Pattern Play: Garden
Trees and shrubs, critters and animals, flowers and leaves – they are important in any landscape – and fabric stash! The following are new fabric ranges that have been released in the first two months of 2020.
FreeSpirit Garden Fabrics
Distributed in Australia by XLN Fabrics
One Mile Radiant by Anna Maria Horner
Anna Maria Horner gathered all the inspiration necessary for this collection within a one-mile radius of her home. The Front Walk print was conceived simply by stepping out the front door and admiring a particularly wonderful day of blooming flowers in planters. A short walk to a nearby arboretum introduces Queen Anne’s lace. Deeper into the tree covered path on any summer day, she is greeted by monarch butterflies dancing across a wild patch of black-eyed Susans. The air begins to smell damp near the glowing, pale-green pond, where the lotuses have exploded into extraordinary blooms. All of nature’s small and fussy as well as large and bold forms combine before to create such beauty, that is skilfully translated into fabrics and quilts.
1 Monarch – Circus
2 Queen Anne – Lagoon
3 Mountain Streams – Verdant
4 Front Walk – Heather
5 Lotus – Prussian
Moda Garden Fabrics
Distributed in Australia by PK Fabrics
1 Fizzy – Petal
2 Daydreams – Lavender
3 Fluttering Fantasy – Lavender
4 Butterfly Fields – Multi
5 Flights of Fancy by MoMo
Blend Garden Fabrics
Distributed in Australia by Lloyd Curzon
Tree Huggers by Maude Asbury
Smiling sloths and captivating koalas hang out in canopies of flowers and leaves in the Tree Hugger Collection by Maude Asbury. In a colour palette of grey, green, blue and pink, these amusing and whimsical patterns create the perfect backdrop for your next sewing project.
1 Flower Canopy – Grey
2 Tropical Foliage – Green
3 Hanging Around – Blue
4 Lazy Days – Aqua
