Angel Trumpets again. 06-27-13

The Angel Trumpet flowers are blooming now.  I am fascinated and plan to put them into a quilt someday.  If you look in the sidebar for Angel Trumpet Quilts you will see what others have done.


Brugmansia is the formal name and the color I see most often is yellow, in many different shades.  But the different hybrids offer white, yellow, peach, pink, violet, blue, red and orange.   There are varieties that are scented, but I haven't smelled one that is.   I suppose I should go to a nursery this time of year and smell my way around the Brugmansia section!

The white variety is very "angel" like - this one is somewhat single.
 

But there are many whites, some are more full than others.  For a full view of what is available check out:  http://tinyurl.com/ooub9ht
Or just Google "Brugmansia".

PIQF - Thursday 10-11-07

I am tired tonight after a long day at PIQF. It is a great quilt show, but not as good as some past years, in my opinion. One reason is that there seem to be many 'statement' quilts with dark messages or connections. The war in Iraq, African starvation and AIDS, child abuse, and even one quilt made to cover the quiltmaker's coffin someday (which is quite lovely I'm sure, but.....).

Thursday seems to always be the busiest day, so it was hard to take pictures in the crush, and several of mine were interrupted by moving bodies. But I will be able to retake them tomorrow along with seeing the rest of the quilts.

For years I have taken pictures of Angel Trumpet Flowers (Brugmansia) with the idea of doing a quilt, so I am always interested in what others have done. The Thomas Contemporary Quilt Collection contains a lovely quilt (shown above) by Judy House with her interpretation of the plant (33"W x 42"L). And there are two Angel Trumpets hanging side by side at PIQF in the "New Quilts from Northern California" exhibit. One very realistic (about 30"W x 38"L) by Diana Roberts of Windsor, CA:


And one abstracted view (about 28"W x 20"L) by Gennie Becker of Sebastopol, CA:

More of PIQF tomorrow evening.