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Saturday, we had blue skies and sunshine. Dad wanted to visit the ghost towns, so we packed up lunch, snacks and water and took a road trip.
I’ve posted about some of the ghost towns before, so I’ll give you wildflowers. The hillsides were in full bloom this day and were lovely to behold.
Clicking on the photos will not only give you a larger view, but also the name of the flowers.
This fella was also out and about, enjoying the beautiful day!
To see posts on Old Molson Ghost Town, click here, here, here, here and here.
To see other ghost town posts, put ‘ghost town’ in the search bar on my blog.
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Using Electric Quilt , I am playing with the Alpine Cross quilt block this week.
It is drawn with a 5 x 5 grid.
For the practice, I prefer to draw it myself, but if you have BlockBase, then search for #1876a.
Here is what Alpine Cross looks like in a straight set:
I thought I added a great border. Now I think it is too distracting. I’d change that if I were going to make this quilt design. LOL!
Next, I added sashing and cornerstones.
I like it much better.
What if I move the color around?
Take the time to play with color and value placement. I should’ve changed the color of those cornerstones. Sometimes moving color and value around makes all the difference between an okay design, a good design, and a great design. And more often, it is simply a matter of personal taste.
You can change the color scheme altogether too. I tried to choose a woodsy, masculine theme for this exercise. The pink is really needed to create the contrast (although a very light beige or white would’ve worked very well). Keep contrast in mind when you are choosing color and value.
I also kept the fabric choices to a minimum, just for simplicity’s sake. One could certainly get very scrappy if one wanted to.
I deleted some lines in the Alpine Cross block, to come up with an alternate block. It simplified the design and I like it. Some of the blocks are rotated too.
Again, I altered the Alpine Cross to create another alternate block. Now I have more to play with, and the designs are getting interesting.
What do you think?
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LC's Cottage 