One of my favorite flowers is the Sunflower. Not only made with cheerful hues, they also provide food for birds, in the fall. Our roving photographer in Vermont has sent us this recent picture of her husband, standing in front of Sunflowers that look to be more than twice his size.

Bert Croft standing in front of gigantic Sunflowers. He asks, “What do they feed these?” photo by Charlotte Croft

Claude Monet (1840-1926), an impressionist painter who promoted the idea of plein-air painting, is perhaps the most famous artist who celebrated Sunflowers in a painting. Their features have a lot of design possibilities. A few years ago, I made a Sunflower wall hanging, shown below.

Quilt designed by Patricia Cummings. Individual pieced blocks were sent from KS from a friend who bought them “in pieces,” at a local quilt show. I had fun making the blocks and added related design elements, all with the them related to Sunflowers. photo by James Cummings

The hand-quilting design I chose is shown on the first page of the Quilt Gallery, on our website. No doubt the cheerful countenance of Sunflowers will continue to inspire artists and quilters in years to come.

Patricia Cummings

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