Color Quest

Another bookmark finished.  

I thought I'd play around with the background again. 

 First I tried this greenish blue.

Next, I went bold with this bright green.

My third try was this light peach.

And last, this bright, (yes, in real life it's bright) sky blue.

I was fascinated by the differences from one background to the next.  Keep in mind that I have done no editing on any of these.

These two pictures were taken minutes apart, under the same lighting, using the same settings.  The only thing I changed was the fabric background. 

Now, I know my point & shoot camera is supposed to have a mind of its own but I think its power has gone to its head!

By the way, in case you were wondering, the first background gave the truest color.

No Flo, No!

Flo:  "Were you going to use this?"

Me:  "Um . . . yes, I was."

Flo:  "Oops.  Sorry!"

How can I not forgive a face like that?

Okay, so get out the tape and clean it up.  Then on to the photo shoot.

What Would You Do For A . . .

. . .  quilt?   You thought I was going to say Klondike Bar, didn't you?

No, I have a little story about a quilt.  And it's true!  Hmm.  Let's see - should I give you the full story or a shortened version?  Well, since my last two posts were more pictures than words, I'm going to risk being word heavy on this one.

First, a little background.  Sometime last year, my sister, Pamela, and I were looking through the fabrics on the sale table at Pacific Fabrics.  She likes to look for ugly weird unusual fabrics and imagine what someone could do with it.

This one caught our eyes.  Yes - those are green and brown fern fronds on a background of purple with little blue dots.  The challenge was on!

We scouted out some coordinating pieces, only guessing how much to get because, of course, we had no plan or pattern in mind.

Then Pam ordered me to take it home and make something beautiful suggested that I take it and see what I could come up with.

What do you think?  Did I succeed?

Well, I didn't need anybody else's approval (this time) because I loved the way it turned out!  I've always liked the kaleidoscope block - there are infinite possibilities just with color placement.

Okay.  So, finished quilt = end of story?  Nope.

When I took it to quilting group for show-n-tell, one of the young ladies really, REALLY liked it.  Unfortunately, we had already decided that it would be a Made With Love* donation.  We started joking about how she needed to be old, sick, pregnant, or to break a leg in order to get it.  Can you guess what happened next in this quilt story?  Thankfully, she didn't break any bones.  But she did become pregnant!  With major morning sickness!!  With TWINS!!!  No, she didn't do this to get it but there was no doubt about it - she deserved this quilt!

Okay, let's all sing:   What would you do-oo-oo for a Klondike Bar?!

*Made With Love is an outreach group associated with First Free Methodist Church in Seattle.

The Last Rose of Summer

The Last Rose of Summer by Thomas Moore

'Tis the last rose of summer

left blooming alone; 

All her lovely companions

are faded and gone.

No flower of her kindred,

No rosebud is nigh,

To reflect back her blushes,

To give sigh for sigh.

I'll not leave thee, thou lone one!

To pine on the stem;

Since the lovely are sleeping,

Go, sleep thou with them.

Thus kindly I scatter

Thy leaves o'er the bed,

Where thy mates of the garden

Lie scentless and dead.

Speechless

I know, hard to believe.

But really, the only thing I need to say about these pictures is that they were all taken within one tenth of a mile from where I'm sitting right now.  The first three were taken from inside my room.  Not a bad view for a basement.  The rest were taken along our street and around our yard.   Enjoy!