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Spring time is one of the most exciting times of the year, it means going outside and stretching those legs after a very long and cold winter. Everything seems brighter and open than before. What’s even better is no more bulky layers. Embrace mother earth and her nature’s gift of the great outdoors and bright blue skies. Get ready for this spring by using these perfect earth tone shades to make a quilt perfect for any picnic or outdoor event this spring.

 

Treetop

Treetop is an original earth tone shade that resembles green plants and all eco-friendly symbols; this shade is perfect for any spring design or project.

 

 

 

 

Woodbine

This shade is a great neutral tone that works well with the treetop shade.

 

 

 

Titanium 

This gray purple shade is a perfect earth tone that adds some color to both woodbine and Treetop shades perfectly.

 

 

 

Lavender Herb

This natural bright earth tone shade is a famous color that is a happy tone perfect for spring. Lavender herb is a great shade to lighten up any design pattern.

 

 

 

Sandstone

This sandstone is a neutral pink salmon that is great for the spring season and can incorporate well with any other earth tone shade while also lightening up the design.

 

 

 

Here is just one example below of how you can combine these earth tone shades into a unique pattern for your quilt.

These earth tone shades will blend perfectly outside or inside your home for decoration. Use any of these shades to create a unique natural toned spring quilt. Or even mix it up by adding some of the other trending shades this spring. Make sure to share on our app your finished project.
Live Well. Quilt Well.

 

 

As far as I’m concerned, everyday is National Quilting Day. In reality, Saturday, March 21st is the National Day of celebration this year.

In my lifetime, I’ve seen many holidays created, Grandparents Day, Secretaries Day, Bring your daoughter to work day, etc. But I’ve never seen a newly made holiday that I appreciate more than National Quilting Day.

It is a special holiday set aside to celebrate quilts and quiltmakers- past, present and future. First celebrated in 1989, when the Kentucky Heritage Guild organized a “Quilters’ Day Out’ on the third Saturday of March, a day, they said, to celebrate the rich tradition of quiltmaking in Kentucky. In 1991, the National Quilting Association liked the concept enough that they voted to take it a national level. (I’ll bet that vote was unanimous.)

The first National Quilting Day was observed in 1992. Since then, the celebration has grown into an international celebration, with the entire month unofficially deemed “Quilting Month.” Helen Storbeck, one of the founders of National Quilting Day, wrote in The Quilting Quarterly, “Groups of quilters were encouraged to hold special events, publishers and shop owners were invited to sponsor promotions especially for quilters and it quickly became a grassroots endeavor with quilters in every part of the country participating.  In the first year of National Quilting Day, quilters in other countries asked to participate. They were welcomed with open arms. As our feelings of a community network has evolved to include a world community, it is only appropriate that quilters and quilt lovers everywhere united to give recognition to the special art form.”

NQA continues the celebration by using a contest to determine a National Quilting Day project each year. This year’s project, Crooked Path by Danielle Bohannon is shown here. Instructions can be found on the NQA website. Whether you make this pattern for personal use or for charitable giving or simply enjoy looking at it, have fun celebrating National Quilting Day!

The doctors say my husband is color blind.  Clearly, his color tastes are different than mine because his experience of color is different than mine. (I think it is true of all of us, even those the doctors don’t label.) My husband, Tom, sees warm colors vividly, but has trouble distinguishing blues, blacks and grays. When he chose fabrics for a quilt, I decided I need to “fix” his color choice, and an interesting process ensued. I simply replaced his oranges with greens and experimented with the placement of colors and voila, he couldn’t even tell the quilts were the same pattern.

To me, these quilts really illustrate the importance of color choice and placement. The complete design process has been documented and is posted in the Gallery Library in the app. The quilt is easily constructed from strips. We’re writing the pattern and will post that, as well.

Live well. Quilt well.

Lisa Berentsen is the founder of Quilter’s Thread.

 

 

 

 

With the sun staying out longer and the air slowly getting warmer, it’s time to start thinking about this spring’s seasonal decorating. That means no more snowflakes or red and green Christmas themed quilts. Instead, it’s time to start heading to your local quilt shops to stock up on the trending fabric shades for this spring in order to make the perfect seasonal quilt. Here are some more bright and natural shades to try out in your quilt pattern for this spring from the Pantone Fashion Color Report Spring 2015.

 

 Toasted Almond

This is a light sandy nude shade that adds a touch of warmth to your quilt design.This shade is perfect for adding a natural soothing mood and relaxing feeling to your design.

 

Strawberry Ice

This is a bright fresh pop of pink shade that is a flattering both for spring and summer quilt designs.

 

 

Marsala

This shade is a deep red wine shade that is sophisticated and a rich color. Marsala is great shade to match to the rest of the shades listed giving it a bold but elegant contrast to your design while bringing all the lighter shades together into a perfect color blend.

 

Tangerine

This is a fun and energetic shade that will add a playful character and mood to your design if incorporated in your spring quilt.

 

Custard

This custard shade adds a touch of light that is calming but yet bright . This happy shade can help lighten up you quilt pattern in a subtle way without taking away from other shades.

 

Combine any or all of these spring season shades together to design a quilt perfect for the spring season. Here are just a couple of examples of how you can use these shades to create colorful patterned quilt. Start getting your ideas going and get creative. Begin this spring right with a great quilt.

  

When finished with your spring quilt make sure to upload and share with us your finished project on our mobile app.

Live Well. Quilt Well.