New fabrics - la purple collection

When I graduated my friend Anne-Marie gave me the most beautiful bunch of purple Irises. There is something about flowers but I can't throw them away once they've died. I keep them whilst their heads fall off, their skins dry up and the petals darken and fade. Anyway these Irises sat beside my bed slowly curling up and became the starting inspiration for these new fabrics. I liked how the petals had either darkened so deeply or faded like ghosts. Playing around with the colours and shapes I came up with this wharpped design which lead to a little play around with circles. I do love my circles...