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Lunarcy Quilt: Year of the Rooster Block Release Day

What a fowl year it’s been for many. With a bit of luck though, our collective year of rising roosters is coming to an end. And I’ve got a fitting appliqué to send it on it’s way. Today I am releasing the Year of the Rooster block for the Lunarcy quilt.

Year of the Rooster appliqué for the Lunarcy quilt at Clever Chameleon

It’s been a few weeks since I managed to put out a blog post. Time flies (much more effectively than a rooster) at the best of times… and November/December always have us in an extra bit of a flap with birthdays, end of school year commitments, Christmas and so on. This year we’ve added travel and moving house to the mix, so I have no real hope of keeping up. Still, I have a couple of things I can crow about. I am glad to say that school is out, our eldest wrapped up the year with a bunch of successes, and our first moving trip is done. One more big moving trip to go. As for Christmas… that’s 10 days away, right? Plenty of time…..

READ ON TO KEEP COLLECTING YOUR LUNARCY PATTERNS

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.

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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