Blue Consider the Lillies

Love is blue. Every little piece of it.

This is proof! Just look at it! And these scraps  make it so. If you are hating on your scraps and are calling them little stinkers for moving in and taking over your sewing room; keep this in mind: Scraps are a quilter's deepest and best kept secret. Her best friend. An irreplaceable sewing tool in your belt. They prove to be lifesavers time and time again--for that appliqué quilt that you need just the right red fabric for that you no longer own...but, wait! You have just enough of a single scrap to help you out. Voila! Or paper piecing, when you don't want to cut into a whole new fat quarter or yardage(no one want's to do that). Scraps to the rescue! They are there for us. They wait patiently and don't complain. They are good like that. So don’t give up on them. After a long, difficult quilt that has drug you through the dreary trenches for months or years (yikes!). These little scrap quilts can pull you up and rejuvenate! They have the magical ability to make quilting fun again! Scraps are pals. 

To fully appreciate this quilt, you'd need to see it in person. Just seeing the photo you may be thinking; 'meh'.  

Trust me. 

It's cute.

A few things about blue:

I am drawn to blue like a crazy moth to a flame.

I own more blue clothes than any other color. 

I don't know why, but blue clothes always win and end up in my shopping basket.

My eyes weren't sure if they wanted to be hazel or blue. So they decided on a little bit of both. My eyes have a little inner ring of hazel and then all blue. Like an Aggie.

I love singing to "Never Saw Blue Like That" by Shawn Colvin and "When the Stars go Blue" by The Corrs and Bono. Love those songs!

This quilt is for my dear friend, Linda Hayes. She is a fun lady that I have gotten to know though my sewing group. One of the things that captivates me about her is her detest for technology. I get a kick out of it! She will complain about kids these days not knowing how to use a phone book and things like that. She is a cliche. It makes me laugh. I really like her.

Quilted and bound by:
Amy Christensen