First day of autumn, yesterday was a wonderful, perfect equinox day!
Mom, our friend, Paula and I set out to have a little fun at a local quilt shop. Here, near the shop, we are in a city park with an antique railroad car.

The night before, we had been at the Quilt Guild meeting and were given a dark red solid fabric to use in a challenge. I had jumped right in and started this but now needed a fabric for the outer edges of my "Seeking Balance" contemporary design ....

This one, from the shop's sale fabrics should work very well! It is a" RED, White and maybe a little BLUE" challenge....well, mine is quite a bit blue. I am loving indigo again.....


There was also this yard of purple Amy Butler "LOVE" (retro 60's!) fabric. I think a skirt for my granddaughter could be just what it needs to become!

Today, inspired by all the exposure to quilting....I am going through my stash, trying out fabrics which might set off this hand-pieced and appliqued block of a blackbird on a "Russian sunflower".


And, THE package came today!...I now have 21 balls of medium indigo "TRUE BLUE" cotton yarn to use in knitting this "Cornish Knit Frock" [ from "Indigo Knits" by Jane Gottelier].

Cherries in the garden....


I've just come back into the air conditioned house after enjoying watercolor painting in the garden. What a beautiful day for the last of June!

An impressionistic sketch of the garden, it is getting more tangled and full of French marigolds and snapdragons. The photos show the "real" thing today.

Shameless self-promotion again, I'm afraid! This bag has just been listed in my shop!
I have the day off, a different work schedule this week with the Fourth of July holiday. It is a perfect summer day! I just love being out by my garden, so will now head out there and see if my birds are using the birdbath, or maybe I'll see a butterfly. At any rate, I can carry my lunch out there, with some raspberry iced tea.
Hope you are having a good day!

It's almost time to find my quilted flag placemats....and cut a bouquet from our garden.

A bouquet of a different kind.....
In cleaning my sewing/art studio I set to work on a bag
of bias binding strips. They are rolled up and pinned
waiting to finish the edges of future quilt projects.
Back to work on this now.....