Kaleidoscopes and colour - a bit heavy on photos!

A big thank you for all the encouragement you gave me after

my last post and the borders are on,

I couldn't get a good full photo so we'll have to make do

with a quarter shot

on a bit of angle - sorry.

  This is the third kaleidoscope quilt I've made and like most kids

I had a toy kaleidoscope which fascinated me.

A few years ago I bought a modern version of the kiddies

"turning the end"model and later another which relies on a huge

marble held at one end and manually rotated. I worked

out how to take photographs of the patterns created - not

an easy task - I've taken a photo of a photo to show you.

I have shots of some amazing patterns, the photos above don't do justice

to the colour.

I love colour, as you all know, in my fabric choices, the sky scenes

and garden flowers. Two days ago I noticed a stream of light hitting

one of my cyclamen and the stem seemed translucent

love this peep of red amongst the greenery.

My husband paints in oils, acrylics and watercolour, I love

watercolour and the strangest things attract me.

He was about to clean off his palette one day when I shrieked to him

to stop, I loved the effect of all the colours used

blending in together.

Another of my favourite colour fixes comes from posts by my internet friend 

Alison Crosthwaite  in the UK. Alison is a spinner and weaver and also a painter,

I rub my hands with glee when I see one of her posts, they explode with colour.

She's just published a book and whilst it's not about quilting I wanted

to quickly show you the cover.

If you're interested

you can see how wonderfully Alison uses colour by visiting

her blog
alisonsartweave.blogspot.co.uk

That's all from me, hope you've managed to get through
all the photos!
Enjoy the weekend.

Maureen