Today I celebrate one year as a DCP Blogger! It has been a great experience. I have enjoyed all of the friends I have met, learning new things every day from other bloggers, and looking at my world in a new and different way. I would especially like to thank all of you who have stopped by and visited. You have made me happy to share Sequim. Today I am sharing our annual “in the lavender” photo. Joining me are “baby girl” and “my big boy”, the shining lights of my life.
This smiling lady was a volunteer at Angel Farm. They had a French Theme with food from Cest si Bon. As you can tell by her shirt, she belongs to Soroptomist International. It takes a lot of volunteers to make the festival happen. I have posted other Lavender pictures on an additonal page (under the picture on the right). By Wednesday I promise to move on to something else.
At the farms today there were lots of people with cameras…and why not! The lavender was in it’s glory. Rumor has it that the power outage was due to a fire at the Luella substation. People lost power from Diamond Point to Carlsborg. Fortunately it stayed on at my house. I had quilters here and they do like to have their machines running. We will see tomorrow when the PDN comes out. We are small enough here that we do not have a Saturday paper.
Those of who live in Sequim awoke to soggy skies this morning…our Sunny Sequim had changed. By afternoon the rain had stopped. On my home from class, I stopped by Angel Farm and took these pictures. The fragrance was heavenly!
The thumbnails show…1) a sign to welcome you to the farms…don’t forget you need an admission button which will get you in to all the farms, 2) the deep purple banner that marks the entrance to each of the farms, and 3) some of the many colors of lavender available.
Each year agricultural students at Sequim High School design and make these wonderful baskets. Some hang from the street lights…others like this one sit on the ground. A quality flower basket is not cheap to produce. Local businesses help sponsor this project. This one was sponsored by Hurricane Coffee Company. Wooden barrels of lavender will go out this week.
4 more days until the Lavender Festival and the Quilt Show
I am home after a week of sewing, classes, finishing UFO’s, quilt shows, shopping, etc. etc…and I am inspired. Since 1991, with one exception, I have traveled to Sisters, Oregon for the Quilters Affair and Quilt Show. I am never disapointed. Today I have included three thumbnails of projects I worked on while there. The first is the quilt pattern “Square Dance”, by Martha Thompson. The fabrics had been cut out for a long time…once I finally got it pieced, I discovered the yellow was too bright for the other fabrics…so it turned in to a perfect quilt to practice machine quilting. After the show, I will block and bind it.
The second thumbnail is one of the reasons I love digital photography. If you are unsure of block or value placement in a quilt, simply take a digital picture and you can instantly see where you need to make a switch. Can you tell where the value placement is incorrect in this wall hanging?
The third thumnail is a pattern I tested for Beach Garden Quilts a couple of years ago. At the time I was having a devil of a time with my points. It was put away and it was only last week that I finally got it all put together. The pattern is called Eagle Harbor Summer. I love the secondary patterns it creates. None of these quilts will be in this year’s show…tomorrow I will show you ones that will be.
When the Lavender Fest started 11 years ago, I remember going to Purple Haze with my friends Mark and Jessica. It was wonderful then…and now it is just breath taking. Click on the thumbnails to see the the drying shed, the farmhouse, lavender big and small, a finch feeding and several kinds of lavender I don’t have in my yard…I plan to remedy that situation. 20 days till the fest…are you coming?
Sunshine Herb and Lavender Farm their second year on the Lavender Festival Farm Tour, (July 20-22, 2007) is located to the East of Sequim. It is ideally located to be your first stop if you are coming from out of town, or your last stop when you are leaving. They haven’t had the farm open that many years, but the work and effort is very evident.
I’ve linked the thumbnails so that you can click and enlarge. (thank you to Patricia who called my attention to the fact this is their second year)
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