I wasn't surprised that the RSC-21 color was green because March 17 is St. Patrick's Day! Also, I think all of us are waiting, maybe a little impatiently, for spring. I'm not of Irish descent but know I'm ready for green grass and my flowers to make an appearance!
Green is one of my favorite colors to stitch with. I used up quite a bit of my green fabric and scraps when I cut out enough pieces for a lap quilt using this block, Four Leaf Clover, designed by Stash Bandit, also known as Diane Harris. Diane spoke to our quilt guild in Wichita several years ago and just coincidentally, her logo is perfect for the pandemic.
Here's the link to the free pattern: https://stashbandit.net/four-leaf-clover-quilt-free-pattern/
Stash Bandit has a blog and is on Facebook so check her out!
When the new color was announced, I was just starting to stitch the last polka dot block together. Its still waiting for me and it really wouldn't take long to finish but ...
Sometime this past week, I decided to put up my Easter decorations. I'm not a big decorator but I was just so ready for something new to look at, preferably springy. Every Easter at my grandparents' house, my aunts would hide candy filled paper mache Easter bunnies somewhere on the farm. With our uncles' supervision, the grandkids had to stay inside and promise not to look out the windows but when the aunts came back in, look out! All 15 of us grandkids would run out to compete who could find their bunny first. The adults looked for theirs too but not quite as eagerly as we did. There were always the helpful clues, "You're cold!", "You're getting warm!", and "You're hot!" When everyone had found theirs, the grandkids got to hide our grandparents' bunnies. Of course, we snacked and traded candy all afternoon. One candy I particularly remember was the orange circus peanuts which were one of my grandfather's favorites. Just the thought of them now makes my teeth cringe!
I seem to have a really short attention span these days. I was happy working on the green lap quilt but I something was nagging me. It was the orangy red and purple polka dot star wall hanging which hangs above our fireplace. Not spring like, in my mind. Tried to ignore it but I couldn't and when I was sorting through my older Quiltmania magazines, my next project jumped out at me. I hope to finish it before Easter, lol!
One last photo, taken this morning. It was a little foggy, most of the neighborhood wasn't up and about yet, and the birds were singing, a perfect sunrise in my humble opinion!
Until next time, Mayleen
8 comments:
Looking forward to spring flowers and green grass. Your proje ts are beautiful.
Nice job on getting the GREEN prep work out of the way. LOVE that chunky Four-Leaf Clover block! Thanks for supplying the link.
My grandfather used to eat those squishy candy peanuts as well. Those and the candied orange slices were always in a candy dish on the end table. Your greens are off to a great start. Spring is ready to arrive at your house!
A lot of great projects both planned and in progress! I'm in love with that wonderful soft spring quilt hanging behind your spring vignette. My grandmother one year bought little plastic swans and filled them with those soft mint "pillows" as we used to call them. One for each of her grandchildren. All my cousins remember that although I don't know if any of the swans survived.
Such lovely childhood memories, thanks for sharing.
The four leaf clover blocks looks like great fun. The Easter Decorations are cute.
I think all of us are SO ready for spring! And so DONE with winter!
Love the quilt hanging up behind the easter decorations! So charming! And your sunrise pic is absolutely gorgeous.:)
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