Chameleon connections

Here are six new chameleons. Can you spot the mutation...yes, its a chameleon with a dark body and light legs. He's also inside out. You may have seen the batiks with metal spotted dots painted on the surface...something I would typically avoid. However, the "wrong" side was quite nice and chameleon worthy.

I have also started working on the layout for the chameleons. Each block has a connecting twist in the branches in the center. And yes, this means the chameleons will be sewn together with partial seams...one of my favorites. But I've also decided to continue the branches out into the sashing which requires a reverse connecting knot to make the branches match up.

Since I'm working on a half inch grid, the sashing is 2.5 inches. This adds to the size of the quilt...so to keep the quilt within bounds, I'm going to only have eight chameleons across the top...reducing the total down from 50 chameleons to 40.

And now please indulge me while I complain about the unrelenting oppressive summer here in Portland, OR. I am under a suffocating heat dome with humidity so thick it feels like I'm covered in a layer of spit. Oh wait...Buddy...get off of me and stop licking me! I am not your support animal.

Also, Buddy has decided to be a cat. He has taken to laying down in the middle of doorways and then stomping off with indignation if I try to step around him.