Lakeland

The designer of this quilt, Brenda Riddle, said she looked long and hard for a block that would showcase the pretty floral prints of the Windermere line. She settled on the block named Ripples, also called Ocean Waves. Each block uses thirty flying geese sub-blocks. She said, “I don’t know if there are geese in the English Lake District that inspired the name of this collection [of fabrics], but I think they fit right in.” I’ve been to Lake Windermere; it was just over 80 miles (a two hour trip) from my English home. We spent a lovely day there, boating on the lake, lunching at a quaint little restaurant, and exploring the World of Beatrix Potter museum. There were hundreds of geese, as well as ducks, seagulls and enormous swans. Lakeland, though, was the name of one of our favourite British shops; sort of a cross between Sur La Table and the Container Store.