MONET'S GARDEN

We went to France a month ago and I had the great opportunity to go to Giverny to see where Monet created so many of his paintings. The garden was blooming with tulips and weeping willows, when they are still at the yellow- green phase, and of course the water with its shadows and lily pads that were left from last season.

That is what I was trying to capture in the quilt. I made the pond with hexagons using paper piecing trying to do a watercolor effect which still needs work but it was still fun. Then I added the tulips, weeping willows and a few lily pads. My color scheme which was red with a split complementary of yellow-green and blue-green was challenging to stay in this color scheme. I thought blue-green was turquoise but was proven wrong by my friends at the quilt shop with a color wheel they had at the shop. I thought the blue-green would not look like water but in fact it looks so much like the Monet's pond from when we were there. For my flowers, weeping willows and lily pads, I used fusible interfacing to attach them instead of hand applique which is much faster and fun to experiment.
This weeping willow is my favorite and was fun to create. Thanks again for a great challenge.