Design Wall Monday - March 3, 2025

Good Morning Quilters!

Spring is not here yet, but I am so ready for it.  The birds are singing outside, and the sun is shining brightly, so I know it is coming soon.

My design wall is completely empty right now, but I am in the process of getting out another UFO to put up there.  So rather than show you an empty design wall, I will show you a picture of a spring themed quilt I made and gave to a friend a few years ago.  Here it is:

We are big fans of college basketball, and were given tickets to watch Michigan State play Wisconsin yesterday in East Lansing. 

Here’s a picture to show you we are great fans of MSU:

It was a close game, and Michigan State won, so it was a fun day.  March is filled with basketball games for all the college teams, so the next UFO that I get out to work on needs to be something that I can work on while sitting thru halftimes of basketball games.  The Bg Ten Tournament is coming soon, and then the NCAA Tournament, March Madness. 

This last week’s linky party had lots of participants, and one was a mystery to me.  Somehow my blog was one of the linkups to our Design Wall Monday Linky Party!  I have no idea how I joined my own link up, but it was a mistake.  So, not counting my entry, we had 27 linkups.  Great job ladies!  I appreciate all of you so much.  Thanks for showing us what you are working on this week.  Please join below and we can see what you are working on.  You are all so talented!

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A Tulip Quilt for Sweet Alyssa

Years ago, we went on our first mission trip to Haiti, and a worker in our group was a sweet young girl, who was 16 years old.  In fact, if I remember correctly, I think she turned 16 while were were in Haiti.  Anyway, she has always held a special place in our hearts, and at the end of 2016, Alyssa got married.  The quilt that we are giving to her as a wedding gift is this tulip quilt:

The binding went on this week, and I love the flower quilting pattern that my longarm quilter used on it:

Here's another picture of it on my front porch bench.  It's a cloudy day, but it still looks bright and cheery draped over the bench:

We are rejoycing in the spring weather here in Michigan, and I do believe the snow is gone for good.  The birds are chirping their spring songs to me, and I am looking forward to seeing real tulips in bloom here soon.

Here's a picture of the lovely bride, and her sister, the matron of honor. Her veil was so delicate and beautiful, and she was so happy.  I love this picture!  Can't wait to put a label on this quilt and send it to her and her groom, to cuddle under.

Today is Monday, so I'm linking with Design Wall Mondays (Here)  and we will see what's on other quilter's design walls.

Also linking with Love, Laugh, Quilt's blog for "Monday Makings" (Here)