Natural gradient

I captured the sky over the weekend as the grey clouds parted and a small sliver of blue peeked through.

I thought this would be an excellent gradient scheme to knit something with, not sure what exactly, but great all the same.  Now to find yarn in those colors.

Or try to dye some myself.

Nature is so inspirational.

Patti

 

Quilt inspiration

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Inspiration struck me at my local Lowe’s store last week. I stopped in my tracks when I saw these huge posters of snowflakes.

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Not just any snowflakes.

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Huge, colorful snowflakes.

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Huge, colorful snowflakes that could become a quilt.

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Another customer saw me snapping these pictures with my phone and looked at me like I was wacky.  But that stop me from explaining how I saw the snowflakes as possible patchwork quilts.

After looking at them for a few seconds, he agreed with me.  And walked away rather quickly.

Inspiration in an unusual place.

Have you been inspired by anything unusual?