May Roses and Pansies

The Pieceful Patchwork kit for May by Shabby Fabrics has a theme of Yellow Roses and Purple Pansies, a great visual combination since they are on opposite sides of the color wheel. I learned that these two flowers are also a great pairing for another reason. Roses and pansies require the same growing condition and so pansies are often used around the bases of rose bushes to lend color during the roses’ dormant season. Although it is quite common that many quilters also love gardening, I am not one of those. I have a black thumb. I learned the pansies-with-roses tip from a sookegardenclub link which asserts that to plant these two flowers as companion plants for fall and winter “is a winter marriage made in heaven”. My fabric roses and pansies were fun to make and came out so precise and cute.

When I think of yellow roses the song that comes to mind is The Yellow Rose of Texas. The version I remember most is the one sung by Mitch Miller Chorus in the mid 1950's.

I found this pansy song on YouTube. It is so juvenile I cringed when I listened to it, but I learned a lot from it. It is included in this post just for kicks… and knowledge.

Since this banner is for May, I also had to include the song The Lusty Month of May sung by Guinevere in the musical Camelot.

Now what's left to do is the backing, quilting, labeling, and binding. I am leaving those activities for another day and another mood.