Hello dear blog friends.......here we are at the end of a bright spring day, with a bit of a green celebration to share.......this green irish chain quilt was finished in time for st patrick's day yesterday (thanks to my lovely longarm quilter debbie holland of longarmquilting.com)......
......i began this quilt quite a long time ago, when i began using up all the left over jellyroll pieces i'd collected.....i put aside lots of green ones, chopped them up and combined them with kona cotton solid in white to make the nine patch blocks....
.........lots of other projects took over and it was quite a while before the blocks got sewn together (the pattern is my irish chain quilt in my etsy shop link in sidebar)......once it was put together i sent it to be longarm quilted and chose this baptist fan imitation design........debbie holland longarm quilted it beautifully and got it back to me in time too :).....
.......before i added the borders i took some quick pictures in the potting shed on a sunny day....
........the quilt top or flimsy, with a bucket of spring flowers......such a springtime quilt deserved some spring flowers with it.....
.........and there were some scraps left...of course.....even scrap quilts have some leftover scraps.....so i made some cutter quilt hearts in green too.......see on the left below.......
.........and each day the gardens, woods and fields are greening up more and more......
.........today really felt like the first day of spring......it was mild, warm and sunny......
......we went to visit speke hall and here are the daffodils growing under the trees there......
..........above you can just make out the black and white timbered hall in the sunny misty distance.....
.............the recently bare hawthorn hedges are becoming covered in bright green leaves......
.........thank you for visiting me here lovely readers and for you kind thoughtful comments....always so nice to hear from you........when i began my blog many years ago, i wanted it to be a place to visit to be cheerful and uplifting with bright happy pictures, colourful fabrics, makes and flowers and beautiful images and that is how i try to keep it still......love to you all in this beautiful world....may right prevail and love and peace win through.........take care lovelies..........back soon xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
11 comments:
Gorgeous quilt, the green and white take refreshing to a higher level. Beauiful photos, the daffodils along the trees is magical. Happy Spring!
Your gorgeous green and white quilt is perfection Helen, I love it so much!! 💚🤍💚
It is so wonderful seeing all the green shoots appear, spring is most definitely here now ... it looks like you had a lovely day out enjoying it.
Your beautiful blog is the perfect place to come to, to get away from the not-so-nice world that we live in.
Happy Weekend lovely,
V x
Well you certainly have succeeded in making your blog uplifting and cheerful. I look forward to it every week. Just what we all need right now, a true ray of sunshine. I just put out my lovely bunnies I made from your pattern for Spring. Have a wonderful week. Maria Honkala (Vermont USA).
Your blog is always cheerful and uplifting, with such lovely photos. The green and white quilt is perfect for March as it breathes spring freshness into the air.
Thank you Dear Helen for your lovely blog. I really enjoy the pictures of your beautiful quilts, flowers and bunnies you make. Enjoy your weekend.
Beautiful green post , enjoy your weekend.
hello Helen and thank you for all the happy pretty pictures and colours look forward to reading and seeing your blog each week
Your goal of creating a blog which cheers and uplifts certainly has been achieved Helen. A wonderful blog to look forward to. This quilt is gorgeous, refreshing and certainly hits the mark being bright and happy. Thank you. Diane from Down Under
What an uplifting, bright post! Green is, for me, the color of Hope, and oh, how we need hope in this world right now! I love your statement of what your goal was/is for your blog, and I thank you for it. You have and continue to succeed. This is a place of peace and, always, always beauty.
Hi Helen
Thank you for writing such a lovely blog. I look forward to it every week.
Your makes are such an inspiration I love your green quilt.Spring is certainly here
Jacky.
I love love love your green quilt, but then I am Irish! Happy Belated St Patricks Day :)
Jillxo
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