Yesterday we made a day trip to the High Desert to see the scenery and wild flowers. The flower is called a trumpet flower, and there were buttercups, yarrow, wild sweet pea, lupine (not quite the same as the Texas bluebonnet, but similar), alfalfa, Black-eyed Susan, and a host of others I cannot name.
This picture does not show the vivid color of some of the rocks, but they had bright pastels of green, blue and coral.
I brought home a bouquet but it didn't quite make it with its original brilliance.
My bouquet looked better in the desert but I enjoyed collecting the bunch of flowers, including purple daisies, and bringing it home. That has been a family tradition for a long time.
Naturally I have put everything house-work aside to sketch my Desert Rose line of summer frocks, based upon my impression of the High Desert and I have been busy sketching and coloring. I wanted to do it while the feeling was still fresh for me and my mind's eye still held the vivid color and clear sky.
I had this fabric from last year when it was on sale because I liked the brightness, yet I have never made anything in a print like this, before. It has no printing on the salvedges that I can see, so I will name it Desert Rose, and use it for the dresses,
Since it has quite a few of the colors I saw yesterday.
I am using a very plain pattern and adding sleeve styles from other patterns, to make it a little more interesting. New Look 6352 is a sewing staple around here when I need to sew a fast and easy garment. However I am using a Neumode, German pattern with the Desert Rose print fabric? The rest will be made from New Look 6352.
The rock formations are very colorful, with a lot of other colors in them that do not show up in the photo.
When I looked at these rocks, I saw quite a bit of aqua, very soft reds, blues and oh her colors.
Of course there were snow capped mountains behind the high desert, and I will accommodate thirst for sewing using colors of this area, and try to include something like it.
If I get to return to the high desert I hope to get good photographs to share. One do the towns there had a tea room, so I definitely will go back.
Please have a lovely day and appreciate where you live.
Some older trims and ribbons I have had for awhile, which look good with this fabric.
4 comments:
I am hoping to make a step by step photo demonstration to post of that pattern when I sew it, so I hope you will check back, and be able to follow along.
Beautiful photos Lydia:)
The dress is going to be lovely, I look forward to seeing it finished if you will share it with us.
Have a sweet evening,
Shirley
Dear Lydia,
What beautiful scenery!
I live in southeastern US and we have a lot of natural beauty but nothing like the desert :-)
Your dress is lovely.
Thank you for posting.
I look forward to them.
Have a happy day,
Aline L.
I have never seen such beautiful colors. What a feast for the eyes!
Linda
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