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My Dad’s favourite colour was green, the colour of grass growing.

Like both of today’s selection of designs, and not going to pick a favourite.

My apologies for not programming the daily dose of virtual quilt designs over the last few days … we went on a road trip and I didn’t turn the computer on, but we did visit Tatiara Terrace.

I love playing with block designs to get a collection of blocks which all have some identical features … which then flow easily throughout a quilt design.

The star used right around the outside in the second design is the block I started with, after some time playing with the lines I have about twenty blocks.

Some lines were removed, others added, but the white points in the corners of the blocks unify the designs, even when some of them are coloured

I like the first design, love the second.

One day I asked my Dad what his favourite colour was, and he thought about it for a couple of days then told me it was green. Why? Because it is the colour of the crops coming up!

My garden is green because I have watered it through summer, but the surrounding country is a dirty gold. The crops have browned off and there is dust everywhere, but the rains are due in the next month or two, and within days there will be green there too.

I think my favourite colour is green too … I love how quickly the ...