Thursday, 24 July 2008

Summer roses

Inspired by Andrea over at the Lazy Gal Summer class, I decided to see if I could make roses bloom indoors. I got out my strings and scraps and started sewing. So far I have a bouquet of seven, most about seven to eight inches across, except for the pink/purple one in the middle. I've figured out the roses look better if I start with a five or six-sided shape in the middle. Quite fun, and much more interesting than my real work on a hot July day.
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9 comments:

1 dot said...

Those are good looking roses. I have not tried them yet but I certainly will have to.

2 Purple Pam said...

Oh, Brenda, your roses are beautiful. They are so vibrant. I can smell their frangrance from here. I want to do some, too. I like your crumb blocks, also. I think crumb blocks are so fun.

3 woolywoman said...

Oh, pretty! I am tempted to try these. Maybe with some green filler pieces to serve as leaves....hmmmm.

4 Tonya Ricucci said...

ooh, they're beautiful

5 Joyce said...

Beautiful and they never need to be watered.

6 Donna said...

reminds me of my grandmother's climbing roses.. :-)

7 PrairiePeasant said...

These are beautiful Brenda! I've only done something similar with paper piecing but I think I'll have to try this. How will you sew such irregular shapes together?

8 Andrea said...

Aren't the fun to sew??? They look lovely. When it comes time to put them together, take a look at all the suggestions the gals had in the summer class in response to my call for help! Or drop me a line and I'll share the ways I cobbled them together! Enjoy!!

9 Theodora quilts said...

Makes me want to go home and make some right know ! they look fabulous!!!

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