Digging through all my old flower fabrics got me feeling nostalgic. As my machine quilting of the service quilt is not done yet, I thought I would post some work from my "Cut Out Flower" period, which actually lasted for several years during the mid 1990's. I guess I have always been crazy for flowers...
So here we go down Memory Lane. Captions are below each image....
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This is the very first time I cut flowers out of printed fabric and machine appliqued them on. This is my son Max at age 2. My favorite part of this quilt is his tummy showing.
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I tried making my own flowers out of cut out fabrics as in regular applique, but cut out the printed leaves. I didn't like these flowers so well...but I do love the cows. I am a former dairy farmer, after all.
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Here are the girls up close and personal.
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Wish I had a better shot of Thumbelina here....
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This was created for a nuns' residence, the first time I combined lettering with the cut out flowers. These letters are painted on, but soon I began cutting them out, too. I was constantly changing thread on the machine to match the flower color, but pretty soon changed to clear monofilament.
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This is a later, smaller version.
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That Old English font was a doozy to work with! At this time in my life, new sharp scissors were my favorite thing to buy.
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Here's a detail from "Peace". Loved those gold-edged Hoffman prints....
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Then I started doing little "Sayings" quilts....
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This was for a friend who got married and moved to Texas. After she got divorced and moved back to the Northwest, she gave it back to me.
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Please don't ask. It was my brother's idea. I still have this one, too.
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This was for my neighbor's daughter. She loves sunflowers.
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And finally, this for the beautiful young Meera, a close family friend. "Fields of Gold" was just out by Sting and I think Meera liked that song. (I know I did.)
And now it is back to the machine quilting...this was fun!