Seaside Adventures: Week 3

Postcards from the Seaside!

You’ve got mail!

Dear Friend,
I have been on the road for 3 weeks already, but there’s not been a dull moment! The weather is glorious, the coastline is stunning, and the beach is littered with beautiful quilt patterns just waiting to be scooped up for my collection. Having a ball, wish you were here!
Love from Clever xxoo

As you can see, the Chameleon is still enjoying Marian’s memorial Seaside Adventure Row Along enormously! I hope you are keeping an eye on the pattern releases and are building up your collection. This week we have three new patterns, all as terrific as the first two sets. Turtles, sandcastles and more colourful fish. Keep reading to find out where to collect the rest of your happy mail. 😀

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Seaside Adventures: Week 2

Back Again! Two from Two!

So, are you enjoying the Seaside Adventure so far? What a terrific set of blocks we were treated to last week. I know Marian would have been so pleased.

I hope you are enjoying seeing Marian’s vision come to fruition as much as I am. There are three new blocks available in her Row Along this week, and they are all beauties. Very insta-worthy locations, so add them to your adventure itinerary by heading over to the Chameleon’s pop-up travel agency on the blog!

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Seaside Adventures and The Ultimate Memory Quilt

Well, Hello!

Bet you did not expect a Chameleon in your inbox today! Taaa Daaa! Sorry about the absence….. it was only supposed to be for a few weeks, but once I got out of the blogging habit….. well, you know.

Long story short, I went back to work. In a newish-to-me industry. And it turns out that it is haaaaard and tiring for an old Chameleon to her learn new tricks! So as a result I haven’t been doing much sewing and even less quilt-related writing. I miss them both. I miss you all. But I do get out and about more. 😀

The reason why I am suddenly dropping in today is to let you know that there is an important blog hop starting this week. One that you do not want to miss. I agreed to be a part of this hop a looooong time ago – before getting a job. And before Marian Pena of Seams to be Sew passed away and left a big hole in the quilt blogging world. You may remember that Marian organised an annual row along of free quilt block patterns. It was always bigger than Ben Hur. And she had already started organising her event for 2021 when she died. So, many of us bloggers who had signed up opted to finish the job in memory of a good friend and amazingly generous quilt blogger. Thanks to The Quilting Room with Mel, who agreed to host, Marian’s last Row Along is a go.

So, here I am, dusting off my blogging skills, swallowing my shock at how much WordPress has evolved while I was distracted, to take you through the Seaside Adventure Row Along. This week we are starting with three patterns. They are all adorable and free for you to collect for a short while. Just head on over to the blog.

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Year of the Ox: Colour & Inspiration Tuesday

Year of the Ox colour scheme at Clever Chameleon

Lunarcy Quilt: Year of the Ox Block Release Day (Final installment)

Happy New Year! Happy Lunar New Year that is, wished for you for this coming Friday – the 12th of February 2021. Holy cow, it’s goodbye Year of the Rat 2020 and heeeelloooo Year of the Ox!

Why all the ox-citement? Well, today marks the end of our epic 2020 Lunarcy quilt pattern journey. It is time to release of the Year of the Ox pattern, the last of our twelve collectible animal appliqués representing the Chinese zodiac. With all twelve appliqués now available to you, they can be arranged all together into one large quilt, or used singularly in the centre of a personalised baby quilt or wall hanging. And with a little heifer-t, I’m sure you can think of many more ways to use these patterns to celebrate your own lunar animal or a special birth.

Year of the Ox appliqué pattern at Clever Chameleon

Join me today to collect your last Lunarcy pattern, ready to ring in the newest New Year. Happy Year of the Ox!

READ ON TO KEEP COLLECTING YOUR LUNARCY PATTERNS

Tigerific: Colour & Inspiration Tuesday

Tiger colour scheme at Clever Chameleon

Lunarcy Quilt: Year of the Tiger Block Release Day

I was, for a very long time as a child and teen, fascinated with big cats; especially tigers. So beautiful, sleek, powerful, mysterious – I had tiger shirts, tiger jigsaws, tiger books, tiger toys….. I even had a real tiger whisker, given to me by a keeper at the Adelaide Zoo. I loved everything about tigers (except the smell!). I would have probably traded a kidney for a domestic orange cat with black stripes in the likeness of Jim Davis’ Garfield, just so I could pretend I owned a mini tiger. 😀 Some girls loved horses, I loooved tigers.

Year of the Tiger appliqué pattern at Clever Chameleon

While my tiger mania has eased over the years to a more casual, kidney-friendly admiration, the Year of the Tiger remains reflexively my favourite in the Lunar calendar. So it gives me great pleasure to finally be releasing the Lunarcy Tiger pattern today. Excitingly, it is also the last Lunarcy pattern to be released until Chinese New Year 2021, when we will celebrate the arrival of the Year of the Ox on time and in style. Despite everything in 2020, we’ve made it!

READ ON TO KEEP COLLECTING YOUR LUNARCY PATTERNS