"Oh, Sweet Pea, come on and dance with me."

Sweet Pea

I was on a walk along the trail the other day with my friend Carol, and we were talking about the beautiful sweet pea flowers we were seeing all along the way. Here is a picture of some of the beauty we were seeing.

Then, for the rest of the day, I had a song running through my head (I think they call this an "ear worm") from way back in the day -- "Sweet Pea" by Tommy Roe. Since it would not go away, I thought maybe that was a sign to make a quilt block pattern for "Sweet Pea" to add to my Flower Quilt Blocks category.

Sweet Pea quilt block

After searching high and low, I could not find a picture of a quilt block with that name. I did however, find a picture of a quilt named 'Sweet Pea' so I went from there.

The quilt block looks kind of boring, but it has lots of possibilities when you put many of them into a quilt, especially if you make a lot of scrappy blocks -- (not being much of a gardener, I am assuming that Sweet Peas come in a variety of colours). Here are some sample quilts to give you some ideas.

Sweet Pea sample quilts

Download the free Sweet Pea quilt block pattern.

Flower Quotes to brighten your day

• "If the English language made any sense, "lackadaisical" would have something to do with the shortage of flowers."
  ~ Doug Larson


• "Flowers are restful to look at. They have neither emotions nor conflicts."
  ~ Sigmund Freud

and my favourite ...


• "Earth laughs in flowers."
  ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson

_{All images © W. Russell, patchworksquare.com}

For the love of flowers

Peony Basket

I can't see the logic in the name Peony Basket for this quilt block, but then I was not the person who chose the name. So, that being said, this is a easy quilt block to make and perfect for those quilters who like 10" blocks. The components of this block are squares, rectangles and half square triangles -- all very common units and easy to work with.

This five patch quilt block is sewn together as an uneven nine patch block -- the nine patch being (probably) the most common style of quilt block. Download the free quilt block pattern.

Peonies and Sunflowers

Quotes about Flowers

• "There are always flowers for those who want to see them."
  ~ Henri Matisse


• "Flowers are the sweetest things God ever made and forgot to put a soul into."
  ~ Henry Ward Beecher


• "Stretching his hand up to reach the stars, too often man forgets the flowers at his feet."
  ~ Jeremy Bentham


• "Flowers are restful to look at. They have neither emotions nor conflicts."
  ~ Sigmund Freud

More Flower Quilt Blocks

_{Peony Basket image © W. Russell, patchworksquare.com
Flower pot image courtesy of dan / FreeDigitalPhotos.net}