Storage space constraints meant I often can't stock complete ranges, so I choose my favourites to share with you. These are two prints I loved from the 'Exotic Garden Palace' collection by Denise Burkitt for FreeSpirit. This listing is for 'Banyan Tree - Lush' (first photo) and is in gorgeous shades of yellows, rust, and olive greens, with a transluscent watercolour effect. I thought this would go well with many other fabrics I stock, including those by Billy Reue, and I just love these greeny yellowy colour combinations!
Designed for patchwork, they would also be great for dressmaking and lightweight home dec. This range would add a fantastic hand painted/printed look to your fabrics - they remind me very much of breakdown screenprints.
They would make great coordinates for some of my sashiko panels, and the colours can be matched from my extensive range of sashiko threads - there's a wide range to choose from. In particular, this makes me think of 20m #71 or #95, or 100m #155. A border for the hitomezashi hanafukin sashiko sampler, 'Leaf', would be fun - it is a design with a strong diagonal slant, so I could have fun arranging the diagonal in 'Banyan Tree' to either slant the same direction, or the opposite way. It would make a lovely autumnal wall hanging.
108cm (43in) wide.
100% cotton
NB - sold by the half metre, so order '2' for 1 metre, '3' for 1.5m etc.
PWDB051 'Banyan Tree' Exotic Garden Palace by Denise Burkitt - by 1/2m
Billy Reue is an architect, artist, and quilter whose creative pursuits explore the intersection between abstraction and the built environment. He maintains an architecture practice in New York City, and he is known for his thoughtful projects that marry creativity with pragmatism. Billy’s award-winning architectural work has been recognized by the American Institute of Architects and published in Architectural Record, Elle Décor, World Architecture CHINA, and The Wall Street Journal.
Billy’s interest in quilting and fabric design was sparked when he attended a free quilting workshop with his sister, Yvonne, at her local library in Victoria, Texas. He was intrigued by how simple fabrication techniques were used to create compositions of rich geometric complexity and profound meaning. He was instantly hooked, and he bought his first sewing machine immediately upon returning to New York City. Billy’s architecture office in the Flatiron District of Manhattan transformed at night into a quilting studio where friends and clients would often stop by to examine his latest design experiments.
These days, Billy is quite busy designing fabric for FreeSpirit. In his spare time, you will find him wandering the streets of New York City with a cup of coffee and sketchbook in hand.
