Favorite Things Friday

are my flowers.  Right now there is a dearth of flowers in my garden, but there is statis. I love this plant.  It gives beautiful deep purple flowers with white centers.  They stay looking good for a long time and then you can cut them and use them as dried flowers inside.

I'm looking forward to more flowers.  Pretty soon my yellow Lady Banks will be showing color like here last year - this was just the start of the season:









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Applique Thursday and More 1/26/12

Finally, I'm back to applique.  I was able to trace and begin back basting the third Jubilee Album block. Here's how far I've gotten. 

How's that for strange?  Can you give me a title for this one?  It should be three words - like Eyebrows raised high - whatever phrase you come up with that comes close to what this block is.  Hint - you can go back to 2011 posts about these blocks to help you win.  I'll send a fabric fat quarter to whoever's phrase I pick.  Winner will be announced next Wednesday.  Oh, yes, you can guess as many times as you can think of phrases.  Good luck!

And I'd love to see your eye candy whether it's applique or other - it's fun to see what you post.  Use the blue button below.

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The blog, Pocketchange, (with great and useful information, loads of links to how-to-places, and lots of tips, photos, as well as places to shop, etc)   asked me if I'd like to be featured on their Best of the Web segment which comes out on Wednesdays.  And I'm in today's!  So hello to all the new readers, welcome. And to all of you, stop by tomorrow if you're interested in a quilty related "giveaway".