Last Autumn, I signed up for the Riley Blake Door Banner Kit-of-the-Month.
Twelve kits will come to my house for wall-hanging sized quilts to be displayed
on or near the front door. The first, which arrived four weeks ago, was for
April. I’m guessing the two-month offset was to give me time to complete each
small quilt. I’ve seen the twelve finished designs, and I like them all, except
for the first one. April’s quilt is ALL applique. It features a big, ugly brown
rabbit, an uninspired pink Easter egg, green stems and grass, and seven circles
in yellow, lavender, orange, blue and teal. I assume they represent spring flowers. Worst of all, the top quarter
of the quilt has “Happy Easter” spelled in heavily serifed black letters. I
KNEW I could do better. Here’s my own take on Buggy Barn’s “Bunny Trail,” using
all the colors from my April kit, excepting black. Maybe I’ll use the black to
bind it.
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