A Walk Through A CHIHULY Garden...............

There isn't any better day than one when the temperatures are pleasant; Skies are partly cloudy and we found a parking place in the Botanical Gardens lot!!  Of course, we are there 10 minutes before  opening time--there is already a line forming for entrance--but, we are here!  What's the occasion?? The Chihuly exhibition set up throughout the Denver Botanic Gardens.  We had tried one other day to visit, but alas, all the lots were full. 
We are in-- and what a wonderful greeting........................................!

"Blue Icicle Towers"

Let's Walk.....................

Glass globes blend in with the plants...................

"Summer Sun"

warms the soul.................

Water features "Monet Pool Fiori"

A view of all three of the exhibits in the lily pond area

 

"Float Boat"

Let's continue through nature grasses garden

 

"Blue and Purple Boat/Walla Wallas"

"Polyvitro Crystal Tower & Blue Crystals"

 

"White Tower"

"Persian Towers"

Nature sits above the glass petals...............

"Turquoise Reeds"

"Perennial Fiori"

along the walkway...........

the lovely sights continue

Inside we see "Ikebana"--what a fabulous walk through a Chihuly Garden! 

 

Where Does The Road Take You???

Where does your road take you?  What if we take this path?  What will we find along the way?

What will your eyes spy? 

What colors will you see?

What will your ears hear?  Trickling waters?  Songs of birds? or just quietness of the day?

What textures will you feel?

What shapes?

What delicate features will you experience?

 

What will your sense feel as you wander along the path?

 

Take a walk along any path

experience the breeze in the grasses

smell the freshness of the air

Love every ounce of your surroundings

 

Enjoy the delicateness of Natures' Queen Anne's Lace and

walk through that tunnel of darkness to the light--

Enjoy that walk you take and absorb every sense of being! 

QOV--Allegiance Quilt

Have you begun your QOV--Quilt of Valor--from the mystery steps that are being given by Alycia Quilts ?  Each Thursday for the next few weeks, there will be steps to complete a quilt and as usual, I'm a sucker for mysteries plus this quilt will go to a good cause.

Step One!  Cut those fabrics 5.5" to make half square triangles--Alycia has good photos to show you exactly how to do that. 

Next step, sew those 1/2 triangles together...........

And now we have those two sections together

Moving onto Step 2

 

This one was pretty straight forward with little cutting and sewing.  2.5" strips sewn together and cut into 9.5" sections.  We wait for step 3....................................

 

Bonnie Hunter Club Meeting

It's that time again--a gathering at the Bonnie Hunter Club. We were small group this week, but time was well spent on our current challenge--Mountain Majesties!

This is definitely a scrappy quilt along.  Susan used flannels for her mountains--ah, it feels so good!

She tagged each row with an orange post a note to keep track of where each row went

Pam is using batiks--just awesome!

She had all the batiks in her stash; just needed to purchase the white

Pam also showed off her wall hanging "Wonky Town" taught by Marti French

We found lots of hidden treasures in her 'town'

upcoming quilt workshops at Wooden Spools-- this Quilt of Valor

The assemble of this quilt will be fun and go for a good cause

Another upcoming class--a way to use up those scraps in your stash!

Neat blocks..........

And speaking of scraps--our fearless leader, Jessica, brought a huge bag of scraps that 'exploded' on the table.  "Pick through these for our next challenge"!  There is something addictive about pawing through someone else's scraps!