Today, Tomorrow, and the Next Day

Just a couple scheduled posts... I meant to do more but have run out of time. I'll be at another conference -- this time in Indy -- and then I'm visiting family and friends over Thanksgiving.

But I'm taking a project with me to work on. I'll take pictures to show you... ummm, soon, of my Socks.

That's right, folks, I'm knitting again. (Like I didn't have enough fluff-bunny-making fiber arts projects going on already, right?) It just seemed more portable to take knitting along on a multi-phase, multiple states, many nights trip like this one. I've never made socks before but a friend gave me some instruction and instructions... I went out and acquired some size 2 double pointed needles and self-striping Opal wool sock yarn... and away we go. (That's not exactly a pun, or is it?)

So, to recap: Scheduled posts. Then nothing while I'm having turkey and driving a gazillion miles. Then Finished Sock photos. Yea!

100% Cotton, 98.5% Pink

I took my camera along this week to my favorite fabric store...

Happy Shopping for Pink Quilt Fabric Saturday.

Color Series, Part 6

Would you ever think to put together reds as your whole quilt? No? This photo might change your mind. The leaves offer a range from a blue-toned red to a pinkish red, while the positively orange, orange-red berries are held by a deep maroon or burgundy red. Okay, you're right it's not entirely red alone. The merest hint of olive green appears in the stems at the bottom of the photo. Consider that your "ugly fabric" every quilt should have one.

Color Series, Part 5

Sargent's Crabapples, offer a variety of color combinations based on where you're standing:

From a relative distance you see a three color combo -- golden yellow crabapple leaves, off-white overcast sky, and dark shadowy evergreens.

Up close -- the dark greens recede to hints in the background, the shaded golden yellows still dominate but now we add the red of the crabapples themselves.

Where the birds are already feasting the berries disappear. The use of the flash makes the leaves a paler yellow and the damp bark of the stems stands out black-brown.

This next photo makes me think of a quilt done in stripes. Checks (four patch or nine patch) in the grey-white of sky, the yellow of leaves, and the red of crabapples, banded in horizontal bands of sashing in the deep chocolate brown/black of wet branches.

Sargent's Crabapples.

Color Series, Part 4

Maple Leaves

burning golden oranges against an evergreen background

cutleaf salmon and red against cloudy grey

mostly yellow (and a few darks) show up the splashes and dots of pink

Texture for Tuesday

Orange Autumn Witch Hazel Leaves

Painted Cinder Block
with a dash of fall color to frame them.

Color Series, Part 3

An intensely Burning Bush beside the frondsy yellow of the Asparagus bed. The touch of green grass adds a touch of the "cool" colors to the image balancing and grounding the dominant "warm"colors, and making an excellent three color combo for quilting fabric choices.