The Lord is good. And by His grace I've designed and stitched a new block for you, celebrating Easter Sunday. "He is Risen!" If you remember, last year I decided that in 2014 I would be working through my fabric stash, and these French General fabrics have been sitting around, rarely cut into, for almost four years. I love the softness of the aqua and washed red with a hint of brown (using only three colours again)... As I was piecing my completed block, I thought you might like to see an alternative to the traditional hanging sleeve I normally add to a wall hanging. It's very easy and if you don't have a small quilt hanger you can just pop in a pencil or a small piece of dowel to hang it. You'll need a couple of 3.5 inch squares of fabric. Use the same fabric as you're using for the backing of your quilt... Fold the squares in half diagonally and press... Pin them to opposite top corners of your backing fabric... Machine stitch them to the backing fabric along the raw edges with a scant 1/8th inch seam... At this point I did some hand quilting to the front of my wall hanging - just the sections that the two corner triangles would cover, as once I attach the front to the backing I won't be able to stitch through them... Lay the backing fabric face down onto the front of your wall hanging, aligning the triangle corners with the top of the wall hanging... Sew the front and back together around all four sides with a 1/4" seam, but leave a 4" opening along one side for turning out. Turn the wall hanging right side out, and ladder stitch the opening closed. Press the wall hanging and pop the little hanger under the corner triangles to display! Alternatively you can slip a pencil in it as being straight and solid it will sit easily on a picture nail on your wall. I finished my design by hand quilting in the red border, then around the appliqued sections and below the Scripture reference... This free design is available now as an instant pdf download HERE in my shop until December 31st, 2014. In February I shared "The Sparrow"... Have you stitched it yet? Maylin Hu has made the block into a lovely cushion, and just look at that beautiful quilting! Margaret also stitched "The Sparrow" and framed it for her sewing room. The verse that inspired this design and hymn is very special to Margaret's husband, and that makes her pretty version even more sentimental... If you've stitched one of my designs and would like to share a photo with my blog readers please visit THIS page and email it to me. Tomorrow we're going to talk about colour again, the kind we find in food, too! hugs,