Home to Roost: Colour & Inspiration Tuesday

Rooster colour board at Clever Chameleon from a photo by Dusan Ssmetana on Unsplash

Last but not Least

The last block to reveal in the Lunarcy quilt is the Year of the Rooster. So we will finish the Lunarcy set today and make plans to start releasing the patterns for this fun quilt.

Year of the Rooster appliqué block for the Lunarcy Quilt at Clever Chameleon

And if that wasn’t enough to crow about, I discovered yesterday that the Royal Agricultural and Horticultural Society of South Australia chose one of my quilts for their latest promotional material. It isn’t of any real consequence, but it made me feel good.

I’ve also dug out a few interesting pics from our recent Coober Pedy side trip, as promised last post. The first is a Wedge-tailed eagle. It’s Australia’s largest bird of prey, and reportedly the third largest eagle in the world when ranked for wingspan. We get them in Arkaroola too, but they are much easier to see up close on the highways, where they take advantage of roadkill. This one briefly posed for me on our way home from our recent trip to Coober Pedy.

Australian Wedge tail eagle

I see your rooster, and I’ll raise you one! At a wingspan of 2.8m (9 ft 4 in), it is a very big, and very stunning bird.

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