#maple leaf
No country is perfect, and all of them have dark chapters they’d rather forget. Everyone is allowed to do whatever they want on Canada Day, and that freedom to express ourselves any way we wish is exactly what makes this country one of the best.
We are free to celebrate or mourn on Canada Day if we want to, because people made the highest sacrifice so that we could have that choice. Rather than point fingers, spread hate, and encourage division… we should instead come together and try to build a brighter future for all Canadians.
That’s what I believe July 1st is supposed to be about; a celebration of not just Canada’s accomplishments but the greatness that is yet to come. That is what I will choose to do on Thursday as I look forward to better days and years to come on Canada Day.
PJ
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Warm sunny autumn day ☀️, a maple leaf and some dog feet
{ aph canada x aph japan | maple leaf | burnt orange }
Stop the world ‘cause I wanna get off with you.
Pictures are not mine.
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The big brains behind Canada’s good sex.
(Not sure about the photographer. It may be Manitoba’s Purdy Morgan.)
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Modern Maple Leaf Table Runner: For this month’s Riley Blake Not So Basic project, we were challenged to use Riley Blake Designs “Shades” fabrics and a modern take on a maple leaf block to create a table runner.
I have made many maple leaf blocks and (many!) maple leaf quilts from when we sent charity quilts to Fort McMurray (and even have this tutorial)! So, I wanted to try something a little different than I’d done before.
I made two maple leaf blocks and a bunch of half-square triangles. I played around with the layouts until I found something I liked, then adding the blue and grey to square it off. I quilted with straight lines and did faced binding (so the binding doesn’t show on the front) to keep things simple and modern. It ended out at about 16 x 30″ finished.
We have already been using it on our table! It’s been a nice bit of colour and patchwork in our dining room. Thanks so much to Riley Blake Designs andChristopher@the_tattooed_quilter (IG) for the challenge!
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