A Crafter's Life, Sunflowers!

Waiting for the Sunflowers

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Flowers of the Sun

Sunflowers are my favorite flower and they actually spark a sense of joy inside me when I see them. Currently I am waiting for the sunflower seeds I planted in my yard to mature into sunflowers.

So far I have sunflower plant stems sprouted from the ground with their leaves and hopefully soon I will have the flowers themselves. I’ve spotted a few sunflowers in full bloom in around the neighborhoods I walk and bike. The feature photo on this post is from such a flower.

Sunflower Obsession

I think my obsession began with a lovely gift I was given by my friend Michele many years ago – an artificial potted plant of sunflowers (that looked quite real). That potted plant began my collection of sunflower related items.

My sunroom is decorated in a sunflower theme (I tried not to overdo it and it keep it semi subtle) and here is the plant that started it all along with a couple other sunflower themed items in the corner of my sunroom:

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Here is the sunflower themed quilt in my sunroom – it has sunflower themed flannel on the back! (You can read posts about this quilt – Ugly Sunflower Fabric Challenge and Ugly Sunflower Fabric Challenge” Part II):

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Cozy Sunflower Quilt – designed/pieced by Tierney Hogan, quilted by Guadalupe Designs

I also have sunflower art around the house. Here is a sunflower vintage style piece of art in my sunroom:

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And a sunflower wallhanging which I made from a painted fabric sunflower panel which I machine quilted:

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If You Plant Them, They will Come

I am thinking of the line from the movie Field of Dreams (1989): “If you build it, he will come”.  I am patiently awaiting the arrival of the sunflowers I have planted including those I planted in the raised beds that surround the outside of my sunroom!

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I will have sunflowers peeking into my sunroom and not just sunflower themed items around the sunroom!

Postscript

I was luckily enough to discover the blog of a talented painter who has a lot of sunflower themed art: Brush of Dawn Oil Paintings. Her sunflower paintings make me smile whenever I see them.

Here is a bonus sunflower, from an old post, in an unusual color!

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Of course I could not refuse sharing a quote about sunflowers:

I don’t think there’s anything on this planet that more trumpets life that the sunflower. For me that’s because of the reason behind its name. Not because it looks like the sun but because it follows the sun. During the course of the day, the head tracks the journey of the sun across the sky. A satellite dish for sunshine. Wherever light is, no matter how weak, these flowers will find it. And that’s such an admirable thing. And such a lesson in life.

– Helen Mirren

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17 thoughts on “Waiting for the Sunflowers”

  1. My favorite flower is also the sunflower. I have several blog posts, many, many photos as well as a wall hanging and a placemat all with sunflowers on them. They make such a bold statement with their giant yellow faces.

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    1. Now Laura…I have been inspired by your painter blog but not enough to start painting my own panels – ha! No some talented artist painted the panel (oops I do not know the name). Thanks so much for the compliments 🙂

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  5. Loved this post! I just noticed some sunflowers in full bloom this morning on my way to work. My husband is from North Dakota and there are whole fields of sunflowers there. I can’t wait to see those!

    I LOVE your sunflower themed sunroom and the creative display of the continuing theme to the outside. Love the art as well.

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  6. I am drooling over that quilt. I’m not kidding. I can feel my mouth water. Maybe one day you can post some close ups so I can finish getting my sunflower fix. Guess what I am painting right now? Giggle.

    I love them and I totally feel your love for them. The last part about them following the sun and if there is light, they will find it…glorious!

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    2. Dawn – I will take some close ups of the sunflower wallhanging quilt (this is the one you mean right? the painted one?) and put them in the Postscript in my next post. Thanks for your comments and for sharing my sunflower obsession! 🙂

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      1. Actually I love both of the quilts, but I got to see closer ups of the ugly fabric challenge already, love what you did with that quilt btw. I want to see the painted fabric wall hanging quilt close up so I can see the stitching. So pretty. I totally share your obsession.

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