At least that's what the calendar says. And I must admit it was a very lovely day here today, and I lolled a bit outside in the chaise lounge this afternoon.
And if the flowers are a little late to bloom, I can just check out my current quilt in progress. After all spring is the time for tulips, right?
A friend shared a tulip block pattern the other day, and I decided to give it a try.
But, oh my, I didn't know I'd be able to have so much fun in the planning stages. My daughter Anna Maria visited over the weekend and brought me some goodies. Her daughters (5 & 8) could hardly wait to give them to me. Seems like such a little thing, but my daughter knows me well enough to know that I would never buy it for myself:
graph paper and a 24 set of nice colored pencils.
To plan quilts of course!
So after she left, I got out the tulip block pattern and went to work.
This is the resulting plan:
And of course I wanted to use Anna Maria's fabric for it, specifically Chocolate Lollipop.
The multicolor (Bohemian) will be the sashing.
And until I see the first tulip around here, I'll just enjoy my fabric ones!
5 comments:
That block looks adorable!!!
Ooh, very pretty!
That is a fabulous block!
Ohhhh I love it Mary Lynn ... just absolutely love it! And did I tell you how much I love the pillow below??? Hope it's a good day for you my dear :)
I rarely ever comment here, but check it all the time.
I found it on A.M.'s blog. Always very interesting and you never seem to run out of energy. This new tulip pattern is just delightful and I thought how beautiful a pillow I could make using the design and of course with all this fabric stash of AM's beauties! You just keep me inspired and between mother and daughter I will never be caught up!! Take care..
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