Christmas Eve 2019: Colour & Inspiration Tuesday

Just a quick note to wish you all a very Happy and Safe Christmas

And a Goodbye from the penguin boys! They are putting their sneaky adoption plan into action and have activated their Christmas parcel disguise.

The guys insisted that they had to present you with a little something before they leave.

So, here’s their Christmas birdsong to you.

A Colourful Christmas Song from the Darling Dulcet Duet

We wish you a vivid Christmas
We wish you a dazzling Christmas
We wish you a brilliant Christmas
And a tasteful New Year!

Bright colours we bring
For you and your inner penguin
We wish you a vibrant Christmas
And an aesthetic New Year!

Those penguins! They’re a dose of laughing gas. But now they’d better get packing.

With a wave from Mario and a blow kiss from Luigi, that’s a wrap!

A last taste of Christmas!

If you are still in the mood for Christmas reading, try these posts linked up this past week from the Chameleon’s internet friends:

Dear Kathleen of Kathleen McMusing has written you a tutorial on how to use the wonderful characteristics of batiks to make no-sew Danish Stars. The first time I came across these decorations was when a Danish work colleague and friend taught them to me using Danish paper cut especially for this tradition. Good memories, right here.

Wonderful Sandra of mmm! Quilts, linked up this cute little cottage full of 3D adornments and Christmas charm…. and the Chameleon moved straight in. Make yourself at home? Don’t mind if I do!

If anyone asks, Santa broke in via the chimney, and invited Clever in through the front door.

The Chameleon is house trained, and he doesn’t mean any harm. Truth be told, he’s hoping to find a penguin in one of these parcels. He misses them already. Awwwww.

Luckily, he’s easily distracted.

Creative Melva of Melva Loves Scraps has been working on her Time for all Seasons quilt. She’s added a few blocks of her own design…. including this Christmas Tree, with a tutorial if you want to make one too.

And thoughtful Andrée of Quilting and Learning has written a post of strategies for chilling if the stress of trying to do it all in the holiday period gets to you this year.

Time to say Goodnight, have a lovely Christmas

That’s it from me, time to go to bed before Santa skips my house!

But spare a thought though for my fellow Australians who have lost homes and livelihoods in recent days to fires, and everyone else doing it tough these holidays. The fires that almost seem inevitable this year hit our region at the end of our heatwave last week. Four record breaking hot days followed by thunderstorms was never going to end well. If you have a firefighter or other emergency personnel in your family, I hope you get to see them for Christmas and give them a big virtual hug from the rest of us.

And treat us for Christmas with a picture of what you’re working on or just finished. 😀

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!