Hey Everyone, welcome back to Inspirational Sunday.

Last week in  April Showers Bring May Flowers I thought I would create a cheerful yellow daisy. I’m afraid to say that I didn’t create that daisy at all last week, in fact I don’t think I created anything that day. Sometimes it is hard to find inspiration to create everyday but today that is not the case.

I have been playing with the Leaves Galore Rulers by Sue Pelland Designs and having a grand ole time the last couple of days. These rulers come in 3 different sizes – petite, medium and large. Of course, I have tried out all three.

The three leaves galore rulers

Many, many weeks ago when I was creating my Sunflower Quilt I made a yellow Bargello run thinking it would be my sunflower but it was far too bright to go with the centre I created. It has been hanging out on my design wall ever since just waiting for me to turn it into a daisy. It has a perfect colour run from light to dark for a bright, fresh, spring daisy.

The bargello run before it was cut up

Why am I playing with these rulers? Well I am going to be doing demos with them at Creativfest in Toronto at the end of the week. I’ll be at the Country Concessions booth showing how to create great designs with these wonderful rulers.

Each day I am also doing a presentation about colour, shape and space and how I incorporate each element into my designs. Stop by on Friday April 26 at 10:30 or Saturday April 27 at 12:30 in the Laurentian Room A to catch my presentation. Hope to see you there.

A close up of the daisy, really it looks more like a dahlia than a daisy – has great depth. Can’t wait to see it once it is stitched down.

Great depth and dimension in this flower

Must keep going while the inspiration bug is still going strong.

Happy Quilting!

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