Photofinish

After a day of sweltering heat on Saturday, we got to Alden Lane at about 7:30. Our booth was set up already, it was nice and cool, so we sat on a bench to eat our breakfast and enjoy the view.

This was the scene that greeted people each morning as they came to the nursery.

Since they had to rehang the quilts on Sunday morning, the view from our booth now included the fronts of every other quilt.

Loved the backs of these two quilts:
And this color wheel just made my heart sing.
It was a great weekend, even with the heat. The local quilt shop in Livermore is going to teach classes using each of my patterns, and as always we made new friends and connected with old friends.

I'll leave you with this parting thought...

A little tease...

We got our booth set up this afternoon. It was hot. Hot. Tomorrow it is supposed to be 103! Maybe Livermore, California, didn't receive the memo that fall has officially begun. Shouldn't the weather be crisp in the morning and balmy in the afternoon?

So here is a little collage of pictures as the nursery looked today. So gorgeous and colorful. Just wait until the quilts are hung from the huge old oak trees tomorrow. Definitely "one in every color."

Profusion of Color

On the fourth Saturday and Sunday of September, a most amazing event is held here. Quilting in the Garden was started eleven years ago by Alex Anderson . Alden Lane Nursery is such a spectacular place that even if you don't like gardening and really have no interest in quilting, you would probably just enjoy being here. There are gigantic oak trees dating back over 300 years, and early on both mornings volunteers come and hang quilts from tree to tree. Everywhere you look, this is what you see:

And I have no doubt this would make someone REALLY happy:

And this would too.

And who wouldn't love these?

Around the Block Designs had a booth again this year. Last year we got rained out, even though that meant people were ready to shop since there were no quilts to seen among the trees. This year we had beautiful weather and met lots of great people.

Check out the action on this video (with appearances by Around the Block Designs toward the beginning and again at the end--obviously professional actors were not used in the making of this video).

So if you are ever in the Bay Area around the end of September and are looking for a jolt of color, check out Quilting in the Garden. You won't be sorry.