Hollyhocks: Now a top

 Good day, and welcome to my blog.  I've been getting a lot done in my sewing nook this summer.

I unearthed an old pattern - yes it's copyrighted 2002.

I purchased a range of batik fabrics in pinks, raspberry, and greens, and started.  Instructions are given for templates, rotary cutting, and foundation piecing.  One block done was not very exciting.

And hollyhocks have five petals, not 4.  But I continued on.

Laid out on my design floor.  Dark green background at the bottom, for foliage and shadows, and blue/white batik for sky and clouds above.

I am almost done!  I added a 5 inch border in medium green all around.  It does look like hollyhocks, and I am quite pleased with how this turned out.

I will send this to the long arm quilter I use, once I pick out a quilting pattern, and find some backing fabric.  My older sewing machine did not like sewing on batik fabric with its high thread count - tension troubles!

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Viridian