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by Mary Beth Krapil
Blossom by blossom the Spring begins. – Algernon Charles Swinburn
Has Spring arrived where you are? Here in North Carolina the tulips are blooming and that’s a pretty sure sign. The daffodils come up way before Spring decides to really take hold. They brave the chances of one more winter snow. Sometimes their prediction is right and other years they get frozen by several more weeks of winter. But the tulips are more patient and hang back til it’s a sure bet that the sun will shine most days and the temperatures will remain above the frost line.

If Spring takes too long, we can always count on quilts to provide our blossoms. Here are some great floral quilts from AQS Quilt Week in Lancaster, PA.

by Marilyn Farquhar
Heidelberg, Ontario, Canada

by Debra Lohman
Mechanicsburg, PA

by Nancy Arseneault
Tucson, AZ

Blueberry Hill

by Aileyn Renli Ecob
Walnut Creek, CA

by Sachiko Yamaji
Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan

by Annie Miller Romero

by Sherry Southgate
Cambridge, Ontario, Canada

by Maribeth Schmit

by Shannon Shirley

by Claudia Pfeil
Krefeld, Germany

by Shawna Crawford
Lewiston, MT

Tiptoe Through the Tulips

By Anne Lillholm
Nuenen, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands

Twist of Flowers

by Rose Orr
Colchester, VTÂ Â I loved the fantastic quilting and this looked like a giant flower to me.
A kind word is like a Spring day. – Russian proverbÂ
Be kind to each other and happy quilting!
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