Blue Flowers Art Fabric Placemats

I selected four of my fabric samples to make a set of placemats with the sample in the center. I used commercial fabrics built up around it to make a placemat. This sample is Blue Lilacs and Columbines
and I scalloped the edges with a rotary cutter.



This sample is Forget Me Not which is from a watercolor painting and has similar values of blue on a white background.




This is one of my first fabric samples Purple Pansy Watercolor and it prints really well with deep royal purple flowers and a light watercolor wash behind the flowers.





This is a drawing study of a white windflower in different stages of growth with watercolor wash.



The whole set goes together pretty well I thought and I tried to find fabrics of the same value of blue with green accents of similar shades. I set these on the table during the day and take them off before our meals so I can save them for a while, the family can eat on older stained ones :)






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Susan said…
Beautiful placemats. I may dig around in my fabric stash a bit today. Won't make anything as pretty as yours, but love the idea.
July 9, 2011 at 6:26 AM
countrygarden said…
Great! and thank you for stopping by my blog.
July 11, 2011 at 2:18 PM
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