Class Flowers

 

I'm taking a class with Jane Sassaman this month working on Abstracting From Nature. I've always really enjoyed her quilts and have been lucky to see some in person. They're all exquisitely created and so well designed. It's been very fun being in class learning from her.

For the class we had to chose a flower or plant to work with, I chose Sour Grass (aka Oxalis). Sure they're weeds, and invasive ones at that where I live, but I love them. These pictures were taken in my parent's backyard last week.

Not really clover, but the leaves look very clover-ish. Always three heart shaped leaves.

After a whole lot of sketches and studies using Jane's great class structure, I came up with this design. The rectangle will be the edge of the quilt. I think the title will be "Sour Grass Grace".

Using some colored paper I played with the shapes on the design wall.