New year. New quilt. Have been hanging onto a swatch or two of Flower Fairy fabric. Sincelast year. Just waiting to figure out how to use it. For Morgan's bday in May. For all this time it has eluded me what to do with it.
The fabric is lovely. Little glistening specs cover the wings of the fairies. Flower Fairies were orignial drawings done by Cicely Mary Barker, in the first part of the 20th century. Gorgeous , whimsical creatures that flit and float. On fabric they pop up from the threads.Cicely Mary Barker had epilepsy as a child and was home schooled. She would paint for hours. Her majesty,Queen Mary, loved the flower fairies and because of her interest in them, Cicely's artwork sold like hot cakes.
I decided to go with something that resembles an Irish Chain, using beautiful green squares to offset the other fabrics.
Cordelia helped to supervise. To get an idea of what it would look like, I spread out the pieced squares in some sort of chain design, making sure the green squares would parade down the whole of the panel.
With a few breaks . Of course. With the cats from the hill.
In 1923 , the first flower fairy book was published. Cicely Mary Barker received 25 pounds for her first book.
After laying out the squares, it was time to sew into strips. I tend to number them from the left to the right, so they don't get mixed up.Oh, how I love fabric........
At the end , I decided to add a green border with floral accents to complement the fairies, who fly across the panel. All that is left is add a backing and batting. Then quilt! Spencer came down from the hill at the very end of laying out the quilt top. Not interested in the quilt, he got cuddles instead....
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