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Spring Motifs

April 3, 2018

Machine Quilting, Lori Kennedy

Good Morning, Quilters!

I am trying really, really hard not to complain today…

The weather has me down.  Here in Minnesota, the snow has been falling steadily and we have four inches of snow on the ground.  A quick look at the ten-day forecast–More SNOW!

Quilting Season continues!!!

 

I will be in my sewing room, quilting–not snowflakes and shovels—Silly Spiral Flowers, Bicycles and even Umbrellas!

Silly Spiral Flowers are in my new book, MORE Free Motion Machine Quilting 1-2-3 (available now!)

Machine Quilting, Lori Kennedy

The Bicycle Tutorial is available HERE at The Inbox Jaunt.

For those of you who are not dealing with snow, YOU might need to carry an umbrella!

The Closed Umbrella is HERE and the Open Umbrella Tutorial is HEREFree Motion Quilting, Umbrellas,

Both Umbrella motifs can be found in my first book, Free Motion Machine Quilting 1-2-3!

Free Motion Quilting, Umbrellas,
Umbrella Quilt

How’s the weather where YOU live?

Is it gardening or quilting season?

Do YOU have a favorite Spring motif?

We’d LOVE to hear!

REVIEWS OF MORE Free Motion Machine Quilting 1-2-3:

Thank you to Annie of Blue Gables and SusieQ for writing reviews!

Reviews, Book

Hope YOUR day is filled with rave-reviews and sunny quilting!

Lori

PS…All tutorials, images and information are the property of Lori Kennedy at The Inbox Jaunt and are intended for personal use only.  Feel free to re-blog, pin or share with attribution to The Inbox Jaunt.  For all other purposes, please contact me at lckennedy@hotmail.com.  Thanks!

 

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42 responses to “Spring Motifs”

  1. Janet Wachter says:
    April 3, 2018 at 8:29 am

    Love them–Parisian!

  2. Aileen Kline says:
    April 3, 2018 at 8:36 am

    Hi. Love the Spring inspired motifs. The first two pictures are very hard to see on the bright green but the umbrella one near the bottom show just right. Will be ordering your 2nd book this week!!

  3. piecefulwendy says:
    April 3, 2018 at 8:37 am

    South of the Cities, and we have about 3 inches on our deck. Will Spring ever come to MN?? I’ll be in my sewing room today too.

  4. Doris Thorpe says:
    April 3, 2018 at 8:39 am

    Just received my More book yesterday, is so inspiring and can’t wait to use in my projects. Loved the samples, a great visual, thank you Lorie!

    1. Lori Kennedy says:
      April 3, 2018 at 10:26 am

      So glad YOU like it!!!

  5. Phyllis says:
    April 3, 2018 at 8:42 am

    Have tomatoes, peppers and radishes planted. Have already eaten half the radishes but the tomatoes are wondering where is all that warm weather and sunshine. More rain in Texas today. Feel for you with that snow. Being an Iowa girl couldn’t wait to leave that state but the summers are great. Love all those motifs Lori. Just keep quilting and it will vanish eventually!!

  6. Mich Ke says:
    April 3, 2018 at 8:43 am

    More gray & rain in Michigan. I’m binding a bed quilt, and my quilt design group is coming today – and SPRING WILL COME (soon please!!!)

  7. scrappyquilterblog says:
    April 3, 2018 at 8:52 am

    Our forecast snow didn’t materialise, fortunately. It’s pouring down instead. Forecast says rain all week. Great considering we are moving my parents out of their house on Thursday. They have been in it for 61 years and it is full of junk with a few little treasures here and there. Just enough that we have to check everything before it goes out!!

    1. Lori Kennedy says:
      April 3, 2018 at 10:26 am

      Good Luck–it’s a difficult time I’m sure!

  8. SGerman says:
    April 3, 2018 at 8:58 am

    I almost hate to chime in, but hopefully it will remind you that spring really is coming. In Georgia, our thermometers crept up to 80 yesterday! Back to the 60s tomorrow, but we have dogwoods and azaleas in bloom. Turn on the Masters golf tournament just to enjoy the blooms in the background while you sew.

    1. Lori Kennedy says:
      April 3, 2018 at 10:25 am

      Great idea! Jealous of you! (But YOU might want to visit me in Minnesota in August???)

  9. Sally MB says:
    April 3, 2018 at 9:08 am

    Snow yesterday but warmth coming (but for one day).

  10. Aggie says:
    April 3, 2018 at 9:12 am

    Snow still deep here in Alberta, Canada. We too, have flurries in the forecast for this week and below zero temperatures! Easter bunny hid all his easter eggs in the house this year.

  11. MariNne says:
    April 3, 2018 at 9:50 am

    I’m in New York City for a “Spring Break”…..it snowed yesterday. It stuck to the grass. We went by a school play yard & there was a snowman! Yep a snowman in NYC on April 2nd????‍♀️
    No snow today, cold & rainy.
    Happy Spring!!

  12. Brenda A says:
    April 3, 2018 at 9:50 am

    Well, we hit 80 in Alabama yesterday!! Another cool front will come through tonight and bring the possibility of severe storms and a little cooler weather. I am so ready for spring!

    I love flowers of any kind and I really like the umbrellas!

  13. Rosemaryflower says:
    April 3, 2018 at 9:52 am

    brrrr. Sorry it is so cold and snowy. – but you have nicer summers.
    Our summers are too hot.
    Good idea to stay inside.
    Here we have very cloudy 50º and a little bit of rain, all day.

  14. Joellyn P. says:
    April 3, 2018 at 10:04 am

    We had a bit of snow here in Michigan on Easter Sunday to cover much of the yard. Keeping track of the snow your way as we are headed there in a week in a half to visit my daughter in Lakeville. Hope it is more like Spring by then. I so love your blog and have learned so many quilting motifs from you. Thank you!!! and keep them coming please.

  15. Linda Mahoney says:
    April 3, 2018 at 10:19 am

    Raining and cold in Corning, NY. Your cheerful designs brightened my day. Thank you!

  16. sunnysewsit says:
    April 3, 2018 at 10:42 am

    I’m not trying not to be depressed anymore. Three days ago we were looking out at daffodils and grass starting to show up and temps in the low 50s – today we have 6 inches of snow on the ground and, like you, more predicted. As Charlie Brown would say, “Aggggggh” – so, it’s more indoor activities like sewing, quilting, baking. Northwestern MT must have the same weather MN does!

  17. melissa1hollenbeck says:
    April 3, 2018 at 10:51 am

    Hi Lori: I learn so much from you! I write a little blog from the Oregon coast. Yesterday was all about spring on the Oregon coast. If you want to view a little sunshine please take a look.

    http://seabreezesnippits.com/2018/04/02/a-blue-sky-morning/

    1. Maureen B. in B.C. says:
      April 3, 2018 at 11:03 am

      Just as my comment went out, yours came in. How serendipitous. I looked at your photos. A lovely prelude to what is coming our way in a day or two. Thanks.

  18. Maureen B. in B.C. says:
    April 3, 2018 at 10:55 am

    No snow or rain today. After being in the 50s Fahrenheit midweek, we had some freak wet snow spits on Easter Sunday, which moved off quickly. I’m thinking the rufous hummingbirds are debating if they returned to Canada’s west coast too soon. Hopefully they have some nice wool scraps and chicken feathers in their nests to keep them warm until the warmer weather returns.
    We’re off to the ferry for the first leg of our bi-annual pilgrimage to the Oregon Coast. Many quilting shops to peruse. Much quilting cotton to be fondled, drooled over, and perhaps a bitty bit purchased, and lovely walks along the shore. Although we overlook the same Pacific Ocean on our island at home, we don’t have sandy beaches to cruise along.
    Perhaps a trip to the shore might put you right, Lori. Something to think about.
    Loving the spring motifs, btw.

  19. Brenda Perry says:
    April 3, 2018 at 10:57 am

    I received your new book (and my lovely FMQ samples)! Love them!! I very highly recommend to all to get your book! (Etsy review done!)

  20. Cheri says:
    April 3, 2018 at 11:07 am

    Your spring motifs really brought spring to my sewing room, just love them. Your artistry helps me feel springy too. I usually don’t get down from weather, but this year seems to be different for some reason, I want the snow gone!

  21. Vivian Lewis says:
    April 3, 2018 at 11:10 am

    Still waiting for Spring in the Northeast, we can use your umbrellas today–open of course! Love that motif!

  22. Donna Smeal says:
    April 3, 2018 at 11:34 am

    Lori!!!
    You live in MinniSNOWda, of course it’s still snowing, what part of this did you miss, ROFLOL. It tends to not be much better here in northeast OH, lol.
    My body is NOT happy with our weather either. You and I need to move to AZ 🙂
    Love getting your emails, motifs, sewing paintings and photos!
    Thanks for your generosity!
    Donna

  23. Mary Honas says:
    April 3, 2018 at 12:28 pm

    Rain today in KS so the umbrellas are apt. I’ll have to pull out a practice piece for them after I finish quilting loops on a memory quilt for a customer. We had sleet on Easter so my parents and daughter decided to stay safely at home. :/

  24. Elizabeth says:
    April 3, 2018 at 12:44 pm

    We are chillier than I expect in the Dallas, Texas area, but I am pleased since I have campfire and camp stove lessons planned for my Frontier Girls tonight. Just hoping the storms stay away….love the spring motifs. I may leave them on my screen just to keep me smiling as I walk by 🙂 Thanks for the beauty.

  25. brendaintheboro says:
    April 3, 2018 at 1:25 pm

    weather here in the UK is horrible today – rain and yet more rain. Everywhere is soaking wet and I had to cancel my weekend cycle camping trip . Good job I had some quilting to do.

  26. L84quilting says:
    April 3, 2018 at 2:16 pm

    Lori, would it make you feel better, if I told you here in Montana, (in which the weather is coming your way!), we have gotten over a foot of snow, and like you…. more on the way! It also dropped to 8 degrees last night with a feel like of -1 degree! I had hoped that once April came, the cold wouldn’t be as bad as earlier in the year… but… alas, what was I thinking! OK, that means as I am wrapping up everyone’s taxes, I can then get back to quilting! (Silver lining!) I hope it gets better for all of us, including you and my nephew, who also lives in Minnie! Thank you for the bouquet!

  27. Robin Jarvis says:
    April 3, 2018 at 2:43 pm

    Love your spring quilt motifs! They help to brighten the day since it’s supposed to snow again, we’re past April fool’s day.

  28. D. Joy Summers says:
    April 3, 2018 at 2:45 pm

    We are to have heavy showers this afternoon with chance of tornados. Praying none materialize. nw – MS

  29. Suzanne Hagen says:
    April 3, 2018 at 3:29 pm

    Something very very simple? The only machine quilting I have too e is just random doodle g, following no pattern or motif.

  30. Suzanne Hagen says:
    April 3, 2018 at 3:31 pm

    How can I comment if I don’t have an URL?

  31. Pam Hotle says:
    April 3, 2018 at 4:15 pm

    Way too much snow here – 100 miles east of you. All the area schools were cancelled today. I am happily quilting a baby quilt with your sticks and stones motif. Love it! If only my thread would stop breaking……

  32. MartyAnne Langley says:
    April 3, 2018 at 6:08 pm

    Love your Spring motifs. It’s close to 80 today in Sacramento, CA and I have been outside gardening and not quilting for about a week. Take care and keep warm

  33. Donna says:
    April 3, 2018 at 8:00 pm

    Rain and snow here in Chicago 🙁
    Love, love, love your new book Lori!

  34. Bette says:
    April 3, 2018 at 8:54 pm

    Here on the north shore of Long Island, about 40 miles east of NYC, we had 5 inches of snow yesterday morning. Happy to be retired so I could stay in and stitch. By afternoon, the temperature was in the mid-40’s. This latest snow is after 4 nor’easters in the last 4 weeks. I agree Lori, I’m ready for spring!

  35. Lori says:
    April 4, 2018 at 7:57 am

    Yes! Minnesota! Gotta love it or move on. No option of moving on so I am loving it. We had a new furnance installed last Friday. There were things (12 folding chairs; 1 4’ folding table; a portable baby crib from when I had grand babies; and other miscellaneous ‘stuff’ in that mechanical room that were dumped into my sewing area. Then there was the holiday weekend so no time to organize that stuff. Ugh! I thought I would hyperventilate knowing I could not turn on a machine to just sit and sew a while. So Monday I got that stuff conquered (before the snow began to fall) and have had a wonderful time fully appreciating the opportunity the snow brings when it comes to sewing. LOL.

  36. Susan says:
    April 4, 2018 at 7:34 pm

    West Michigan and it is snowing, blowing and cold. I had crocuses and the tips of common lilies coming up last week.

  37. Vada says:
    April 6, 2018 at 12:10 am

    I live in sunny So Cal but I work in an accounting firm. Which means I haven’t seen the sun since February 1st ????????‍♀️ I dream about being snowed in and “forced” to quilt ???? P.S. You make beautiful things. Thank you so much for sharing!

  38. Valerie Geib says:
    April 12, 2018 at 11:58 am

    Weather is hot here. Almost 90 the other day. I am not ready for that yet either.

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