temperance, swallows, trees, strawberries, and lightning

Strawberry Basket

 My first thought with the strawberry (dude says hi) basket was to go with red, but in digging through the stash I couldn't help but think these pinks were better. I think they are.

Streak of Lightning 

 I've been saving this fabric for this blocks for months, well, maybe a year.  I knew this would be perfect to represent a streak of lightening.  Bright and almost neon, a perfect portrayal of lightning.

Tall Pine Tree

 Pine trees around here are rich, deep green.  This is not. I did think, however, that this was a pretty shade of green and I wanted to use it.

Swallow

 We had swallows nesting on our house when we were kids.  They were beautiful and they annoyed the cat. What more could you want from a bird?  At any rate, my swallow block is grey to bring home the neutral colored swallow.

Temperance Tree

I'm not going to lie.  I'm drinking an old fashioned as I type this.  This block is my way of honoring the old fashioned which is made with bourbon (a manly brown liquor), bitters, ginger ale, cherry, and an orange.  A pretty, pretty orange.  And, probably, an improper way to honor the temperance tree.  But, then, I'm not one to really honor the temperance movement.

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Storm Signal

Red skies at night, sailors delight.  Red skies in the morning, sailors take warning.  This is a signal to get you through the storm.

Star of Hope

It was fun to use this star patterned fabric for this block.  I won about an eighth of this pattern at the Sewing Summit a couple of years ago and was happy to see it in my stash. I believe this was a gift from Fabricworm, so props to them!

Squash Blossom

Speaking of Sewing Summit, this patterned fabric is what was left over from fabric I took there for a fabric exchange.  One of the lovely ladies there organized a color wheel exchange and each participant was assigned two colors to bring a stack of 5 inch squares to switch out with the others.  I was assigned yellow and yellow-orange.  I thought the seeded pattern would be fun for a color wheel and, in this case, fun for yellow colored squash blossoms.

Next up, strawberries, lightening, and a sparrow.