Purple

 Yesterday was a day of flowers.

I got flowers.

I love flowers.

 The best I ever got was from my daughter.

I put them in my purple vase.

Put my favorite bird by them.

I enjoyed them for a long time.

A little touch of purple

 I love the fading flowers of fall.

Each morning when I awake I look out into

my gardens and find inspiration.

I am blessed to live in such a beautiful place.

 Yesterday we went to Shipshewana for a concert

and dinner for my 71st birthday.

Perfect way to celebrate.

Great music and great food.

It has been a busy week.

I am working hard on my Quilt National entry.

Hope to finish up be Wednesday.

Than to finish art needed for my show opening

the end of October. Life is good.

Interesting and varied.

Have a great week-end.

Pretty in purple.

 I do love the color purple.

Right now the garden has lots of purple.

From the iris to the gazing ball.

 I got Gwen Marsten's book Minimal Quiltmaking.

Read it cover to cover this week-end.

Loved the book and loved the quilts.

Especially the pale colors in the chapter

on minimal color.

They remind me of sunsets and sunrises.

the insides of flowers and other things

soft and pretty.

I see some of this in my future.

Invasive Flower

My garden seem to be a haven for the butterfly bush.

It reseeds itself everywhere.

Not that I mind I love butterflies and flowers.

I really like purple too.

I have deep purple and light purple.

So I think I will just let it have its way

with my garden and look forward to a sea of purple

swaying in the wind with zillions of butterflies

flitting here and there.

Bonus pack for FotoFiber

My third bonus for the Foto Fiber fundraiser.

Batik, hand painted, hand dyed fabrics

Purple and light green my favorite colors.

Beads to match.

2 landscape quilt cards

and a skein of hand dyed thread from my Artfabrik stash.

Check out the web site to the right of my blog.

All you need to know about the American Cancer Society

fundraiser in February.

A chance to win the yellow Barns II art quilt too.