'Tis the Season ...

I am one who celebrates Christmas, and for me, it is a time for spending time with family and friends.

Christmas Basket quilt block

But really, this is a season of the spirit of good will and, with all of the tragic things happening in the world, it is a perfect time to think about peace.

This quilt block called Christmas Basket, is one of many basket quilt blocks, and due to the name, I chose colours to represent a poinsettia in a basket. (I decided to avoid the obvious red and like those pink poinsettias sometimes.) However, any colour combination can be used.

Many basket quilt blocks are designed on point as is this block, and that leaves it open to your imagination to create all sorts of designs because many secondary patterns can emerge as you rotate or flip these blocks when placing them in your quilt.

The spirit of the season

• "Christmas is the spirit of giving without a thought of getting. It is happiness because we see joy in people. It is forgetting self and finding time for others. It is discarding the meaningless and stressing the true values."
  ~ Thomas S. Monson

May your time with family and friends, and even strangers, give you a feeling of joy, hope, love and laughter during this holiday season.

<sub>'Christmas Basket' quilt block image © W. Russell, patchworksquare.com
 

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