Fun Quilts You Can Do Too
This weekend I tackled a couple of outstanding projects before the month closed out. My cat DrEAMi mini quilt for the Make Modern birthday celebrations and, more importantly, my Dandelion Dream quilt for Island Batik.
Continue reading “Livin’ the Dream….”
You need to finish up your Blue-Violet creations before the end of Wednesday and get them linked up to Patterns by Jen for your chance to win a $25 voucher for Cherrywood Fabrics.Continue reading “Succulent Blue-Green: Colour Inspiration Tuesday and Link Party”
When my samples of Blossom Batiks – Splash fabrics from RJR arrived in the post, the first thing they reminded me of was sweet pea flowers. Probably because my hubby’s Gran used to grow sweet peas every year, in colours not dissimilar to these. Blue-green leaves and two-tone purple flowers.
And as it turns out, this was a very helpful association to have. Because, as well as the October Beary Colourful bears, I had promised RJR a thankfulness-themed project featuring these fabrics. And……. when I did some research I found out that giving sweet pea flowers as a gift means “thank you”. “Thank you” in general, and more specifically “Thank you for a nice time”.
And from this connection, an idea was born!
To follow the development of my thankfulness wreath quilt so far and also collect a 20% discount code for Electric Quilt products valid until 23rd October 2018. read on.
Here in Adelaide the 1st of September is officially Spring. But the signs have been around for a few weeks….. a lot of native plants here flower in late winter before it gets too hot and dry. Likewise, the pesky possum who persistently calls our shed home has been wearing her latest baby on her back for a while now.
Last weekend we had the opportunity to meet a Filipino lad we helped group-sponsor through university. The meeting was held at the Adelaide Zoo, which of course was bursting with both flora and fauna Spring-ness. The flower above is a banksia planted near the little penguin exhibit. We have about 170 species of banksia in Australia, with an incredible diversity in the plants, leaves and flowers. Plenty of inspiration for a quilt among them, that’s for sure.
Here’s another completely different but also beautiful banksia from near the Australian sea lions…….
Continue reading “Banksia Bonanza: Colour Inspiration Tuesday and Link Party”
During September we will celebrate all things pinkish-purple – partying on the red side of violet. And then in October we will even things up with the bluer side of the colour family. All very pretty, to be sure.
Purples are high on my list of colours to feature on a quilt. No difficulties there. But I am a little worried about one thing. I suspect what two months of thinking about soft purples really means is……. I am going to spend 9 weeks thinking all too often about berry-flavoured frozen treats…. mmmmm….
So, to make sure I am not alone in this torturous state, there is one Berry Colourful Bear appliqué coming right up!
There is also lots of new blog hop action for September, a Pattern Tester call and last week’s quilter link up features all packed into this post. Welcome back to Colour Inspiration Tuesday at Clever Chameleon!
Continue reading “Vibrant Violet: Colour Inspiration Tuesday and Link Party”