One of my favorite signs of spring is that the clovers start to turn a bright green in the yard. Spring for me is a sign of warmth and summer to come. Needless to say I am not a winter person.
My mother is Irish and her family loves Saint Patrick's Day. Two years ago I cut out a bunch of squares and rectangles to do a Bonnie Hunter Mystery Quilt. I started to mark them and got a call this week at that time. My mother was dying. I put these down and have not touched them since. As I packed up my boxes at my old house I threw the pieces in a bin. I was trying to take only unfinished pieces to my temporary house in hopes that I would find time to finish them. As I went thru the boxes I found this bag and knew it was meant to be a project.
I then Googled the internet to find Saint Patrick's Day patterns. I came across this clover design and loved it.
http://www.quiltingworks.com/howto/shamrock-block.htm
These blocks were pretty easy and sewed up quickly. I decided to make 4 of the blocks and then make a runner. But then I thought of maybe making them as a square and using them as a table topper.
I could not decide which so of course I used a quilting Facebook page to help me decide. And the decision was this....
But they liked the square also. Might be a project for later.
Bonnie's design for these made them equal a chevron type layout. The scrap pieces went together well because I already had them marked. if not I would not have finished this in a week. I used the Chevron to make a border around the runner.
I decided to leave the White inside to make it appear to be a continuation of the blocks.
After I finished I could not decide if I needed to add a border or not. The runner was already very wide and might actually work better as a wall hanging. If I did not add a border, the binding might cover the green points. So again I asked the quilting group because I am indecisive and not good deciding in a hurry.
The decision was made. Thin yellow. I cut 1.25 inch strips. Only a little scrappy this time.
To quilt it I did my favorite swirls in a pattern on the clovers in a branching pattern.
In rows on the green border I did a continuous swirl.
In the white I did a swirl pattern as a filler.
For the yellow I did a zig zag to match the points.
The backing is made of 2 scrap pieces.
The binding is one of the green colors in the clovers and border. I thing it helps to highlight the clovers.
I finished this during one of our coldest days so far this year. A day that we received Snow. A rarity for our area. So I am now screaming come on spring!!!
This is actually on of my favorite pieces I have made in a while. Not sure if its just a family thing, that I know my mother would be happy or that its full of bright spring colors!!! Already ready to enjoy it!
Another project finished that is made completely from my stash. Now I am ready for my next adventure.!!
My mother is Irish and her family loves Saint Patrick's Day. Two years ago I cut out a bunch of squares and rectangles to do a Bonnie Hunter Mystery Quilt. I started to mark them and got a call this week at that time. My mother was dying. I put these down and have not touched them since. As I packed up my boxes at my old house I threw the pieces in a bin. I was trying to take only unfinished pieces to my temporary house in hopes that I would find time to finish them. As I went thru the boxes I found this bag and knew it was meant to be a project.
I then Googled the internet to find Saint Patrick's Day patterns. I came across this clover design and loved it.
http://www.quiltingworks.com/howto/shamrock-block.htm
These blocks were pretty easy and sewed up quickly. I decided to make 4 of the blocks and then make a runner. But then I thought of maybe making them as a square and using them as a table topper.
I could not decide which so of course I used a quilting Facebook page to help me decide. And the decision was this....
But they liked the square also. Might be a project for later.
Bonnie's design for these made them equal a chevron type layout. The scrap pieces went together well because I already had them marked. if not I would not have finished this in a week. I used the Chevron to make a border around the runner.
I decided to leave the White inside to make it appear to be a continuation of the blocks.
After I finished I could not decide if I needed to add a border or not. The runner was already very wide and might actually work better as a wall hanging. If I did not add a border, the binding might cover the green points. So again I asked the quilting group because I am indecisive and not good deciding in a hurry.
The decision was made. Thin yellow. I cut 1.25 inch strips. Only a little scrappy this time.
To quilt it I did my favorite swirls in a pattern on the clovers in a branching pattern.
In rows on the green border I did a continuous swirl.
In the white I did a swirl pattern as a filler.
For the yellow I did a zig zag to match the points.
The backing is made of 2 scrap pieces.
The binding is one of the green colors in the clovers and border. I thing it helps to highlight the clovers.
I finished this during one of our coldest days so far this year. A day that we received Snow. A rarity for our area. So I am now screaming come on spring!!!
This is actually on of my favorite pieces I have made in a while. Not sure if its just a family thing, that I know my mother would be happy or that its full of bright spring colors!!! Already ready to enjoy it!
Another project finished that is made completely from my stash. Now I am ready for my next adventure.!!
