Wandering Camera – October Linky Party

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Welcome to the month of October’s Wandering Camera linky party.  This photography project has been a wonderful experience for me so far.  I can’t thank you enough for visiting, for your lovely comments and for sharing your photos.

I experimented a lot with my camera in September.  I took photos of subject matter that is new to me.  I also played a lot with light, specially with sunlight.  I like photographing into the sun to see what effect that has on my photos.

Here are my photos from the month of September –

 

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1. Finally figured out the secret of growing basil

2. Box full of colours

3. Lighting up the evening

4. Flamenco dress

 

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5. Venetian glass pens and ink from our Florence trip

6. Clock above the fireplace

7. Standing out

8. Couldn’t resist a paint named Venezia

 

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9. Dreaming of hydrangeas in our garden

10. Intriguing shadow

11. Industrial

12. Coal and steel captured in glass tiles

 

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13. Dryburgh Abbey in watercolour

14. Making a quilt for my orange furball

15. Orange Sparklers

16. Melody awaits

 

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17.  Picturesque Napa by the river

18. Remedy for heatwave

19. Ephemeral

20. Joy of a finished quilt – Squares Plus

  

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21. Banned Books Week

22. Dredging the riverbed

23. Damaged post office building after the M6 earthquake of 2014

24. Life is back to normal in Napa now, for both residents and tourists

  

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25. Facade

26. Fabric flowers

27. The state of my brain mirrored on my desk – both are sorted now :)

28. Wild flowers in our garden

    

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29. Forest bokeh

30. Mopped-up oil paint, the start of next month’s painting projects

 

Telephone Box Quilt Pattern | Whims And Fancies

 

Working on Wandering Camera and creating the Lego Harry Potter quilt patterns is hardly leaving me any time for other sewing projects.  I have a stack of printed patterns sitting on my desk, waiting to be stitched.  However, while I was going through some old photos, I came across a few travel photos from the past.  I had to sneak in a little bit of drawing time on the computer to create this pattern and share a little peek with you.  Hopefully I will be able to sew it soon.

 

As I was compiling the sets, I was thinking how looking at every photo always evokes certain memories for me.  Places, surroundings, sounds, activities, just to name a few.

Then I came across this video.  Photography is so much more than just learning techniques.  So instead of writing a tutorial today, I will leave you with this –

 

Update – Unfortunately the video has been removed from youtube.

  

How amazing is that!!  Lets keep those shutters clicking.  Now it’s your turn to share.  I can’t wait to see your photos!!

 

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You can add any number of links to your posts from the previous month. The posts should have photos in them, with a story or anecdote. Your project photos (quilting, sewing, painting, knitting, etc.) are most welcome. You can also write a new post to link up. Please do not link up posts that are older than the previous month, they will be removed.

Please make sure to include the badge or a text link back to this site on each post that you link up. You can also add the badge to your blog. I am happy either way as long as you link back :-)

Spread a little encouragement amongst each other.

Wandering Camera is a monthly event that will run on the first Thursday of every month. If you follow me via email, bloglovin or facebook, you will get a reminder.

Have fun!!


 
I am also linking up on Photo Friday, Life Thru The Lens, Through My Lens, Our World Tuesday and Friday Photo Journal along with with other linky parties on my Events And Links page.

 

 

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Squares Plus Quilt Pattern

Squares Plus Quilt Pattern | Whims And Fancies

 

 

I drew this simple and easy pattern quite a few months ago.  It all started with my wanting to make a plus pattern quilt, but I wanted to do a bit more than the traditional plus blocks.  While fiddling with the design, I added the little squares on top.  That became my Squares Plus pattern.  Then I got distracted by other shiny new things and it lay forgotten.

 

 

Squares Plus Quilt Pattern | Whims And Fancies

 

 

A few notes about the pattern – 

The pattern includes both paper piecing AND regular piecing instructions.

This is a very beginner-friendly and scrap-happy pattern. It should be fun to use up some scraps for this block.  Charm packs can be used as well.

 

 

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These were the two colourways that I was originally going to use. One day when I make a larger quilt using this pattern, I will probably go back to one of these two.

 

 

Squares Plus Quilt Pattern | Whims And Fancies

 

 

In June there was an abundance of yellow and orange colours in the photos I took for my Wandering Camera project.  Inspired by those colours, I made the first Squares Plus block.

 

 

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It was such a fast block to make, I had the rest of the blocks done in no time.  Then a multitude of summer events happened and unfortunately they were stowed away.  Recently however, I really wanted to finish this quilt.

 

 

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Remembering how much I enjoyed the wavy quilting on Floating At Dawn,

 

 

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I quilted this one with wavy lines too.

 

 

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The recipient of the quilt was keeping me company whilst I worked on it.

 

 

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This little quilt reminds me of a breezy day in the midst of flowers, water and grass.  It makes me smile to see my beloved kitty sleeping peacefully on it, hopefully dreaming of the things I envisioned in the colours of this quilt.

 

 

I am also linking up on Photo Friday, Life Thru The Lens, Through My Lens, Seasons, Our World Tuesday and Friday Photo Journal along with with other linky parties on my Events And Links page.

 

 

 

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