Block 9 and we are on the home stretch for my Secret Garden Mystery! This month is the second (and last) extra block for September. Because....
..... I think we ALL get back to serious sewing in September! It's kind of a quilter thing, right?
Our Block 9 is 'Flamingo Gardens' in Florida!
The Bonus block is a repeat of Block 2 with the squares in different colors and some twirled a bit! I will show you on the video that part so you can see it.
I have a little back story to share about flamingos.. are you ready?
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Now read on ...for a little flamingo love today....
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I knew we had visited Flamingo Gardens, so I went searching for photos... it was awhile ago! Before my phone camera took very good photos, so they are a bit fuzzy... but.... look....
oh my! The first photo I found was a stop at South of Border, for a snack and a visit with GIANT Flamingos...
This cracks me up!!
This photo is from the garden's website. I want to share a little 'back story'. I have this memory of a 'pink Flamingo' encounter when I was a little girl.. of seeing them behind a fence and being so incredibly exited to see PINK BIRDS!
I asked my mom if I really saw Flamingos or was it just a dream... it seems when I was very little we went to the Bronx Zoo and I did see Flamingos. I guess it left a life long impression on me as I have loved them ever since!
Besides the birds, my favorite thing at the garden is the Wray house in 1930's Florida style
I really want to go back to this garden now... If you live in Florida and want me to come teach, fill out my form and we'll see if we can work it out!
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Ever since picking this block I've been dreaming of Pink Flamingos... Should I make a Pink Flamingo Quilt? Use some Pink Flamingo Fabric (by the way .. i did do that many years ago, I wonder where that quilt is?
I pulled a few Flamingo things into a design collage for inspiration, that large Flamingo collage pattern is DIVINE
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