It’s unusual for me to blog about a fabric line which is new. Typically my fabric cools in my stash for a long time before I get around to making anything. Or I’m buying last year’s fabric lines from a discount fabric store. But I was immediately taken when I saw this panel. It is part of the fabric line “Radiance” designed by Sue Zipkin and printed by Clothworks.com. I had a “How to Have Flowers on the Table” all year round moment!

There’s a back story here., which should illuminate my immediate affinity to this panel. Back in the day, B.D. (before dogs) , I had an exuberant little flower bed on the side of my house. There was a slate path that meandered though it. There were mostly perennials in that bed, but I also had annuals growing other places in my yard. Every week in the summer, I would pick a bouquet and put it in a recycled single serve apple juice bottle. I just loved the simplicity of the flowers in the simple clear bottle. Here’s a photo of one of my arrangements.

Flowers from my garden in a recycled glass apple juice bottle.

Now you know why I love this fabric!

The other slightly shocking bit is that this fabric line has a lot of purple in it. Purple is definitely not my thing! But it makes sense in this fabric line. Other than the panel, the other fabric in this line that I really love is the leaf design with a faintly blue background. Here are the four fabrics in the line which I purchased for my project(s). The large print floral fabrics will be backings.

4 fabrics from the “Radiance” line by Clothworks.com

I plan to cut up the 36 x 42 inch panel into smaller sections. I’m thinking about making a table runner with a scrappy border. My already scant purple fabric bin is really looking almost empty due to using what purple fabric I did have for face masks. (I may not be fond of purple but lots of other folks are)! But a generous quilting friend brought over her purple bin and shared some of her great fabric collection with me. Sweet!

We’ll see what happens! But one thing for sure, I’ll soon be able to enjoy July flowers in February!