When thinking about the quilts that I had insane over my many years, whether it was patchwork, themed or patterned, I tried to consider how many green ones I had made… And to my amazement, I could not remember making even one green quilt.

After coming to this realization, I could find no good reason for not having one and became hell bent on beginning one. I sat down with my pencil and pad and recorded two ideas for my green quilt.

Link Theme

I have a nephew who is really into his Nintendo. One of the games I've seen him play is a game called Zelda : Twilight Princess. The primary personality of this game is a little fellow called Link.

He dresses principally in green, with a bit of brown. The graphics on this game were fairly easy, with smooth edges and not a great deal of detail. Making a quilt with Link in one of the forest theme levels would be quite easy and would typically feature a green design.

On top of this, my nephew would be excited to bits with a blanket like this. thigsa and other things oh yeah… things and stuff and more stuff

A Vine Blanket thigns accepting

Taking a more nature themed approach, I invented the concept of using vines to form the pattern of a quilt. You might have them criss-cross or simply grow in random directions across the quilt.

Once you have decided the way in which the vines will go, add some leaves to all of the vines to add some texture to your green quilt. It really makes for a great free form design.

Now I am not going to tell you which idea I ended up going with, but I'm sure that I'm going to at last use all of them, as I love them both! Thing and stuff oh yep baby

Find out more about how to make a patchwork quilt at Jane Green’s website, including tons of sound advice for green quilts.

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