I began working on these day lilies several years ago. Three flowers were completed and then the project sat in the "time out" box until this week. I went on a quilt retreat with three friends to a summer cottage owned by one of them. I love these home made retreats the best. We were blessed with lovely Indian summer weather and I pulled out this project box to take along. The lily in the upper right quadrant is not quite finished. I hope to finish it tomorrow. Then a decision will have to be made as to what to do with them. They are from Ruth McDowell's book, "Pieced Flowers." I so enjoy making these that I believe that I will make a triptych of pieced vegetables next. There is a perfect wall in my kitchen that is begging for some adornment.
very nice, good to see you had a good retreat and yes these will look good on a kitchen wall, well on any and every wall too
ReplyDeleteSimply beautiful ME! And very nicely paper pieced!
ReplyDeleteThey are pieced, just not paper pieced. A good steam iron is a must.
DeleteI have this book too, and I know they are not paper pieced! They are tricky, and you have done a brilliant job with them, both the piecing and the gorgeous fabrics. They will be a wonderful wall hanging.
ReplyDeleteI have the veggie book too, so I am keen to see which ones you will do from there as well!
So far I have made one carrot block. They are, as expected, long and narrow. There will be at least two made as they are about half the width of the tomato. Much easier than the lilies!
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