I've had great walks the past few days. So many wildflowers! Waterlilies, purple coneflower, Queen Anne's Lace. Monarda, gray-headed or pinnate prairie coneflower, chicory. Elderflower, mountain mint, broadleaf arrowhead.
Mulberries are ripe but hard to reach. Black cap raspberries are easier to get to though the canes are scratchy.
Two mulberries on the left, black caps on the right. The cap I wore was a handy way to carry them.
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Last year I improvised a carrier out of a grape leaf. He ate all the berries in the car.
In the studio: Jasper, the top-along, is a flimsy. 2-1/8 yards used.
This year the guild is having a half-yard challenge. Participants chose four half-yards of fabric from their stashes. Names were drawn and partners assigned. The four half-yards were exchanged. The challenge is to create a lap-sized quilt using those half-yards (and any additional fabric). Due date: September (a flimsy will be okay, quilted and bound optional).
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Busy days ahead. I leave for Ireland on Friday afternoon! It will be my 50th Road Scholar Trip.
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You found a lot of pretty wildflowers! And raspberries, too - yum! What is the name of the block in your Jasper top? It's a neat one. Ireland - that's so exciting - hope you will share photos with us!
ReplyDeletegreat idea for a challenge! lovely wildflowers....so excited for you and your trip, and for mine as well...it's lobster for me and guinness for you...LOL
ReplyDeleteI did a challenge like that once, except we swapped "ugly" fabrics. My quilt came out GORGEOUS. Woohoo-- Ireland on Friday. No pressure, but can you post pictures? The ones I have seen area always beautiful and green. Can't wait to hear all about it. Safe travels, Nann.
ReplyDeleteOh have fun in Ireland. It is the land of my paternal ancestors. I went there in the 1990s and would love to go back sometime. Mulberry trees grow wild here and make a terrible mess. I am constantly cutting down fast growing saplings. I had one giant limb of one fall near my veg garden in last storm. I need to get out chain saw for that one. We used to make jam and wine with mulberries but now they just fall and make messes everywhere and attract raccoons. I like how clever you were with your "harvest basket ". Oh, and I really like Jasper. Looks wonderful made of shirts.
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