Australia has a very interesting collection of native flowers, and most of them have some very distinctive varieties. This project file has three species, and very basic depictions of some of the varieties. The first design has one of the acacias in the centre, and Banksias in the border.
The second has Gum Blossoms in the centre, surrounded by a very different Acacia.
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‘Tis the season for wattles to flower, and hay fever to spread across the nation.
Love the flowers, the sneezing not so much.
However, as inspiration for quilts they are just that, inspirational, and in this form they don’t make me sneeze.
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Wattle is the national flower of Australia, but it comes in many different varieties other than the Golden Wattle, though most of them have little balls of gold fluff. All of them are varieties of Acacias., species of which thrive in hot dry conditions. The quilt design above includes one of the rebel shapes of Drummonds Wattle.
The second design includes the other two flowers included in the title of this project file … gum tree blossoms in the corners, and banksia flowers.
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