Flowers, Spring and Easter

As you might can tell by now, I love bright colors and flowers! Not only do I use them in my quilts, but I use them to decorate our home. Now it may be that since I'm not a gardener, I can 'grow fabric flowers' much easier than I can grow the flowers you plant in the dirt. Thus, here are my latest flowers.
When spring is getting close, I am so ready for the warm temperatures and gorgeous flowers all around. Just this past week the cherry blossoms were in full bloom here in the Atlanta area, the dogwoods are blooming, azaleas, etc and it is beautiful! So, I have my floral tablecloth finished and ready to bloom at our kitchen table, along with the wallhanging made a couple of years ago. And, yes, we're actually going to use it as our tablecloth, eat there and not worry about spills. After all, it is only fabric and can be washed again and again.
Here is a close-up of the fabrics which were designed by Valori Wells a few years ago. The pattern I used is a Turning Twenty Again, 9 blocks in the center, then I added borders. Very simple and quick.
Above are the two quilts together. The flowers go together after all, don't they? Wasn't sure until I put it on the table.

So, happy spring and Happy Easter! Everything is bursting forth with new life, much like the new life our Savior, Jesus Christ, gives us when we accept Him into our lives. He gave his life on the cross, died for our sins and gives us everlasting life when we believe in Him.

More Lollypop Trees

Here are some more of my lollypop tree blocks. Above is Block 3. I don't think I would have ever thought of putting some of these fabrics together but it does help to see combinations that are pleasing to my eyes and make me realize that I could do it with a blank slate. In fact, Ille and I have chosen many on our own because the photos were not too clear to even see what was used or we did not have that fabric available to us.

This was our first block, Block 1, above. And, even though we have sorted through many fabrics together, we each bring our own touch to the finished blocks, since we live in different cities. We are working together yet independently.

This next block is Block 11 - one of two predominantly blue blocks.

And last to show for today, Block 13.

Now I must get back to my quilted tablecloth which is being made with the Turning Twenty Again pattern, only using nine blocks and a border. It is being made with Valori Wells floral fabrics that I purchased sometime ago. I think they have aged long enough in my closet that I can finally use them!! BG