Q&A a Day with Nora Bellows: What's Your Favorite Flower? |
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To celebrate the release of Noni Flowers, we’re featuring a Q&A a day with designer and author Nora Bellows.
In the second Q&A, we asked Nora about her favorite flowers. Check out her response below!
CrafterNews: What’s your favorite flower?
Nora Bellows: I can’t possibly limit myself to one favorite, as I find that flowers astonish and delight me the more I know about them. But I do find that I have a favorite of the moment and there are flowers in the book that were particularly difficult and I somehow pulled them off.
The flowers that have, at least for now, special places in my heart are the Star Magnolia and the Oriental Lily.
I photographed the Star Magnolia on branches from the Star Magnolia in my front yard. Several times I went out with clippers to take branches (apologizing profusely every time). Even now there is a magnolia branch in a Chinese vase on my desk with a single knitted Star Magnolia flower on it. It is my one of my picks for a stunning home décor piece.
The Oriental Lily was one of the last flowers I designed and so benefitted from all the work that I had accomplished. I was bolder with the delicacy of details and the intricacy of petals. Every time I see the photograph of the felted and unfelted flowers among the foliage of an actual lily it surprises me with the way I am almost fooled, even though I know better.
For more from Nora Bellows, check out yesterday’s Q&A and the free Dahlia project from Noni Flowers.
Categories: Knitting & Crochet |
Tags: knitted flowers, knitting, Noni, Noni Designs, Noni Flowers, Nora Bellows
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 Noni Flowers 40 Exquisite Knitted Flowers Written by Nora Bellows Category: Crafts & Hobbies – Knitting Format: Paperback, 176 pages On Sale: April 10, 2012 Price: $24.99 |
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