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Beary Colourful BOM: A Little Bit Silly Purple Bear

Purple Bear of a Little Bit Silly by Clever Chameleon

I’m sure you know that it’s healthy to let your hair down once in a while. Well, let’s do that today and be just a little bit silly!

Have you got a friend who knows exactly how to make you smile when you think you’d rather be grumpy? Who won’t let you  indulge in the doldrums if there’s even a whiff of ridiculous about the situation? The Purple Bear is one of those people…. and he wants you to smile today! Please welcome June’s Purple Bear of A Little Bit Silly to our growing Beary Colourful family.

The sixth bear in the Beary Colourful Quilt BOM series is a bit of a clown. Totally harmless, but can always be relied upon to liven things up a little. Great to have around when things are a bit glum or the weather is gloomy. Or when you are feeling great too, for that matter. Add this fun bear to your collection for a touch of eccentric on your Beary Colourful quilt.

And then go check out the rest of the 2018 Color Challenge posts for other ideas of how to celebrate the colour purple and enter for June’s prize.

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“Illusions of Christmas” – A New Mini Quilt

It’s the last day of the Spring 2018 Art with Fabric blog hop, and my turn to show you my quilt interpretation of the hop theme “1+1=3”.

What does “1+1=3” mean to you and how would you quilt it? My first thoughts were to produce a set of quirky critters that captured the essence of a young family. But May has been seriously crazy and I had neither the time nor energy in the end to whip up such a pattern from scratch.

The other connotation I was strongly drawn to was the mathematical impossibility of the “1+1=3” statement. And this led me down the path of optical illusions and the deliberate act of placing shapes and colours such that the brain sees things that don’t exist. So that is what I have explored.

I ended up with this mini quilt, which I have called Illusions of Christmas.

Illusions of Christmas

Let me tell you more about this little quilt, the inspiration source and how it came about. 

Psst…… If the green pieces in this quilt look square and straight to you then the  illusion isn’t evident. If this is the case and you want to see the illusion right now, get out of your seat and stand back from your screen. When you are too close to the quilt your eyes are not fooled into seeing what is not there.

Yesterday, upon the stair,
I met a man who wasn’t there
He wasn’t there again today
I wish, I wish he’d go away…
(Hughes Mearns, public domain)

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Tulips Go Supernova – Colour Inspiration Tuesday and Link Party

Tulips Go Supernova color scheme by Clever Chameleon

Welcome to another Tuesday! Thanks for being here…. It means a lot to me, as there is a lot of quality quilting activity on the internet this week!

(Click here if you are looking for my Wish Upon A Star blog hop post from Monday). Of course, stay here if you are looking for your weekly dose of Chameleon colour and quilt inspiration. 🙂 Better yet, do both…..

Do you remember these tulips I showed you last week?

Mother's Day tulips

I received these on Mother’s Day. So they are now over a week old and they look like this:

ageing red tulips

Spectacular and artistic, just as I promised. And very hard to photograph as a group, I might add. Too many divas and not enough limelight.

Anyway, each tulip has opened up to reveal a striking and beautiful 6-pointed star in the centre. What can I say? Mother Nature still has my vote as the greatest designer of all time!

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Three Wishes Monkey Quilt

Welcome to the first day of the “Wish Upon A Star” Blog Hop

Carol at Just Let Me Quilt has organised for you a HUGE treat this week! A supernova of a blog hop, and it all kicks off today. Carol has rounded up 44 quilt bloggers to show you their star-studded sewing projects. Pieced stars, appliqué stars, star-shaped projects, big stars, little stars…. who knows what you are going to find on the Wish Upon A Star blog hop today? And, for that matter, every day this week until Friday! All sorts of fantastic creations, that’s what… and all of them with a star on them somewhere!

Three Wishes Monkey quilt by Clever Chameleon

I get to help kick off this fun week of sparkly goodness today. And since you’re here, that makes it my turn to help you see stars. So, I am showing you a quilt I made for a very special toddler in my life. I made this quilt a while ago, but when Carol announced this blog hop, I knew it was time to share it on the blog. Designed especially for a little boy named Lucas,  it is called “Three Wishes Monkey”.     

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New Quilt Bloggers Blog Hop

New Quilt Bloggers Blog Hop

Blue Clever Chameleon logoWelcome to the 2018 New Quilt Bloggers Blog Hop! And welcome to the Clever Chameleon blog. Make yourself comfy and grab a cuppa. You are always welcome at my place!

Today’s post is a little bit different to my usual fare….. it is my turn to introduce myself on the New Quilt Bloggers Blog Hop.

Altogether, there are 32 bloggers participating in the New Quilt Bloggers support group and blog hop this year, and today the third quarter are introducing ourselves, showcasing our blogs and hypnotising you so that you’ll feel a strange urge to come back and read some more….. hoping you might add us to your reading list. Oh. Too soon?! If you’re not already one of my awesome readers, I guess we’ve only just met….. allow me to help you with that!

If you are a regular, come help me show the newbies around…. (psst, there is a prize draw for commenters). And there is new stuff for you as well, namely my backstory and some future plans. But make sure you are comfy, it’s a looooong post!

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