Gratitude and Glimmers #111

Welcome to my post of glimmers (of joy and wonder) and gratitude for the month of September. You can find links to more posts like this one at LeeAnna's blog, Not Afraid of Color.

It is in the wild places, where the edge of the earth meets the corners of the sky, the human spirit is fed. 

--Art Wolfe

Rather an apt quote for this month's gratitude post.

1.  What a glimmer this was!

This wee moth was having a daytime snooze in one of my mandevilla vine flowers. Wouldn't you love to be tiny enough to have a nap there?!

Biblioasis

Biblio was the name that kept coming to me, for obvious reasons, as I worked on this quilt. Then I remembered the name of a really good bookstore in Windsor, independent of course, and it just kept coming back to me, so that is what I have named my quilt, but the perfect name, Biblioasis, is the store's.

Of course I had to photograph it in my very own Kingsville Public Library, resting on a book trolley, not currently in use! The statue in the background is of Jack Miner, aka Wild Goose Jack, an avid bird conservationist who lived on land just north of the town. Yes, that is a Canada goose beside him.

A Couple of Flimsies

Just a quick post today to update you on the latest project. Here is the flimsy for my Bookish quilt.

I am so pleased! I got this picture first thing this morning before any real wind came up, often a problem around here. It took me quite a while to shuffle the blocks around to try to evenly distribute colours and patterns!

Holiday Star

A little over six weeks from the first test block I made, back on July 18, and I have a finish! Holiday Star is done, and the pattern should be ready within a few weeks. 

It's pretty dramatic!

Gratitude and Glimmers #110

Welcome to my post of glimmers (of joy and wonder) and gratitude for the month of August. You can find links to more posts like this one at LeeAnna's blog, Not Afraid of Color.

Not all storms come to disrupt your life; some come to clear your path. 

--Anonymous

1. We enjoyed a two-hour cruise on the Detroit River with Windsor Premier Cruises this month. It was one of the offerings during Windsor's Prohibition Week. During the 13 years of prohibition in the US, Windsor became a major site for rum-running, as it was a short boat ride across the water, or, in winter, car ride across the ice (though many fell through) from Windsor in Canada to Detroit in America. As much as 75-80% of the alcohol smuggled into the States went through this corridor! (source: Tourism Windsor Essex) Rather disappointingly, there was only a few minutes of information given at the Hiram Walker distillery in Windsor. The largest distillery in North America, it is currently owned by Pernod Ricard, a French company. "They produce 170 different brands under the Pernod Ricard, Hiram Walker, and Corby labels." (Windsor Star)

downtown Windsor as seen from the boat

Take Two - Eden Quilt

Like a bug bite you just have to itch, I just had to make the second quilt with the Eden and Blenders 10" squares. I don't have any in-process photos, just a few finish ones.

This one is going to be a comfort quilt, most likely destined for the Windsor Sexual Assault Centre. I give them one or two quilts each year.

Kitty Karma

I’ve been making a real effort this year to work through some of the precuts in my stash. I recently turned my attention to 10" squares, aka layer cakes, according to Moda. Here is another, originally intended as a comfort quilt for perhaps the Ronald McDonald House. However, the quilt had other ideas as to where it needed to go.

Lounging on a lounge chair.