Flowers, Frogs and Finishes

Tulips while I quilt

My hubby and daughter bought pink tulips with the groceries last week. I hope you’ll agree, they were a very fine decoration to enjoy while I was working on the final stages of my Pond Life quilt. I was particularly struck by the perfect match of the green of the tulip leaves with the greens of my chosen fabrics. So in honour of well-matched flowers and a finished quilt we have the pastel version of the Pond Life colours this week.

Yes, you read that right. Pond Life is finished, and on the correct side of May 1 to boot! Actually, there are no boots in my pristine pond – just water lilies and frogs and other water critters. Today’s post also sees my finished Island Batik/Accuquilt baby quilt hanging out at my local wetlands, and our weekly colour & inspiration party features. Enjoy the eye candy!

Pond Life – the Recap

The April Island Batik Ambassador challenge was to use the Accuquilt Ready. Set. GO! system supplied to me to create a baby quilt. The Island Batik fabrics, HOBBS batting and most of the Accuquilt dies used in this post were also provided free to me to facilitate this quilt. I chose to create a 8″ QUBE sampler quilt that also doubled as a frog and lily pond montage, now known as Pond Life. You can find out all the details of this quilt in last Tuesday’s Colour & Inspiration post.

Since that report, I have completed the quilting on Pond Life – which mostly involved stitch-in-the-ditch around the pieces of the flowers. I decided it might be nice for them to be smooth and lightly quilted in contrast to the rest of the quilt.

And I have added a dark blue binding.

Then I took it out into the wild…..

Before I collected the kids from school today, I stopped by my local damplands to take some pics. This spot is supposed to be (and has previously been) lush wetlands, but we are currently having trouble sourcing competent rain dancers. Luckily for you, the internet is still smell-free and I found some angles that make the most of the swampy water that remains. Enjoy my little photo shoot!

I hope you have enjoyed this month’s quilt journey with me. Many thanks to Island Batik, HOBBS and especially Accuquilt for making this quilt possible.

Let’s see who caught the Chameleon’s imagination last week

Carla from Creatin’ in the Sticks linked up her bright rainbow dresden quilt. This quilt is so happy, I love it. We all need a bit of uncomplicated happy in our lives, so don’t miss this little gem.

The Chameleon also felt just a touch of a celebrity as he imagined new fancy Carla windows for his mind palace. He hopes this fun quilt also sparks your imagination and gives you a little lift. 😀

On a much more serious and educational note, Frédérique at Quilting Patchwork Appliqué introduced the Chameleon and me to a type of quilt I had not heard of before. A Tifaifai quilt. A bit like a Hawaiian quilt but from Tahiti, I have added this to the list of quilty things I *need* to try. Frédérique has some great info about Tifaifai quilts and a pattern for one of her own designs on her blog too.

Thank you to everyone who linked up their fabulous quilts and related projects.

Can you colour the Chameleon next week?

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!

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The Chameleon turns rainbow with pleasure when he hears from you. I am more reserved, so I will respond in gratitude by email instead. Now that it’s your turn…. Scroll right to the end, leave me a comment and tell me, what do you think? Thanks for connecting!

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