The Colors of Spring

I hope you had a wonderful Easter with family and friends!  The weather here was spectacular and we enjoyed good food with family after a lovely Easter service at church.  He is risen!  He is risen indeed!!  I finished my spring quilt yesterday and couldn't wait to show you.  The pattern is from the book, Easter Threads by Need'l Love and is called "Easter Parade".  It was very fun to make. I think the dusty aqua fabric really makes the quilt, it is from the Notting Hill collection by Robyn Pandolph. The pillow was made last year and is from the book also. This is the third project I have made from the book and certainly not the last.  Don't you just love the colors of spring?  My friend Stacy, who I had the pleasure of meeting this past year at the Swapaholics Retreat,  sent me the beautiful mini quilt.  Stacy's quilting is divine!  The quilt is the perfect backdrop to my new Easter decoration, the Thorn of Crowns.  I just love them both!  As you can see, Easter decor was popping up all over the house.  It is so refreshing and I plan on leaving it out for a long time! I pray you are having a good start to your week!

The Colors of Spring

I was very excited yesterday to make my annual trip to Countryview greenhouse with my friend, Diane.  Walking into a greenhouse is like walking into paradise for me.

I was struck my the similarities between the flower colors I chose and the quilt that I just completed.  This is a custom order graduation quilt and the Mom and I shopped together for the fabric.  

The Mom is an artist specializing in painting and she has a wonderful eye for color.  I enjoyed shopping for fabric with an artist who comes with a different yet similar perspective on color.  This quilt is from Camille Roskelley's new book, "Simplify".  It was fun to make!

I would like to take a moment to answer a couple of questions from some past posts.  Yesterday's bag was made from fabric called, "Betty Dear" by Darlene Zimmerman for Robert Kaufmann fabrics.  It is a reproduction and I actually saw the original fabric at a barn sale earlier in the month.  The original was more blue and less aqua.  Both are wonderful.  The white flower in my last "Friday Pretties" post is Trillium.  A friend of mine brought it to me from Ohio when I moved here almost eight years ago.  It's a reminder of my years living there.  This is the first year in all these years that the plant has produced another plant several feet away from it.  I was so excited!  I apologize for not answering questions more often and I will make a point to do so in the future.  Blessings!

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