Flower Gardens

 I live in beautiful Fort Collins, Colorado
located along the foothills of the Rocky Mountains and

home of Colorado State University.

One of the advantages of being a university town

is the outreach to the community.

CSU is well known for it's

horticulture department and the research it does

on different annual plants and their tolerance

to high altitude, arid conditions,

wind and hail.

(Sounds like a great place to live.)

Actually, it is

and the Annual Flower Trial Gardens reminds us
that flowers can grow here.

 

It's a beautiful place to come and stroll

and enjoy all the different varieties of flowers and color.
The air even smells sweet.

What better place to take some

photos of a flower garden quilt than at

a lovely flower garden.

 The pillar print by Andover and Di Ford
has made a fantastic vintage style border.

The colors in the border were
the perfect guide for choosing the
fabrics for the hexagons.

Each corner came out differently because of the
miter, but the pillar still
flows around the quilt.

The sun was beginning to set and the
surface of the quilt was washed with
a soft golden light.

The nearby geraniums were a brilliant red which
caused the reds in the quilt to pop and show off too.

I'm thinking,
I might have to hand quilt this one,
but we'll see.

There was an older man sitting on a bench
enjoying the evening and he watched curiously as
Running Man and I moved the quilt
from place to place
setting it with different groups of flowers.
I don't think he ever figured out
exactly what we were doing.
Hopefully,
 we didn't interrupt his quiet evening too much.

Until Next Time-
Kyle