Description
Design Name: Bush Banana
Artist Name: Donna Abbots
About the Artist: Donna Abbots comes from Alice Springs, NT with a strong artistic background. Her art is very neat and imaginative. Her dreaming is ‘Bush Banana’. Her design ‘Bush Banana’ is one of the most popular fabrics featuring Aboriginal designs.
Story: Bush Banana is a climbing woody vine found growing on other shrubs and trees. Its flowers are creamy in colour. The thick narrow leaves grow from a short stock, and fruits are pear shaped. Bush Banana is widely distributed throughout Australia. Often vines are found growing in dry creek beds and water courses in arid zones. Bush banana is a potent plant to Aboriginal people. The fruits have good nutritional medicinal value. The extract and paste of leaves are often used to treat pains, stomach upset, flu etc. Bush Banana has got many Aboriginal names. One of the Aboriginal names is Anangkwe. Bush banana is a totemic plant that is often featured by many Aboriginal artists in their artworks. Donna Abbot is an experienced and skillful artist from Alice Spring, Northern Territory. Her usage of colour and design makes her work unique. Donna’s dreaming is Banana and she learnt painting from her parents.
jeanettelabrooy –
The Wizard of Oz fabric was perfect! I’m working on wall decor for my granddaughters room featuring Wizard of Oz panels and was specifically looking for this pattern for my project. I was skeptical ordering from a JR Fabrics in Australia because of the distance and length of time it might take to receive the fabric. JR Fabrics shipped my order right away, I was alerted several time as to where the package was being processed and was very surprised to be notified when the package landed in the United States. I was very impressed by the latter and would highly recommend purchasing from this store.
JoAnn Skinner –
Love this so much! When this fabric sold out on Etsy, I did a quick search on Etsy, & found it here at a fantastic price! This will probably become part of a quilt for one of my grandbabies. Love, love, love!
JoAnn Skinner –
This fabric is good quality. It matched the description and met my expectations. The vendor sent the fabric timely.