Quilt News! Cannon Beach, Oregon Vacation, My Log Cabin in Furrow Variation Quilt Now Basting by Hand.... September is Almost here!

Vacation house we stayed in at Cannon Beach, Oregon.

Hydrangeas, lace cup variation, in Cannon Beach garden.

My Log Cabin Quilt in Furrow Variation , 44" x 44", ready for hand basting.

Cannon Beach, Haystack Rock, looking out onto the Pacific Ocean.

More gorgeous gardens, Crocosmia, Hydrangea, Jupiter's Beard etc....

Asters are superb this time of the year, in Cannon Beach garden.

 

Hello Quilt Friends!

 

I'm back from our family vacation in Cannon Beach, Oregon and recovering!

Cannon Beach is a vacation town and the gardens and vacation rentals are kept up nicely. The beach is huge and majestic, the weather was mostly sunny with a little wind making it just about everything you could wish for. So aside from a bit of sunburn and glare headache it was great! 

 

Today I cleared off my work table for hand basting my Log Cabin in Furrow Formation quilt top, 44" x 44". The blocks are approx 5 x 5". I have another quilt top that I might get hand basted while I have my work table cleared. Something different to get focused on right? 

And that is the quilt news from the valley where I'm getting back into the swing of things. What do you do to recover from vacations? Have you started on new projects for fall yet?

I'll be by to visit.....

Quilt News, Scrappy Heaven, Four Patch on Point Quilt Top Finish, Bar-B-Que at Lake Wilderness, Color in Nature is the Muse for Today....

At Lake Wilderness, bar-b-que coals burning down, almost ready...

Four Patch on Point blocks in piecing process.

Blackberries are getting ripe.

I don't know its name but the flowers and colors are beautiful.

Oregon Grape grows wild in the PacNW.

Black Currant also grows wild...

My Four Patch on Point top pieced with border, 48" x 54".

Tiger Lily at Wilderness Lake Arboretum

One of my scrappy art quilts, Three Pinwheels, showing why I like white/neutral borders.

 

Hello Quilt Friends!

From the valley where summer weather is easy living. Walks in the park and through Lake Wilderness Arboretum are on the daily schedule. Blackberries are ripe and we're picking them for freezing for winter treats, pies, cobblers, a little jam, etc.

And I finished piecing my Scrappy Four Patch on Point quilt top and added borders, done at 48" x 54". Beth at Four Patch Fourways! has a good tutorial on ways to finish Fourpatch blocks that helped me in deciding the finish for my Fourpatch blocks. Thankyou, Beth, great inspiration!

Thinking of color inspiration and color in nature? ...which is easy this time of the year, visit Jean Wells at her blog, Dreaming in Color, an Invitation From Nature for her inspiration and beautiful photos on texture, line and color.

That is the quilt news from the valley, where I'm remembering to be thankful and helping out when I can. Are you enjoying summer's bounty, what's your favorite wild fruit? Or favorite fruit at the Farmer's Market?

I'll be by to visit.