routine task. I just love this design which you have made for your garden. This is awesome truly. From where you get some cool ideas I really wanted to know it. Anyway, I really like this fabric art pretty cool.

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