Wednesday, July 25, 2012

Liberty and Linen

....or flowers for Wednesday!

Recently I have been pulling out some old projects and working towards finishing them.

Today I am revisiting my One Flower Wednesday project.  In 2010 I started making hexagon flowers with Karen of Journey of a Quilter. At the end of 2010 I had 21 one inch hexagon flowers made from Liberty Tana lawn fabric. I had lots of fun fussy cutting all those fabrics. It has taken me quite a while to get them back out and find a background fabric.
Here they are appliqued on to a piece of linen.



I decided the layout needed something extra, so I have made 10 more hexie flowers. I used the same fabrics as before, but fussy cut some of them from different sections of fabric. I love the pansies on the bottom hexie. :) I plan to use these 5/8 inch hexagons with vines and leaves in 2 corners.






I am still deciding on how to arrange them.


 




There are still lots of leaves to be made also.



While we are speaking of Liberty fabrics, look what just arrived this afternoon!!






A small selection from the Liberty Lifestyle collection - Bloomsbury Gardens.There are 55 fabrics in the whole collection: 11 designs in each of 5 different colours. These fabrics came from here. The fabrics are a typical patchwork fabric weight with new Liberty designs. I am looking forward to playing with them! :)

It has been a while since I posted any photos of flowers from my garden. Here are some to finish up.






Violas and lobelia planted with spring flowers bulbs and below the first miniature daffodil.





15 comments:

  1. Great flowers; all kinds of.... ;)
    But I think I still love the heacagon-floewrs most.....
    Enjoy today!

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  2. Your liberty hexagons are beautiful Miriam, so lovely the way you've fussy cut them, it really adds something special. And I like your choice of linen as a base, this piece will be one to treasure.

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  3. love how the background works to set off your flowers.

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  4. Your Gardens are gorgeous! Beautiful flowers in your header. Have fun playing withyour new fabric!

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  5. Those fussy cut hexagon flowers are wonderful. This will be a stunning quilt.

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  6. Your fussy cutting looks great and I like how they look on the lovely linen too. Ah, I see signs of spring in the garden, nice to see the daffodils showing their sunny faces.

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  7. Just beautiful Miriam!!! Love the fussy cutting and the pansy hexie too. Wonderful new fabric and pretty garden photos. Welcome back!

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  8. All your flowers are lovely....from nature's flowers to your hexagons. I'm glad you brought your project back out...it is so pretty.

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  9. Beautiful flowers. Can't wait to see your finished project.

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  10. one day I will get my hexies out again. your real flowers are beautiful

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  11. Your spring flowers are coming up nice and early, just have leave here.
    Love the Liberty fabrics, were they any cheaper getting them from PurlSoho?

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  12. Beautiful flowers, both inside and out! Your hexies are gorgeous.

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  13. Well done Miriam on re-visiting your hexagon flowers, they do look gorgeous appliqued to the background fabric! The idea of having some in the corners will look great. i look forward to seeing how you progress it...

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  14. Sometimes pulling out an old project is like meeting up with an old friend. Your hexagons flowers are so pretty. I love how they look on the linen.
    Your spring flowers look like they belong on those gorgeous Liberty fabrics. Have fun with them!

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  15. Love that liberty fabric! Looks like you're making good progress with your hexagons. Deciding on settings is one of the hardest parts for me -- Good Luck!

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