Quilting Owl

I have finished stitching the blocks for my little village of houses, at least for the time being, and will now add some sashing  and then layer and quilt it.  This project is a lot of fun but also quite time consuming and I really need to get on to other designs. I have mentioned before that yellow is my favourite colour so it is not surprising that I just love yellow roses and these were a very romantic gesture from my wonderful husband for Valentines Day. Till next time Frances

I was sorting through some photos tonight and came across a few that feature my favourite colour.  As a child I received a Christmas pressent which was a lovely doll that my mother had dressed in a beautiful yellow outfit and I think this is what started my love of all things "yellow".  This is another Christmas present I received some years ago from a dear old friend and customer who loved to crochet and I just adore this beautiful doily - and I would be lost without my little "buzzy bee" to get out and about in - My favourite rotary cutter and rulers and squares also happen to be yellow - and I always enjoy this tree with yellow flowers beside the local shopping centre carpark.  I might add that it is not all that long ago since this very spot was a canefield and often flooded in the wet season. Queensland would not be the "sunshine state" without its pineapples and bananas and I noticed the other day we have another pineapple maturing in the garden...

" There are painters who transform the sun into a yellow spot, but there are others who, thanks to their art and their intelligence, transform a yellow spot into the sun."    Pablo Picasso I grew up as a family of six girls and our Mother assigned  a colour to each of us and mine was yellow. I had a yellow toothbrush and many of my clothes and school uniforms were marked with yellow cotton thread.  From that day, if anyone asked me what my favourite colour was I would always answer "yellow". It is a colour that makes me feel happy and if it is used with the right balance in a quilt it can certainly intensify the other colours and enhance the quilt. My favourite flowers are yellow roses - I love yellow fabric - new and old Now its time to get back to the machine to finish quilting a bright and happy quilt I have called "A Summer Place" and surprise, surprise it has some yellow in it!!! Till next time Frances