Dazzling Carsidium
Another of JoAnn's flowers which few Master Gardeners have seen in their natural habitat. Choice of fabrics for the color strata make a brilliant flower positioned on the background fabric dyed by Jeanette Vivano. Color Strata work is similar to JoAnn's Japanese Colorwash Fan. A variety of techniques for the bejeweled stem, leaves and base of flower are included in the pattern. Background quilting is similar to those in Irina Bluhm's books. This was a feature article in the American Quilter magazine March 2012.