Last spring I picked up the collection Floragraphix II in blues and greens.  This time I choose the reds and greens in the Floragraphix III  fabric collection.  Both are goregous quality fabrics in rich colors and prints! 

 Here is the introduction from the quilt book FLORAGRAPHIX III by Jason Yenter from In The Beginning Fabrics  and about his new fabrics Floragraphix III. 

Where doesn’t the time go?  It seems like just yesterday I was designing Floragraphix I, and now we are introducing Floragraphix III and have also debuted the first Wintergraphix collection.  I have really enjoyed this series, and am already working on Floragraphix IV and Wintergraphix ii.  Time does fly when you’re having fun!

In Floragraphix III, I have played with the concept of time passing. You will find clock faces, antiqued picture frames, and my favorite print: the one that looks like layers of old wallpaper, featuring bouquets and birds.  It is very exciting combining different elements to create the desired overall look.  It can also be really challenging to get a pleasing repeat that can actually be printed.  It is so tempting, and it would be a lot easier, to create a single picture by using each element just once…make a nice collage, put a frame around it, and be done.  But we are making fabric, not pictures, and all the elements have to work together, and be able to be repeated again and again for the length and width of the cloth.  I spend hours on this – especially on the prints that feature large motifs – trying to get everything to work together and flow nicely.  It’s a great feeling when it all comes together, and even greater when I get to see what people do with the fabric!

 I have used very subdued colors in this collection, for more of an antique effect, and colors that I think will look good in  people’s homes and as clothing.  A warm and rich palette, with a few pretty light prints, will make your projects glow.  The quilts in this book show off some of the possibilities for using these fabrics.  As I always say, don’t be afraid to change the patterns you rind here, add something, take something away, use different combinations of fabrics – do what pleases you and your senses!

Jason Yenter