Roses in December

Typical roses from 19th c. applique.

Drawings are from Pop-In-Applique,

a source book I'm working on.

Applique artists working in the mid-19th century represented roses with cookie-cutter shapes derived from European folk arts.

 A simple graphic circular shape with 8 lobes was common.

Detail, quilt from an online auction...Abstract roses and buds

Some stitchers looked at roses, their leaves, buds and stems with a naturalist's eye, 

drawing a profile with indications of the petal layers...

...and thorns on the stems with naturalistic buds and triple leaflets.

I've been working on drawing 19th-c. applique patterns and looking closely at their roses. See a post from a few weeks ago...

https://barbarabrackman.blogspot.com/2024/11/computer-aided-drawing-my-pasttime.html

 The blue vase above is drawn from a fabulous rose quilt in the collection of the University of Kansas's Spencer Museum of Art, attributed to Susan Stayman whose family called it Moss Rose when they donated the quilt.

I've simplified it. This project is for the applique artist

with moderate skills.

Read more about Susan Stayman's quilt here:

https://barbarabrackman.blogspot.com/2010/08/moss-rose.html

Print vase with a chintz flair

I'm working on my computer-assisted-drawing skills,

keeping myself entertained and thinking about

applique projects. I decided against converting the one above,

all that bias and a cluttered composition.

Simple shapes. The first volume of Pop-In-Applique is "Roses,Vases & Baskets." All the roses

wind up in some kind of floral container.

Roses with 6 petals

Ten and five....

The next volume: Wreath Shapes and Tulips. The florals will be interchangeable between volumes, which are not pattern books as such but source books of classic shapes. You print the 20 or so pages yourself & cut them up with a scissors or capture and re-compose with your C.A.D. skills (either manual rearranging or digital.)

I'll keep you posted....