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September 4, 2018January 19, 2024

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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August 28, 2018January 19, 2024

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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August 21, 2018January 19, 2024

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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August 14, 2018January 19, 2024

Dragonfly Disco – Colour Inspiration Tuesday and Link Party

It’s done…. my dragonfly/garden/lattice Great Outdoors Island Batik quilt is done and is ready for show and tell tomorrow. Just in time!

Tomorrow is my turn on the Island Batik Ambassadors blog hop and my job is to showcase the freshly released Victoria and Albert batik collection. I am sharing the day with Barb from Bejeweled Quilts, who was allocated the same fabric line as me. I can’t wait to see what Barb has done with them. And I can’t wait to see you back here! Because……

I have a problem to solve and fabric to give away. All you have to do to try to win the fabric is tell me what I should name the new quilt after I show it to you tomorrow. My daughter, the quilt’s recipient, will pick her favourite name from your suggestions and the winner will receive a taste of the Victoria and Albert fabric line as a reward. And there will be a runner-up fabric prize as well. International entries welcome……. I shall tell you all about it tomorrow, but there is some intelligence you can gather from an earlier progress report if you’d like to get a head-start.

Island Batik Ambassador blog hop

In the meantime… do you like my finished dragonfly?

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August 7, 2018January 19, 2024

Dragonfly Dance – Colour Inspiration Tuesday and Link Party

Dragonfly Dance color scheme by Clever Chameleon

Oh Happy Day (oh happy day….), Oh Happy Day (oh happy day)…..

……when my ScanNCut (when my ScanNCut)….. cut my work away…. oh happy day….!

So, you know I have a new toy, right?…. the ScanNCut CM900 I purchased a few weeks ago. Of course you know…. the blasted thing keeps popping up in my blog. Well, I waaaaas going to stop going on about it after the snow globe project. But…..

I was in the shower the other morning, musing over the technicalities of my current quilt, as I so often do, and a light bulb went on. Not just any light bulb either. The whole supernova mirrorball affair. With trumpets. The works!

mirror ball