I love flowers and floral patterns. I went through a phase for a few years where all I wore pretty much every day was some sort of floral patterned dress. Exhibit A:
That's me in one of my favorite dresses, perfect for hanging out in corn fields in Holland. I've since gotten over the need to wear a floral print dress every day, however, passing up pretty, cheap floral printed fabric at the fabric store is another matter. Thanks to my lovely friend Tim, I received a gift certificate to the largest fabric store in Rhode Island, Lorraine's, where I purchased 14 feet of - you guessed it - floral fabric. The great thing about Lorraine's is that they have a bargain floor where the fabric is only $1.99 a yard!!
Well, after making a quilt (photos later), I had a bunch of left over fabric and was kind of stumped with what I wanted to do with it. Then I came across this idea for a flower garland from Creature Comforts. It looked absolutely precious and didn't seem like it would be too hard.
Here's my version:
It's not like it took me forever to cut out these flowers (there are more than what's on the garlands, by the way, many more). I was only able to watch nearly an entire season of South Park as I worked on this (thank goodness for Netflix Instant watch). I'm mostly pleased with the outcome, except -
I don't like the way mine is hanging. I just wanted to get it up and hanging so I could get a picture of it, but I think I'm going to hang it in the corner, straight down. Once I find a place that makes me sufficiently happy, I'll take another picture.
For now, my baked potato is ready.
-Dani
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