Flowers for All

Happy Mother's Day to everyone who is a caretaker for her own family or who is a caretaker for another family.  We hope you have time on Mother's Day to take a quiet break and to enjoy some flowers - either in nature, photos, or quilts. The stunning quilt below, which features one of the largest flowers on earth, caught our eye at the 2020 Quilt Arizona show.

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Don't Cry for Me, Argentina, by Debra Goley

Fabric artist Debra Goley created this spectacular art quilt to celebrate the flowers produced by the Argentine Giant cactus (Echinopsis candicans). They have huge, fragrant white flowers, generally 6 to 8 inches in diameter, that bloom at night. Although they are not native to Arizona, they grow well here, especially in the higher altitudes.  Each flower lasts only one night, providing much excitement for  night pollinators such as bats and moths, as well as early morning photographers.

In keeping with Desert Stars, the theme of the 2020 show, Debra Goley says: "The Argentine Giant Cacti is one such desert star that looks familiar as a long cactus arm, but the surprise of its flowering in the night is breathtaking.  It's a star of hope at the light of dawn." Debra quilted this piece with a variety of decorative stitches, adding much texture and interest, as shown below.

 

Image credits:  Photos were taken by Quilt Inspiration at the 2020 Arizona Quilters Guild show.