Flowers & Have you seen this fabric?

Does anybody know what this fabric is called? It had nothing on the selvedge and is really difficult to photograph, but it is a white on white with a rose print:


The picture below is more true to colour, but the picture above shows the white print more...


If anybody knows who makes it and where I can buy some from, I would be most grateful. (I bought it about 3 years ago at the Harrogate Quilt show and can't remember who I bought it from or who prints it!) When working out my Lily layout, I realised that even though I am probably going to use a plain white for the setting triangles, I am still a few inches short of the white on white rose fabric for my flower blocks :-((



The foundation-pieced rose panel is now sewn in to my hexagons! I English-paper-pieced it in so I needed a big piece of paper :-) As I recall it was something like 13.5" x 20.5"!



And even though my garden is completely ungardened, a few years back, I put these Grape Hyacinth bulbs in and this year they have really come into their own...


They are so pretty, they even make the weeds look good :-)

It's a (free) Flower!

The mystery unveiled....


It's a flower to make up a charity quilt that will be raffled in Germany. My very good friend Birgit hosts a Quiltfest every year at her shop in Schoenaich, Germany. It's next Saturday and I am so sad that I won't get to go this year. One year BC (Before Children) I was able to fly over and helped out by cutting fabric. I put the pins back in the fabric the wrong way and for a long while afterwards Birgit would know which fabric bolts I had cut LOL. I have been to Quiltfest the last 2 years running, but this year I just couldn't afford to go. SO I wish Birgit every success and hope that I can make it next year!

Anyway, back to the flower. This is what the finished charity quilt will look like:


And here's the blurb, with a link to download the pattern from Birgit's site as long as you adhere to the copyright conditions...:

"LET THE FLOWERS BLOOM!"

"It’s a tradition that every year Birgit Klein and Ula Lenz offer a pattern for Quiltfest available as a free download. This year it’s a flower. You can find the pattern here (scroll down to arrow).

The finished size is 20x20 cm (8x8 inch). Not neccessarily that easy to sew, but a lot of fun to make.

The flowers will be collected by Patchcom and we will be putting them together to make a quilt for „Aktion Lebenshilfe“ in Böblingen that will be raffled at their Christmas celebration.


Just a note regarding Copyright:
You may download the Flower pattern for private, non-commercial, use to use as often as you like, but you may not offer the pattern on websites or Blogs without express consent of Patchcom-Birgit Klein. It is not permissable to use or distribute this pattern in any form for commercial purposes."



And, I'd love to see them if you make any :-)

Another little tease...

Now what is this?
It's all I could manage this evening and it's for a charity quilt a friend is putting together, BUT that's all I'm telling you tonight LOL.
I have to say that after piecing my rose...

I felt almost paper-pieced out,

but I think I may be getting into it again.

On another note my absolutely darling SIL is in Canada and I had asked her if she was near a quilting shop to pop in for me. If she saw any browns or star fabric she was to feel free to buy me some. She texted today to say she'd been in one, but not seen anything LOL. Just as well, because I really don't 'need' anything do I? :O)