It started when I came across this in one of our homeschool books:
(Shakespeare for Kids)
Aha! I thought, I can use this list to give me a starting point for each of my crazy quilt journal blocks! And yay! The first month is snowdrop, one of my favourite flowers. So, I started gathering pictures from Flickr for inspiration, and this helped me to pull together this little bundle of scraps to work with for my first block:
The colours are much nicer in real life, but sadly the light in a British November does not do it justice :-(.
So, I'm thinking I will use each of the flowers as a starting point for each block, to help inform colour themes and embellishment ideas for each month. I may use actual pictoral representations of some of the flowers, but mainly it will be just to give me a starting place for choosing the colours. And as all the flowers will have at least some green for the foliage, this will give a commonality running through all the blocks.
Having had a gander about the interwebs at different lists of birth flowers, there is some variation in what are the "official" birth flowers, so I have chosen my favourites from a variety of sources and these are the ones I will choose:
January - Snowdrop
February - Violet
March - Daffodil
April - Daisy
May - Hawthorn
June - Rose
July - Delphinium
August - Poppy
September - Forget-me-not
October - Calendula
November - Chrysanthemum
December - Holly
I think this will give a nice mix of different colours and variations.
So, if you are doing the CQJP2012, what will you be doing for each of your different month's blocks?. I would love to hear other's ideas :-)
Just had to include ric rac didn't it :)
ReplyDeleteHi! I saw your post over one CQ Embellishments. I could have written that post! I also love hand work and haven't embroidered, other than bead embroidery, in years. So, I joined CQ2012 and TAST and hope to improve my skills. However, I have NOT yet decided what my blocks will be. I need to give that a little more thought. I like your theme.
ReplyDeleteNice to meet you.
Happy Thanksgiving.
Great theme, Viv! I look forward to watching you create your blocks! Hugs, Cathy
ReplyDeleteHi Viv. I'm also doing the CQJP 2012 and was thinking along the same lines as you. I think I may instead do roses or other soft colored flowers for the images. I chose some neutral fabrics last Wednesday, so I am ready to roll! I can't wait to see what everyone comes up with.
ReplyDeleteI think I'll be doing Christmas themed blocks. I've been gathering Christmas fabrics for some time with a desire to make a table runner.......
ReplyDeleteThis is such a great idea for a quilt. I am a March baby, so violets for me :) I will be following this project with interest.
ReplyDeleteWhat a great project! The flowers for each month are a great inspiration for paper projects, too. Hmmmm....
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