punchy pink…succulence blog tour

good morning! so today we kick off the Succulence Blog Tour…we are kinda nervous, but spent all day Saturday taking pictures, pulling bits of inspiration, coming up with a new project that I put together Saturday night/Sunday because…I…I just had to!

this morning I took a few new pictures so we could get all the projects together and see them play off each other…I think it is fantastic. I am just loving this line.

succulence, the fabric

succulence is an amazing collection of print, color, and design and apparently struck a cord somewhere. after looking at her blog (which I might add is amazing…I love the soft colors) I saw her market photos from Spring 2015 and they looked familiar and low and behold when I was looking through my phone I had taken a picture of it.

that torn wallpaper is A-MAZE-ING!

About the collection:

Succulents represent the ability to thrive and constantly create new growth through absorbing even the tiniest bits of water. Bonnie pays homage to this perseverance through a study of these plants in vibrant hues of earthy plum, sunlit copper and both pristine & opaque greens.

with this in mind…we set to ~~work~~ designing. our style tends to be more toward light and airy florals, so this was a nice step outside the box.

in tried-and-true Sweetwater fashion we make it shabby…playing on the theme we thought a Practically Perfect basket was in order and of course we used white muslin for the background because it washes up beautifully. we added a border of punchy pink vintage chenille to finish it off and it is that pink chenille that brings it all together. Then we set it against a “Tom Sawyer” painted fence, painter’s cloth covered chair, and a cozy second-hand quilt.

a close-up of the pillow.

then Saturday we pulled EdMar thread to match and decided that i needed to make a pincushion…and i just LOVE engligh paper piecing and wool so i combined all 3. this Prickly pincushion is only complete with a little bit of cacti embroidery.