Prairie Patchwork Quilt Along - Block F

 

 Westward Ho!

 

It's week 6, and this week we have Block F in the Prairie Patchwork Quilt Along!

 

Prairie Patchwork Quilt Along - Block F

Block F is one of the blocks from the quilt "Prairie Spring" in Prairie Patchwork. It's a quilt that celebrates springtime on the prairie, especially a pristine prairie that pioneers would have first encountered as they migrated to the plains in the 1800's. Today, of course, a great deal of what was short and long grass prairie in Kansas, is now farm or ranch land.

 

 

 

 

Prairie Spring

Today I live, not on the prairie, but in the Sonoran Desert, and I was lucky when photographing some of the blocks for the quilt along, that it was springtime here. One of the native plants that we have growing in our yard, is the Chuparosa bush, and it was in full bloom just a month ago. I included one of the bright red sprigs in the photo above of Block F, and in the Block D photo, pictured a few weeks ago.

The Chuparosa bush is a favorite of hummingbirds when it's blooming. The blooms are all gone now, but we have other native plants blooming, some of which the hummingbirds also love, so we have those sweet, tiny lovelies humming all around our home pretty much all hours of the day. Here are a few of our current plants blooming:

Arizona Yellow Bell

Desert Willow

(Hummingbirds love this!)

Desert Marigold

 

Palo Verde

 

All but the Palo Verde will be blooming until winter comes along!

 

CLICK HERE to download fabric requirements and cutting instructions for Block F.

 

Until next time, 

Martha