Sometimes a design just captures your fancy. This is one of those designs for me. It just makes me smile… What are those birds talking about? Are they looking at something? Is someone filling the birdfeeder and they are patiently waiting? Or are they just enjoying a beautiful Spring day?
Author: Lyn_Brown
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The States Of Modern: Maryland
As a young girl of ten, I was told the romantic story of Black-eyed Susan (The Maryland State Flower). While I’ve long forgotten the details, I’ve always remembered to dramatic, romantic essence of the tale. My Maryland research brought it back to me… (All hail the internet!)
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States Of Modern: Maine
Maine, The Pine Tree State, is our northernmost state on the Atlantic seaboard. With the motto, “Dirigo” which means “I Lead” it isn’t surprisiong that the North Star is included on the Maine State seal and its flag.
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Pine Needles Quilt Guild in Wrightwood
I had a great time last night visiting the Pine Needles Quilt Guild up in Wrightwood. This quaint little town has a thriving guild that meets on the second Tuesday of the month. I was honored to be their speaker last night.
Check out these fabulous quilts that were part of their show and tell. Absolutely stunning and there were more that I didn’t even get pictures of! Pine Needles is an active guild with high participation in the San Bernadino County Fair, great attendance at their meetings, and a retreat coming up. Another fun thing they do… In July, they have a picnic! Isn’t that a great idea?Thanks so much to this wonderful guild and all of its kind quilters!
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States Of Modern: Louisiana
The fleur-de-lis or fleur-de-lys (plural: fleurs-de-lis) is a stylized lily (in French, fleur means “flower”, and lis means “lily”) used as a decorative design. It may be religious, political, dynastic, artistic, emblematic, or symbolic especially in French heraldry. It is no surprise the emblem found all over the state of Louisiana has its roots in French culture, stemming from the French colonization of the Americas, namely present day Louisiana. Following Hurricane Katrina, the fleur-de-lis has been widely used in New Orleans as a symbol of grassroots support for New Orleans’ recovery. In 2008, Louisiana governor Bobby Jindal signed a bill into law making the fleur-de-lis an official symbol of the state.
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2015 Pillow Of The Month: April… Spring!
Oh my! This year is surely flying by! I was shocked to see the date on the calendar as the last day of the month! 30 days has September… April, June and November… Didn’t I just post the March pillow pattern?
I’ve been thinking a lot about this pillow, spelling out Spring and adding a little birdie. I’m so pleased with how it turned out! It is Easy Peasy… Quick and fun! I’m loving this intense quilting of small pieces…
Give it a try!
April Spring Pillow Pattern PDF
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Chains Of Friendship is a great scrappy pattern! Make it Christmas! Make it 1800s! Make it 30s! Make it Patriotic! Make it TODAY!! Just $4.99!
Strippy Stars is a simple to make quilt pattern you’ll use over and over again… Christmas or Patriotic or BABY! Or… Anything! This quick pattern has NO MATCHING SEAMS and Fusible Appliqued Stars! Quick, Quick, QUICK! Just $4.99!Our very popular pattern, The Herd features Rudolph and all his friends! Made from yummy Christmas Fat Quarters, it goes together easily and makes a wonderful Christmas Quilt… It’s also great for any hunters on your gift list… Just $4.99!
Instant Karma Large pieces and small squares add up to Big Impact with this Instant Karma Quilt! Christmas fabrics make it festive, School Colors make it ready to take to the dorm and/or the Big Game! ON SALE for just $4.99!*****************
Again, here is the April Pillow… April Spring Pillow Pattern PDF
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States Of Modern: Kentucky
Isn’t is appropriate that Kentucky comes up now for our States of Modern block? The AQS Quilt Show in Paducah has just drawn to a close and the quilt world is still humming from all the activity! Classes and Contest Winners, beautiful quilts and spring in Paducah! This is a wonderful week to celebrate the home state of Quilt City USA!
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States Of Modern: Kansas
Recently, my sister and brother-in-law moved to Kansas and are building a house near their daughter so I am planning on visiting soon. I’ve been puzzling over how to represent the state til I learned the geographic center of the contiguous United States is located about 2.6 miles northwest of the center of Lebanon, Kansas, just about 12 miles south of the Kansas-Nebraska border. So I have designed our Kansas block with a shining gold square (representing Kansas) in the center of our block to signify the center of the country.
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States Of Modern Block Of The Week 15: Iowa
When I think of Iowa, I think of three things: Radar O’Reilly, American Pickers and agriculture… Corny, Cornball and CORN! So our modern Iowa block mixes little bit of the Iowa flag and a modern, minimalist interpretation of an Iowa cornfield.
