Quilter's Camo

For those neighbors across the big pond "camo" stands for camouflage. This is a style of clothing formerly mainly popular with those folks who took hunting seriously. You know, people who hide in woodsy areas carrying big guns hoping to bag that 37-point buck.

If local fashion is any indication, I can only presume that half the population of Western North Carolina has either been out hunting or wish to hide from the rest of humanity. All you see around here is camo. From vests to boots to tents, if you want to hide it, buy it in camo. Pretty soon, they're going to come out with "camo cookies" for those folks on a diet who really don't want to know where the calories are.

Last Sunday, while I had my "Procion crayons" out, I played with a few other colors. It cured all week under plastic and this evening I retrieved the perfect camo fabric for quilters.



We don't want to hide. By golly we want to shout - "HERE I COME, I'M A QUILTER."

Until then, keep stitchin' . . .

Sidetracked

I made the mistake of opening the pandora's box of hand-dyed fabrics. Several dull, uglies needed to be over dyed.

Fall is definitely in the air.



Won't this make great leaves!

Warm earthy browns with just a touch of red.

I love playing with my dye crayons. Let's hope the warm weather holds out a bit longer as I've another stack to do this coming weekend. So stay tuned, but until then . . .

Keep stitchin' . . .