April 4, 2021

In the Splendid Sampler bonus blocks there was a pattern for Easter. There were parts of the pattern I didn’t like so I used what I liked and left the rest out.

This version is as close as I came to the actual pattern. I thought the heart was a bit odd in an Easter card but since my Valentine to Christy never arrived I went ahead with it. This was the last one to be quilted and I was a bit sparse with the stitching but I think it still works.

After digging out a template for the heart I used the oval shape on it to make a larger egg; I followed the pattern to make some smaller versions. This one will go to Elizabeth; I wonder if they still do their Easter egg hunt. This is the first of the cards that I quilted and I got a bit carried away with a new stitch I discovered – the mattress stitch.

I totally winged it on this last one. I thought adding the bow to the larger egg was a good idea. Again I used the mattress stitch but toned it down just a bit. It shows up well on the eggs.