This is a bellflower (campanula) back in bloom. The flowers are on the lower end of the stem. The upper 2/3 of the stem were blossoms-gone-to-seed. (Photo taken at Van Patten Woods on Saturday.)
No leaves, just golden fruit (crabapples?) on this tree at Greenbelt on Sunday.
Apparently the warehouse where many growers' amaryllis bulbs were stored was too warm. I went to Lowe's, Home Depot, and Ace Hardware to buy bulb kits to give as Christmas gifts. They're all sprouted. Either I give them for Thanksgiving or I come up with something else.
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Exploring EQ 8 was the guild's monthly skill-building workshop on Saturday. I've had Electric Quilt since version 4 ($50 from a friend who had an unopened package) and bought each upgrade, but I had barely scratched the surface of its capabilities. I learned so much in two hours! Back home I solved a design conundrum in five minutes and a few clicks.
But that's for the next project.
I spent sewing time finishing the Bingo Board quilt. Ta-da!
I used purple thread and the serpentine stitch in horizonal rows. The back is from Barb M's estate sale. The multicolor binding uses the colors in the blocks.
Linking up with Oh Scrap! Sew and Tell Design Wall Monday
Learning new skills is always beneficial. It keeps us from getting stale. ;) Your Bingo quilt finish is lovely. Thanks for sharing in my sew & tell party.
ReplyDeleteI still have the invasive bellflowers blooming in my back garden. They are way too hardy!
ReplyDeleteI gave up on EQ. I think 4 was my last one. I got tired of the message 'something has gone wrong, the program will close' and I would lose everything I had spend hours on.
Bingo quilt finished up so beautifully--nice work--I love how it came out!!:)))
ReplyDeleteI am really still on a sewing break, but reading blogs still (duh--ovbiously, right??)...
I just finished making my Amazon Christmas wish list with 10 books--do you think people will get the hint that I want books, books, books for gifts???? hahaha..they haven't as yet in previous years....
S I G H...
Our leaves are still coming down here in Oakridge Forest (another duh moment!!) --Tom is getting sick of mowing them...Hopefully soon they will all have done their falling act...
Hugs, Julierose
We watched Thelma just last night on Hulu. We liked it.
ReplyDeleteI sent the link to your previous post about the bingo project to our guild. Perhaps they might to do something similar. Yours turned out so pretty!
ReplyDeleteI love your bingo quilt. The black sashing makes the blocks sing. We didn't have a freeze here yet either but Frost was seen hopping from one field to a roof top. ;^)
ReplyDeleteWe've had frost, but not a freeze yet. Heck, we haven't even turned on the furnaces yet. Your Bingo quilt turned out beautifully. I love EQ, it's so helpful when you are trying to work out a setting.
ReplyDeleteWe haven't had the hard frost yet either. I love your bingo quilt and the way that you quilted it! It is really joyful! The backing is great too! What a fun quilt!
ReplyDeleteYour EQ8 class sounds fun - I am sure there is so much more to it than I use it for
ReplyDeleteThanks for the definitions of frost, hard freeze, etc. we were shocked this am that the temps were in the high 20s. It wasn’t suppose to even freeze. I’m betting my chrysanthemums are goners. I was hoping to put them in the ground and be able to enjoy them next year. I like how you set your bingo blocks. Great way to use up some small squares. I may start sewing 2” sq together with the plan to do something like your quilt. Purple is a really useful color for quilting multicolored tops.
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