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| The lamp post cloaked in fuchsia azaleas. |
Does Mother Nature's palette influence your fabric choices? Or, do your quilts project your hopes for a brighter color scheme for the color-bland pre-Spring landscapes?
It seems the colors of Spring bloomed in our yard this week. As I finished attaching the label on
Hop Scotch, the colors through my window seemed to mirror the colors of the quilted fabrics in my lap.
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| Hop Scotch: back view of the quilting. |
The white accents in the fabrics resemble the delicate leafy petals of our
White Perfection irises.
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| "White Perfection" irises from our wedding reception. |
Hop Scotch is a fun and easy, 3-yard quilt pattern by
Heirloom Elegance. The quilt is comprised of 9-patch blocks with alternate plain blocks. The blocks finish at 9 inches and I used a 5 x 5 layout that finished at 58" square.
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| Solid blocks and alternate 9-patch. |
The 9-patch in my Hop Scotch combines
Splash (in coral) with
Sisley (dots)
, and the solid block is from the Madison collection, all from
Blank Quilting. More Splash (in meadow) found a place in the pieced backing.
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| Hop Scotch: pieced back. |
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| Purple thrift among the evergreen shrubs. |
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| Hop Scotch: back view of quilting on Splash (meadow green). |
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| Purple bearded iris. |
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| Vinca: a sprinkle of blue violet on a ground of green. |
The striped binding adds a little zing. The repetition in the stripe complements the randomness of the whimsical flowers and stylized leaf prints.
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| Hop Scotch: striped binding. |
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| Hop Scotch full view (58" x 58"). |
No garden is complete without bugs. Here is the label for Hop Scotch—bordered with quirky, big-eyed insects from
Bugalicious.
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| Hop Scotch label. |
Happy Spring and Happy Earth Day!
