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Friday, June 1, 2018

Friday's flower show... Lana, lana, how does your garden grow? Petal by petal

Purple posies!
My improv flowers are growing !
I needed some sew time, so I dug through my tiny purple scraps...
Nope, too regular... but I picked out the odd shaped ones to start sewing. I do not measure or worry I just sew angle to angle, curve to curve and they come out kind of lumpy...
til I spray them with water and press them with this
the big iron
and bend them to my will til they are terrifically flat
this one is way too interesting to be a flower so it goes back in the box as starter dough for a quilt
Don't you love how the curves look? I do, and love how skinny the middle piece came out but still shows the color. Hee hee! Improv is so much fun!

then I get out the alligator scissors...
chomp chomp chomp!
just hanging around...
I also did an orange and two blue ones yesterday...
Funny how close the blue looks to the purple ones in these pictures, but seem pretty distinct in person.

I'm beginning to see them in a quilt now. Not your grandmothers quilt, not all regular and organize, more like life, random and crazy and out of place a bit, kind of cuckoo which most lives are. Lots of greenery too. Can you picture it? More is better so I'll keep landscaping my garden.
LeeAnna

linking to

Esther's blog Wednesdays  
http://www.sillymamaquilts.com 
sewcanshe Saturdays
 Free motion by the River Tuesdays   
https://stitchallthethings.com/ to do Tuesday
design wall Mondays at smallquiltsanddollquilts
lovelaughquilt.mondays
Main Crush Monday
sew can do mondays
Inspire me mondays


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30 comments:

  1. easyweimaranerJune 1, 2018 at 3:36 AM

    love it!!! you have such wonderful ideas... and your post reminded me that I have the sewing machine on the table too... I forgot it totally while reading blogs LOL...

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  2. PaintedThreadJune 1, 2018 at 3:59 AM

    Lot's of little pieces. They're lovely.

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  3. Mary in Peoria HandmadeJune 1, 2018 at 6:44 AM

    I just love these petals. Blues, purples, STRIPES!

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  4. Mary in BoulderJune 1, 2018 at 7:49 AM

    I'm loving these colors together!

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  5. Pinkadot QuiltsJune 1, 2018 at 8:01 AM

    Very cool! I love them!

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  6. Kay L. DaviesJune 1, 2018 at 8:03 AM

    We're getting ready to pack up and head for my home province, British Columbia ("Beautiful British Columbia to most of us) and plan to visit one of my high school friends I've probably mentioned before to you: she has lost all of her eyesight except for one small spot in one eye, so she focuses that bit on her quilt pieces, so that she can continue with her favourite pastime! I love her all to bits.
    Kay
    An Unfittie's Guide to Adventurous Travel

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  7. SaraJune 1, 2018 at 8:57 AM

    I can see it! They are a wonderful start to a rainbow project.

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  8. SuzanneJune 1, 2018 at 9:21 AM

    They are lovely!

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  9. QuiltdivajulieJune 1, 2018 at 9:27 AM

    Yes -- these are just SO much fun. Can't wait until the greenery starts making its appearance.

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  10. Frédérique - Quilting Patchwork AppliquéJune 1, 2018 at 9:33 AM

    lovely flowers, you made a lot!

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  11. Rebecca GraceJune 1, 2018 at 10:53 AM

    Gosh, those flowers are pretty, LeeAnna! Those will be spectacular on one of your joyful, color-drenched quilts!

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  12. Linda SchifferJune 1, 2018 at 4:53 PM

    You've got a beautiful wildflower meadow growing there!

    :) Linda

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  13. JoanneJune 1, 2018 at 10:43 PM

    I can just picture it! Great idea!

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  14. quiltedfabricartJune 2, 2018 at 8:50 AM

    they are so you! colorful and cheerful. I can't imagine sewing those itty bitty pieces but it looks like it's worth the effort.

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  15. leannslessonsJune 2, 2018 at 9:26 AM

    So pretty! By the way, my name is LeAnn and one of my family's nicknames for me was Lana...

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  16. KajaJune 3, 2018 at 12:26 AM

    I can absolutely picture the quilt - can't wait for it!

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  17. Judy D in WAJune 3, 2018 at 8:35 AM

    OH How fun!!! And now I want to play with flowers! :)

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  18. Gwyned TrefethenJune 3, 2018 at 1:13 PM

    First, you achieve such wonderful stylized flowers with your improv piecing that I was drawn into reading about what you were doing. Then your writing - what a great turn of phrase - starter dough for a quilt.

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  19. Tails Around the RanchJune 3, 2018 at 4:18 PM

    Another clever and colorful design.

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  20. dqJune 3, 2018 at 8:31 PM

    Super pretty flowers!

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  21. AngieJune 3, 2018 at 8:47 PM

    A lovely example of art imitating life! Bring on the random and the higgledy-piggledy!

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  22. Sum of their StoriesJune 4, 2018 at 2:54 AM

    They are just lovely.
    I didn't know you called them alligator scissors though. Here in the Uk we call them pinking shears - potato pertartoe!

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  23. Michele McLaughlinJune 5, 2018 at 5:02 AM

    I love your improv flowers! They are really cool looking!

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  24. Christine SlaughterJune 5, 2018 at 11:25 AM

    Your work is always so amazing and inspiring. I'm just always in awe! The flowers are stunning and I love seeing the process too!

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  25. Teresa BJune 6, 2018 at 6:44 AM

    They all look pretty, but I do favor the blues. Amazing use of fabric scraps.
    Thank you for sharing at The Really Crafty Link Party. Pinned.

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  26. Angie in SoCalJune 6, 2018 at 7:21 AM

    Delightful. What a creative use of scraps.

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  27. MissPatJune 6, 2018 at 8:11 AM

    I really do have to start playing with all the little triangles and odd shaped pieces I've been throwing in the scrap boxes. Your posies are inspirational.
    Pat

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  28. BrookeJune 6, 2018 at 8:49 AM

    cute flowers!

    thanks so much for linking up!

    brooke@sillymamaquilts.com

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  29. TuridJune 6, 2018 at 12:07 PM

    They are just beautiful.

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  30. Create With JoyJune 9, 2018 at 12:35 PM

    Beautiful colors - thanks for sharing your creative talents at Inspire Me Monday at Create With Joy! :-)

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