Lessons from the Daffodils

The beauty of living on the East Coast is getting to experience the four seasons. Watching Nature change her clothes several times a year has given me a new appreciation of the steps involved in quilt making. A few years ago a catalog bulb company made an error in my order. Instead of one bushel of daffodil bulbs (200), they sent three! 

Wild daffodils in my yard

I went feverishly to work that November planting 600 spring bulbs, not knowing the wonderful surprise I would receive come March. The breathtaking display of yellow in all its glory was only enhanced by the spring green background. It was a welcome sight after a long, hard winter of gray, white and dull brown.

It reminds me of the Daffodil Block from the Memory Bouquet quilt I made with my quilting friends from Atlanta 25 years ago.

The Daffodil block from the Memory Bouquet quilt

Here's the whole quilt in all its beauty! The blocks are 9" x 12" and the whole quilt is 63" x 63".

Memory Bouquet Quilt: 63" x 63"

Spring is a wonderful time of the year and the daffodils never disappoint, do they?