Quilt Pattern: Garden Bloom

 Dear Readers ... do not let Derby make you feel sorry for him.

He gets 2 square meals per day, a few treats in between and

a good brushing - fur and teeth - at least every other day.

 I'm still trying my best to use get ride of the rest of those

2-1/2" wide strips.  I found this simple pattern called 

Garden Blooms in the book called "Quilts from Sweet Jane"

by Sue Pfau.  So far this quilt has been easy to piece together.

 It took me less then a day to cut & sew the blocks together. 

I did a quick layout {below} using the diagram {above}.

 It's sort of an interesting pattern which I will make again.

Next time I'll use another color instead of white for the large blocks.

 While I was in Annapolis today I stopped in Cottonseed Glory which

is a fabric/quilt store right next to the Naval Academy.  

What I love about this store is they have completed quilts on display

with the pre-cut fabric kits right under it.  Since I'm not the best at

picking fabric and colors this is a perfect solution for me.  The "English

County Garden" quilt using the Primrose Path pattern is my 

Christmas present to myself.  They had several nautical quilts which 

were cute but more for a child's room so I passed on them for now.

The pink flower fabric which you see most of in the picture 

above is what I picked for the backing.

This is {what I hope} my finished quilt will look like minus all that

fancy quilting {which I do not have the patience to do}.

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.. Happy  Holidays ..