The Avant Garden

and in between all the insects and sweat, the Avant Gardener has been busy busy busy. First, here is a (Why do crows exist?) jus' caws pic of the No One Arch:

so called because it was the the first arch to appear in the No One Else Has One Garden. I love daisies.

The talk of the Rockpile is of desertion, as I have been busy with that time-sucking quilt project. I did as much of the work as possible in the Avant Garden, and the quilt is loaded with Sunshine and various pieces of organic debris. The top is complete and so is the binding ... leaving only the quilting. Tomorrow. And a few more. Here is a pic of the Avant Children with the quilt:

This detail shows the way I did the top:

The River (blue) has an overlock stitch edging on it in bright, multi-colored thread, each layer of the "topo map" is that way, so it appears the energy emanates from the water and flies up the mountains into the sky blue sky. The binding is yarn sewn with more yarn on the edge, and the bottom panel is a polyester king-sized sheet. Just 854 more hours and it will be done. Then what?