Happy Mother's Day

I wish to extend a Happy Mom's Day to my 94 year old mother! She is in good health and can hear much better with her new hearing aid!

Wishing all the moms out there a great day.

Enjoy!!

These tulips are from 2013. This year's tulips are just now beginning to peek through the soil. 

In Full Bloom!

A few days ago, my tulips looked like this:

 
Today, they are in full bloom.

• I did a search for quilts with tulips. Check it out HERE.
• Amish Tulip Quilt
• Patchwork Tulip Block
• Twinkling Tulip
• Folk-Art Tulips
• Tulip Quilts - Pinterest
• Tulip Time
• Spring Tulips
• Tulip Garden
• Tulip Quartet
• Applique Tulip Quilt

I hope you enjoy all these links devoted to tulips!

Happy Mother's Day

I wish all mothers everywhere, a very Happy Mother's Day.

Last year this time, all my tulips were in bloom, as you can see from the photo below. This year, they are about a week behind. Hopefully the buds will open up this week.

2012 tulips in my garden

Happy Mother's Day

To all the mothers out there, flowers to you, from my garden. Yesterday morning this batch of tulips was getting ready to open. When the sun came out, they burst open, in all their glory!

Check out a couple of previous blog posts for Mother's Day HERE, HERE and HERE.
Enjoy!

Spring 2011

Today we had sunshine! I took a quick look around my back garden. Armed with my camera, I captured some of the bright greens of early spring! The first photo will eventually grow into soft orange Day Lilies. The Periwinkle are just beginning to bloom. Soon there will be a carpet of these flowers underneath the Globe Cedar. I can't wait for the tulips to bloom as I don't remember their colour. These haven't bloomed in a couple of years and I have no idea why.

Well, here are some flowers that will bloom all year long (if you make them):
Blooming Lovely
Spring Posies Quilt Block Tutorial
Spring Buttercup Block
Dandelion Quilt
Scrappy Spring Tulips Baby Quilt
A Freshness of Spring (for inspiration)
A Spring Scene (applique)
Flower Power
Leaves of Green    
Many Thanks Quilt
Circle of Violets (this site has lots of small projects)
Spring Tulip Place Mat   
Tulip Garden

Enjoy!

Appliqué Patterns

Here's one of my machine appliqué Fantasy Fish. I love using batiks as the colours are so bright.






As promised in the previous post, I've made a list of a few sites that have free patterns for Appliqué. Have fun checking them out.
Make Baby Stuff is just that, stuff for baby!
The Stitching Cow has a simple house to do.
Lots of applique patterns at the Sacred Spiral.
Bella Online has some wonderful applique patterns that Judie Bellingham found on her web travels. Something like I'm doing.
A simple butterfly at About.com: DIY Fashion
Wee Folk Art has applique done in felt but that doesn't mean you can't use cotton. In fact, check out the whole web site as there are lots of other patterns too.
Have fun with these!
If you like cats, there is a pattern on Craftown.
Block Crazy has free patchwork and applique patterns.
Teddlywinks has a couple of bear patterns to put on a small wall hanging or mini-quilt.
Applique pitchers in a log cabin quilt.
Welcome spring with this flower applique. More flowers here!
Using geometric shape templates in applique.
Stain Glass Spring Tulip

If you have any questions or comments, please contact me.