Orange, Purple, Berries and Red all over......

Warning - the color combinations in this post may be disturbing to some viewers.

It all started at Gwen Marston's Beaver Island Retreat in 1996.  A group of retreaters decided to have a little challenge.  We picked the color orange, that was the challenge, use orange.

I decided to do a twist on a traditional block and this is the quilt "Orange Horse Feathers."

This is the back - a funny Halloween print.

 My friend, Laurie made the label of  dancing skeletons (this ones' for you Tonya).

I had so much fun doing this one, I decided to make another one on my own.  This is the second one "Alleluia".

My friend Mary B. said she always thought "Alleluia" when she saw these trumpets - so this is what I did on the back.  Was she surprised at the time!  Shame on me, no label, must fix that!

I appliqued it by machine with raw edges.  You can see it here.  There is a cool and easy way to do this and maybe I'll do a tutorial some day.

Well, after two, why not round out the series with a third.  I decided to go a little berry crazy on this one.  Okay, a lot berry crazy!!

These are small berries, smaller than a bobbin -

 
I think I'll use this beautiful Kaffe fabric and quilt this up this winter, it's been around for years, probably 10 as a top.

Giveaway!  We've had over 100 posts - I can't believe it~
Thank you to everyone who has been encouraging and left such nice comments and helped me along the way.  I'll be adding a few more things to the basket this weekend.

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