Branches and Blossoms: Colour & Inspiration Tuesday

The Lunarcy Quilt continues today

Wasn’t the “It’s A Garden Party” row along this past month fun? I hope you were left with lots of resources and ideas. Now that that intermission is over though, we should return to our regular programming to see what the Chameleon’s been working on.

The big event in the main ring at Clever Chameleon’s circus at the moment is the Lunarcy Quilt, and it’s definitely time to get on with it! So, Part Two of the Lunarcy Quilt pattern is available for you to download today. This new pdf supplies you with all the appliqué templates you’ll need to create the branches and blossoms for the Lunarcy Quilt blocks, ready to add the animals and lanterns.

And the latest news at Arkaroola? Well, it has finally rained!

At Arkaroola lately

As I was madly finishing up my Spring Garden Party quilt and posts, I didn’t have time to tell you, but it rained. Not just the few showers and sprinkles that we’ve been having occasionally, but a measurable amount of proper Spring rain. In fact, the second best rain they’ve had here all year, and the best by a mile while we’ve been here. It wasn’t exactly “all the rivers run”, but we did get some running water in the smaller creeks and a morning of muddy fun. This is what our part of the Outback looks like when it rains.

Incredibly, the water stopped flowing within a couple of hours. It was really quite astounding how quickly it just disappeared. Most of water in the creeks didn’t reach the main river bed in any significant way and the little that did, spread out or filled shallow waterholes. So the main river barely trickled at all. But the culvert under our driveway was convincingly wet and audible, so I feel like I can say I’ve experienced running water in the Outback now. 😀

The water that soaked in is already having a profound effect on the local flora. Hopefully next week I’ll be able to show you some of how the surrounds have greened up. And the tame Sturt Desert Pea wildflowers in our yard are sending up flower buds too. Stay tuned.

The next Lunarcy Quilt installment

The Lunarcy Quilt was supposed to be a BOM, but thanks to the twists and turns that have been 2020, it is now a BOWIFLI (block of when I feel like it – thanks Kathleen for the new acronym!). My proposed end date is still February 2021.

This quilt pattern is very kindly supported by Island Batik, who supplied all the fabrics to me for the sample. The fabrics I used are detailed in the pattern, and are all from their Foundations Basics and Blenders collections. This means that if you wish to use any or all of the same, they are still available through your favourite Island Batik stockist.

blossoms and branches download

Today’s pattern installment is called Branches & Blossoms, because that’s exactly what you will find inside. All the templates for the appliquéd branches used on the entire quilt, and the three appliqué flowers sizes too. Next week we will have the first animal appliqué pattern – the animal symbol for this year – the Rat. A most appropriate mascot for this year, methinks. But for now branches and blossoms.

**** It is really important that you print this pdf at 100%, otherwise your pattern pieces will be the wrong size for the quilt blocks. Turn off any “fit to page” options in your printer dialog and ensure that the printout size is set to 100%. There are check boxes supplied in the document. If your printout is successful, these will measure 1″ square. The document is designed to fit on US Letter and A4 paper. ****

The Lunarcy Quilt measures 75.5″ x 94″ and is designed for a single/twin bed. Part 1 of the pattern lists the fabric requirements and details how to put the quilt top together. It is your choice whether you prefer to do this before or after the appliqués. You can download Lunarcy Quilt Part 1 here. There will also be 13 appliqué files, of which today’s is the first. The remaining twelve will cover the animals of the zodiac.

I hope you will enjoy making something from this pattern and I’d love to see what you’ve made if you do. If there are any problems with the file, please let me know.

And, your weekly dose of Linky Inspiration….

It was a big week in quilt blogland this week. It seems there is quite some sewing ramping up as the weather in the Northern Hemisphere cools down. Here’s a small taste of posts you might enjoy.

That’s your Chameleon Quota for the week. Now it’s your turn to share!

Tell us – what are you working on, or have recently finished in your sewing room? We want to know so we can visit and be inspired. Link up a blog post, an IG post or simply a photo from your computer.  See if you can get the Chameleon to turn quilted with happiness. We’d love to see your quilting colours!

• Link up your latest or recent quilt/sewing excitement. All quilt construction stages welcome – finished quilts, quilt blocks – even fabric pulls! Or inspiration sources!
• You have 50 characters in the link description…. tell us who you are and what your fantastic project is.
• URL links are not necessary to link up…. non-bloggers 100% welcome! If you don’t have a URL, you can link up with just a photo.
• Take a moment to visit some friends who came to the party – leave a little love and make their day. And a link back to Clever Chameleon is always appreciated.
• Do it now……. before you forget!

---

Would you like to keep in touch with Clever Chameleon and the fun quilty ideas I design as well as find all over the internet? You can follow directly for email updates, or through Bloglovin’, Pinterest, IG or FB. All your follow options can be found here. Don’t forget to link up all your current quilting projects on Tuesdays at our Colour & Inspiration Linky parties!