Jean wrote:
The flower of British Convolvulus (also known as bindweed because
of its
tendency to strangle anything it winds itself round) is usually
white or
very pale pink and grows wild. The large white form, in particular,
strangles any plant it encounters and will grow straight aong the
ground
over quite large distances to find something to support it.
The Morning Glory flower is gorgeous shade of blue and is often
grown as a
climbing garden plant here.
The shapes are similar and they are part of a large family of
plants with
different coloured trumpets.
The talking about the Concolvulus or bindweed reminded me of two
designs I made using this flower as a subject.
The first one is an insertion for the front of a blouse and the other
one was a project we did in one of my lacegroups. This project was
about Japan and I made a part with the blue concolvulus, which we
found mentioned in a book about Japan.
The insertion is a Pointground, made in white cotton. The japan
project was multi-color Blonde and made in silk.
I will soon make some photo's of both pieces and put them on my website.
Happy lacing
Gon Homburg
Amsterdam
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