My friend, Terri Webster Schrandt on her blog Second Wind Leisure hosts Sunday Stills. This week she picked the universal color, tan for her color challenge. She called it a more interesting color, burlwood. So that’s it, all you need to do today is find something burly for Sunday Stills.
I’m including this also as FOTD #15. We’re almost half-way through the months of Australia Flowers. This has been such a fun walk down memory lane for Carol and me, so bear with me for another sixteen days.
A Floral Burlywood Quilt in Toowoomba’s City Hall.
As we began the Toowoomba phase of our trip in 2017, we settled into Carol’s regular lifestyle and I began to experience real life in Australia – through her eyes. Carol happens to quilt, and I love quilts.
She took me downtown to view a wonderful historic quilt she had participated in creating as a part of a quilters’ guild. It was on display in City Hall. (If I’m remembering correctly.) I’m writing all these posts from memory, not notes, like a good teacher would do.
I can only show you the burly, flowery parts today. I worked hard to get the glass reflections out of the photos, but failed at some of them. I’ll keep working and you may see some of these pictures again without green and white UFOs. How many UFOs do you see?
Empire Theatre 
City Hall 
We probably saw hundreds of quilts during my visit. I visited her quilting friends and took pictures of all their quilts. We shopped in fabric stores, where I couldn’t go crazy with anything by my camera. And, of course, Carol’s home was filled with her handiwork. I floated around in quilt heaven.
How cute is this burly snail?
Finally I’ll leave you with some burly water since Terri was so kind to link to my #WQWWC Water prompt. I love when we can link one post to several challenges, don’t you? I hope some of you will join us. The only rule is to include a quote. So here’s mine.
“Stir not murky waters if you know not the depth or the creatures that dwell beneath the surface.”
Bryan Davis
Say hi to this gorgeous Toowoomba turtle.
Now my heart is still for this Sunday. I hope you’ve enjoyed my choice of burly pictures. Thanks again to Terri for hosting. Stay with Sunday Stills as Natalie the Explorer hosts for the next three weeks while Terri gets some much needed time off.
Natalie’s Upcoming Themes for Sunday Stills
- Sunday August 22: In The Garden
- Sunday August 29: Afloat
- Sunday September 5: Colourful Murals
Have a burly-tan week!
Marsha Ingrao - Always Write 
27 responses to “Sunday Stills/FOTD #15: Toowoomba’s Premiere History Quilt”
Fantastic photos!
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Thanks so much! 🙂
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What a fantastic entry for flowers. The color is perfect for Terri’s challenge too. Love the quilts 😀 😀
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So we leave the UFOs! 🙂
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Yep. Sometimes you just have too.
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LOL
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Actually, I was really looking at them. I am wondering if they were some kind of small label they placed on them for show purposes.
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No, I don’t think so unless that was a reflection of something else in the room besides my camera. Maybe I wasn’t far off in my UFO theory. No one else noticed, but I captured them on film. Nano-UFOs.
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that is an amazing quilt. and how wonderful that were living an authentic Australian life!
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Thanks Jim. It was amazing – both the quilt and the life. 🙂
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👍
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I’m not sure of the accurate number of participants who helped to create the quilt, more than 100 definitely. It took several years of planning and work to complete. And yes, it hangs in Toowoomba City Hall.
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It turned out so beautifully. I went online to look inside City Hall. I thought I might find a picture that they had of it, but I didn’t find one. I did find more pictures than I remembered that I had, but they didn’t all fit this challenge.
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These are amazing work of art.
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I think so too. Of course, I love quilts and taking pictures of quilts. 🙂
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👍👍👍
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What a fabulous post Marsha, those quilts are something else and you’ve accomplished burleywood perfectly too!!
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Awwww, thanks Deb. Norah has given me a word of the year, too. I think my word for 2021 is FORTUNATE! I’m late to the game, but that has definitely been my life this year.
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These quilts are so detailed and gorgeous, Marsha! Toowoomba City Hall has a magnificent display. How fun for your friend to be a part of it! The burlywood snail is adorable as well as the (what I think I see) UFOs! Thanks for sharing that Natalie will host Sunday Stills while you and I play one of the days!
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I can’t wait! 🙂 I’ll call you Monday or Tuesday. 🙂
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Keep me posted, anytime is fine. We arrive in San Diego this coming Friday, late morning, attend a Helix HS football thingy- then hope over to Phoenix Saturday by lunchtime. I’ll email you my itinerary!
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Sounds good. I’ll talk to you soon! 🙂
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I love quilts, and this one is very unique and beautiful. I can imagine all the stitching that went into it. Love that little snail! 🙂
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I forget how many ladies worked on it. Carol can fill us in on the numbers. It was an amazing work of art. A permanent treasure. 🙂
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The burly snail is rather amusing
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I think so. He’s got personality.
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He looks cheeky
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