It’s Wednesday, so this must be a Work In Progress. This is the second of three Woodwardia Fern fronds I am threadpainting for a new art quilt. I get these fronds from my friend Jennifer, who has an incredible speciman in her back yard. (Jennifer and I meet each Monday morning, alternating houses, to practice piano duets. We laugh that we’ll never make it to Carnegie Hall but we’re having a great time and, in spite of ourselves, we are getting better.) If a plant that has been printed on fabric can seem happy, that’s what I see here. In fact, this ones seems to be dancing.
I love the imperfections of this frond and the wide variation in color that was achieved by the spotty layering of fucshia over teal. Over the surface of this print gradations of pink to purple lurk. Yum!
The fucshia print is next. My head is spinning with ideas for how to put the three together. I can hardly wait to see what happens!
I love this color. It is so cool feeling. I can see this fern in the woods, beside a lovely path with butterflies and birds and a lovely little stream reflecting this color.