Australian flowers in the centre are surrounded by birds and animals which are also native to Australia. The only imports are the pile of books and the apple.
The background colours represent a large proportion of the country in the summer, and some of the country almost all the time.
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Today I am sharing two colourways of the same design, first with a slightly off white, light sandy coloured fabric.
The second the background is a total black out!
I love both of them, and I also love the Mitchell Hopping mice which found their way into the designs. I had a close encounter with a hopping mouse during a mouse plaque many years ago.
I had traps set all around the house to catch any, and hopefully every mouse which found it’s way indoors, but rarely saw any mice except in the traps, until one day I wandered ...
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The previous post is not the only long term UFO in my Virtual Quilt pile … the original idea was to design an Australian version of a Baltimore style applique quilt, and then actually add it to the WIP pile.
I think I am getting close to what I want! And I have decided on the background fabric.
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