Flower Moon is a personal project that I just completed. I only learned about the flower moon recently and just fell in love with the idea of representing it somehow. I think it’s something I might like to work in in a little series and so I am considering this as the first though I don’t have more planned quite yet.
Flower moon is the traditional name for the full moon in May, a time where lots of spring flowers are blooming. In addition to the image that is conjured in my mind when I combine flowers and a full moon, I love the symbolism that it holds. It represents a time of change, of heightened emotions that lead to mental turbulence. Ultimately, leading to the confidence to be seen like the blooming flowers.
Well, I feel like this is such a time of turbulence both in the world, within the US, and then even on a personal level as a middle aged woman with kids spreading their wings. It’s an appropriate time to work on flower moon imagery. I wanted to represent the flower moon in a big way, to suggest the confidence of the blooming flowers. My quilt is 48″ square and designed and constructed with foundation paper piecing and large curved piecing. When I think of moons, I think of cream, yellow, maybe grey and the colors of the night sky. But I used deep red and a pinky peach color because I wanted to sew with them! Perhaps a later addition to this series will reflect the night sky. I do have the perfect deep purple in my stash that I have been wanting to use.
I quilted in a 40 weight Aurifil thread, in a 1/2″ grid. I thought that the squares created by the quilting reflected the square shape of the quilt itself.
8 Comments on “Flower Moon”
Absolutely beautiful ❤️
Love this!
Amy, Just want to send a quick note to you your flower moon quilt it is such a unique quilt. I love the pattern. Denise K
Love everything about this quilt……color, design, simplicity, meaning, beauty………..❤️
Oh Amy. This is beautiful. I would so like to purchase pattern WHENEVER if EVER you do one. It is a great sentiment to put out in this troubled world of ours
This is magnificent. Love the quilt and all that it represents to you. Some of my fave colors, too. Hope we get to see your nighttime rendition. Thanks for sharing.
I like the spiritual and simplicity of this quilt! Stunning
This is a beautiful creation. Thank you for sharing.