This post shows the 12 designs included in Paula Vaughan’s Book 76: Quilts From The Garden, published in 2001. I’ve included the front and back covers as well. To see the rest of her work, and to read my hints for finding these out-of-print patterns, please visit my main Paula Vaughan post.
Front cover – featuring Lovely Lilies.
Heartfelt Invitation shows a quilt hung on a line tied between two porch posts. I can’t remember the name of this quilt block, so if you know the name, please comment so I can update this post. The porch features elaborately-carved trim. A tall window in the house wall has blue shutters and allows us to see white ruffled curtains inside. A blue bowl on the porch holds white flowers. Several different colors and types of flowers grow in front of the porch.
Lovely Lilies features a Carolina Lily quilt draped over a white wooden swing that’s hanging from a large tree. Irises and pink roses and small white flowers grow around the swing and tree. In the background, the front porch of a house holds some hanging baskets with ferns. The porch has elaborate trim.
Delicate Dogwood shows a quilt with appliqued pink dogwood blossoms draped over a barbed wire fence. A straw hat rests on the quilt. A basket holding flowers sits on the ground beside the quilt. Irises grow along the fence. Above, a dogwood tree branch holds white dogwood blossoms.
Delightful Daffodils shows a quilt draped over the steps of a front porch. I think the flowers appliqued on the quilt look more like tulips, but they are yellow. A straw hat rests on the quilt. A basket on the top step holds flowers, and a small blue metal bucket holds pink flowers. Irises and daffodils grow beside the porch steps.
Flower Garden Favorite features a porch with a wooden rocking chair holding a Grandmother’s Flower Garden quilt. A sewing basket sits on the porch beside the chair. A metal bucket holds flowers, and a couple of empty terra cotta flower pots are stacked beside the far wall. A two-story white house is visible across the yard.
Refreshing Heirlooms shows a Rose of Sharon quilt and a Nosegay quilt draped over a front porch railing. Pink roses grow beside the porch. A wooden chair on the porch has a blue bonnet hanging on the back. A flower pot holding white flowers sits on the porch, and another potted plant is visible through the window of the house.
Treasure Trove features a storage chest with a stack of quilts. The largest quilt is a Grandmother’s Flower Garden, and the two quilts folded up appear to have appliqued tulips and roses. A white bonnet hangs on a corner of the opened chest lid A hatbox decorated with roses and a pink ribbon sits on the floor beside the chest. A pink pitcher and basin sit on the floor near the window.
Sweet Ohio Rose shows an Ohio Rose appliqued quilt in a large quilting hoop. A pincushion sits nearby. A basket full of pink and yellow roses and other flowers sits beside the quilt.
Peony Paradise features a quilt made with pink Peony blocks draped over a white wicker rocking chair that’s sitting in a garden. Small yellow flowers grow on the ground around the chair. In the background, irises and roses grow along a white wooden fence. The gate stands open. A straw hat with a blue ribbon hangs on one of the gate posts.
Beloved Rose of Sharon depicts a sewing room scene. A Singer treadle sewing machine holds a Rose of Sharon quilt made with yellow fabrics for the roses. I’m not sure what is on the sewing desk to the left of the quilt – is that a small sewing basket? A pair of black scissors sits beside the mystery item, and a stray spool of thread rests on the right side of the machine. A wooden sewing box sits on the floor beside the quilt. Behind the machine, an old-fashioned pink dress hangs on a dress form in front of the floral wallpapered walls.
Sunflower Romance features a wooden wagon with an appliqued sunflowers quilt draped over the edge. A blue bucket or bowl sits on the wagon’s seat and holds sunflowers. Daisies grow on the ground around the wagon’s wheels.
Tulips Remembered features a quilt with pink appliqued tulips in a hoop, draped over the edge of a large basket. A sewing basket holds fabric and a red pincushion sits on the ground beside the basket, and a spool of thread rests on the ground beside the quilt. Pink irises and tulips grow along a barbed-wire fence. The wooden fence post holds a blue bonnet.
The back cover displays Beloved Rose of Sharon, Sunflower Romance, Peony Paradise, Sweet Ohio Rose, Delightful Daffodils, and Tulips Remembered.
Happy stitching!
— Elizabeth
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