Quilt Parade!

As promised, I've been working on client quilts in earnest this week!

Freehand hearts and flowers run rampant on this vibrant baby quilt.

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Another one by the same quilter - so bright and cheerful!

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Modern Twist finishes this scrappy beauty.

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The next one will be a grad gift for a client's grandchild - such a special gift to give and receive.

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Blue thread over the embroidery doesn't interfere with the motifs on the "train" quilt.


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We have had some gorgeous weather this spring - unusually warm - which means . . . flowers!!!
Well, flowering shrubs, anyway!

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I took a picture of the tippy top of our flowering plum because I thought the branches were pretty against the sky. The whole shrub was swarming with (happy) bees, so I didn't hang around for long.

Also a spring thing - I'd saved some chocolate tomatoes (for seed) in the fridge over the winter. Very scientifically, I might add - thrown in a bowl with a note on top saying not to eat them. I stuck their sad-looking remains in some dirt in March, moistened the works, and waited. And waited.

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Last week some green clusters popped up! Each cluster came from the seeds in a single tomato. There are a lot of seeds in one little fruit.

Not all the tomatoes have sprouted - only 5 clusters out of 15 possible - but I consider this experiment to be quite a success...all things considered. (I feel obliged to remind you of its scientific validity. Ha!)

I will let the plants grow a bit before attempting to untangle their roots and separate them. If even a couple are successful we will have tomatoes coming out our ears - they are heavy producers of delicious cherry tomatoes. Wish me luck!

Try, Learn, & Grow!
Carole
P.S. I'm on Instagram under my blog name FreshofftheFrame - see you there!

Comments

  1. What a beautiful parade of quilts. I need to try combining the hearts and flowers. I have always done one or the other, but the combo is adorable!

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  2. This was such a fun and happy parade! Your quilting is lovely and finishes the quilts perfectly. Good luck with those tomatoes - I love your scientific methods! :)

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  3. Loving all the inspiration and colour. How have I never heard of chocolate tomatoes???

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  4. That was a fabulous parade :-) thanks for sharing. (Baby will love those prairie points - you, I imagine did not...;-)
    I think your scientific experiment was quite clever and I look forward to watching the tomato progression. I will be entirely dependent of the kindness and generosity of others for homegrown goodies this year...

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  5. I've been wondering what you've been up to. I enjoyed your parade of quilts.

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  6. Hooray! Your chocolate tomatoes made it! I used to start my own heirloom tomatoes every year - under shop lights in the basement.
    Carole - the way you finish quilts to compliment the design is always a joy to see!

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  7. I especially love those bright ones at the start. And hurray for the power of seeds! Hope they're still doing well. I recently ate a bought tomato which tasted a bit funny and when I looked the seeds were sprouting green inside the perfectly good, healthy looking tomato. Seeds are incredible things, really didn't do anything for the taste though!

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