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Banksia Bonanza: Colour Inspiration Tuesday and Link Party

Banksia Bonanza color scheme from Clever Chameleon

Welcome to Australian Spring! 

Here in Adelaide the 1st of September is officially Spring. But the signs have been around for a few weeks….. a lot of native plants here flower in late winter before it gets too hot and dry. Likewise, the pesky possum who persistently calls our shed home has been wearing her latest baby on her back for a while now. 

Last weekend we had the opportunity to meet a Filipino lad we helped group-sponsor through university. The meeting was held at the Adelaide Zoo, which of course was bursting with both flora and fauna Spring-ness. The flower above is a banksia planted near the little penguin exhibit. We have about 170 species of banksia in Australia, with an incredible diversity in the plants, leaves and flowers. Plenty of inspiration for a quilt among them, that’s for sure.

Here’s another completely different but also beautiful banksia from near the Australian sea lions…….

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Beary Colourful BOM: Healthy Choices Red-Violet Bear

Red-Violet Bear of Healthy Choices appliqué by Clever Chameleon

Today we truly have a Berry Colourful Bear to add to our Beary Colourful family. Please welcome the Red-Violet Bear of Healthy Choices!

Red-Violet Bear is so bursting full of health and vitality you could probably catch a wellness from this guy! He chooses good healthy food full of vitamins and antioxidants. He chooses clean air, drinks lots of water, exercises regularly. And he knows that treats are only “sometimes foods”. If there is a healthy choice to be made, Red-Violet Ted is all over it like a rash. He is of course too perfect to be true, and can get a bit irritating like the aforementioned health issue. But he isn’t into guilt trips. He just genuinely wants to inspire you to be just a little bit kinder to your body today than you were yesterday!

Beary Colourful Bear BOMPlease welcome the very energetic and springy Bear of Healthy Choices to the Beary Colourful family. I’m not sure this quilt is really big enough to contain him, as he looks ready to leap off his block. He also looks good enough to eat, but you’d have to catch him first!

The ninth bear in the Beary Colourful Quilt BOM series is super enthusiastic about all things good-for-you. Add this healthy bear to your collection as a reminder to live well and be kind to yourself. And then go check out the rest of the 2018 Color Challenge posts for other ideas of how to celebrate the colour red-violet and enter for September’s Monthly Color Challenge prize.

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Vibrant Violet: Colour Inspiration Tuesday and Link Party

 Vibrant Violet colour scheme by Clever Chameleon

September and October are going to be Very Violet for the 2018 Monthly Colour Challenge

During September we will celebrate all things pinkish-purple – partying on the red side of violet. And then in October we will even things up with the bluer side of the colour family. All very pretty, to be sure.

Purples are high on my list of colours to feature on a quilt. No difficulties there. But I am a little worried about one thing. I suspect what two months of thinking about soft purples really means is…….  I am going to spend 9 weeks thinking all too often about berry-flavoured frozen treats…. mmmmm….

So, to make sure I am not alone in this torturous state, there is one Berry Colourful Bear appliqué coming right up!

There is also lots of new blog hop action for September, a Pattern Tester call and last week’s quilter link up features all packed into this post. Welcome back to Colour Inspiration Tuesday at Clever Chameleon!

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Fabulous Freebies – Quilt Binding Resources and a Free Appliqué Pattern

Have a Really Great Fall appliqué pattern at Clever Chameleon

Today is the fourth day of the Fabulous Freebies blog hop. Isn’t that Great!?! 

This is the hop where we get to tell you about our favourite online quilting freebies….. resources we have found or written in the past and still love now. And there are plenty of new freebies going around too! This generous hop is hosted by the very interesting, funny and talented Joan of Moosestash Quilting. If you are not already a regular at Joan’s you are missing out, not just on fun quilting banter, but her unique garden and her adorable kittens too. Do head over there once you are finished here!

My contribution to the Fabulous Freebies hop today is a post rounding up my favourite binding tutorials. And I have a new free appliquéd wall hanging pattern for you as well – to try out your new favourite binding on. It’s big enough to have a good honest try at a binding technique, small enough to finish! Create it in readiness for Fall (of course if you are in the Southern Hemisphere you have a LOT of time to get this done before next Autumn). Regardless, it is a fun cheeky design and I hope it gives you a smile.

That’d be better than Great. It’d be……

Really great appliqué at Clever Chameleon

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Fabric of Nepal – Colour Inspiration Tuesday and Link Party

Nepal Colours color scheme at Clever Chameleon

Gifts from Nepal

At times my husband travels overseas for work. One of the conditions of him being granted domestic leave to do so is that he brings back something interesting from the country(s) he’s visited. 🙂 These days his peace offerings are often fabric – did I ever tell you hubby is one smart little cookie?! Fabric bribes are quite an effective grease for the bureaucratic wifey wheels  around here. lol

With Paul just back from his latest trip, the question of the week is….. what to do with my new pretties?

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