Thursday, 31st July
Em, my daughter grows the most fabulous sweet peas - while I have a weedy collection of pale pinks and pastels, Em produces masses of exotic looking blooms ranging from sexy dark purpley reds through to light lavender flowers edged with dark violet. She brings me a bunch now and again, which I put in a vase in the kitchen....
I love the erratic way the sweet pea stems grow- their leaves are like butterfly wings - and their twirly tendrils. The lime green tobacco flower sets off the reds beautifully.
Last year I used her flowers as a design for a lino print, alongside the sweet peas are cosmos and small sunflowers. I printed it in one main colour over different colour blocks for the jug, petals and flower centres.
'Em's Flowers in a Jug'
Then I printed the design in one colour on calico and thought that they would make a great cushion covers.
Here's the cushion cover in the planning stage- deciding which way round the stripes should go- I settled for the horizontal....
The prints and cushions will be on show and for sale in the wagon during Somerset Arts Week
20th Sept.- 4thOct. The brochures are out published and are out and about soon- find me at venue 143!
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