My box arrived from the Fat Quarter Shop. I am really pleased with all of these pre-cut squares. They will not get worked on for awhile as I need to finish the Dear Jane, Insanity first. I think I am going to make a charm quilt with a bunch of circles on squares – maybe alternate a gray fabric with a white fabric. All of these colors will look good on those backgrounds – the dark ones on white fabric and the light ones on gray fabric. I have a piece of gray put aside that I had not found a project for – I have some white but don’t know if I have enough so I will have to measure when the time comes to start and see what I have or possibly use a combination of whites – that normally works out good.
the box of fabric, a possible pattern and white and gray fabric
a peek inside one of the stacks of 40 squares - 12 stacks with 40 in each
I was going to try to find some fall color to share but every where that I had seen nice color at the other day had fallen to the ground — where there was a pretty tree there was no place to stop and take a photo of it at. I ended up going to the walking trail for a walk today and brought the camera with me to the trail this is at the Bona Dea Trail on the edge of town, it is a bird/animal sanctuary. There was some color but not a lot of it. I took the walk that goes around the back area where the swamp is it is about a mile and a quarter loop. Here are some photos.
the beginning of the trail in the back area
part of the swamp
the little building in the distance is the bird blind if you go inside of it, it overlooks the swamp and you are hiden from the birds and sometimes get lucky and get some good photos - I didn't get any birds but here is a turtle
another part of the trail - a little fall color here
this photo is from the bird blind at 3 this afternoon - it wasn't real sunny today but a nice comfortable day for a walk - around 62 degrees I think.
November 12th, 2009 at 6:51 pm
Oooo love the box full of goodies!! What fun you are going to have sewing them up.
Crispy
November 12th, 2009 at 10:27 pm
I am with crispy a box of goodies.
November 13th, 2009 at 6:32 am
That box looks delicious and how wonderful to have such a nice trail at your disposal. How often can you see wild turtles in most places in the world?!
Cheers,
Christine
November 13th, 2009 at 6:56 am
Lovely pics of your swamp and walking path. It will be fun to see what you do with your sampler pack!! Thanks for the lovely respite! Jayne
November 13th, 2009 at 8:41 am
here in Arkansas we see turtles all of the time – they are everywhere for about 8 months of the year at least. It is very common to see about 10 of them at a time on a log at the river banks and in the swamp area they are all over the place! We even have them in our yard although they are good at hiding and you don’t see them real often.
November 13th, 2009 at 6:24 pm
Beautiful fabric, Karen!!!
Real yummy!!
Are there gators in that there swamp???!!!!
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November 14th, 2009 at 2:26 am
That’s a lot of yummy fabrics Karen! I’m sure you’ll make something beautiful out of it!
Love the Arkansas nature!
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November 14th, 2009 at 2:38 pm
Yep, I am with the others in drooling over your wonderful box of goodies! You must be in fabric heaven. I’ll look forward to seeing your circles. Since you are a prolific applique person, I assume that you are going to hand applique the circles onto the backgrounds? Should be fun to work on.
November 14th, 2009 at 3:57 pm
Yes if I decide to make the charm quilt with the circles they will be hand appliqued in place – something that I can prep circles in advance and then put in a box and bring with me when I want to work on them.