Here is a quilt that threw open the windows and let the whole garden in. Big, splashy floral prints do the heavy lifting: hot pink zinnias, coral roses, tangerine daisies, and cobalt blooms tangled up in leafy green, the kind of fabric that smells like June if you look at it long enough. Crisp white sashing frames the flowers into tidy panels, with soft blush-pink squares tucked in like quiet breaths between all that exuberance, and it reads bright and fresh and just a little bit giddy. The quilting is the Heart String pattern, a happy chain of linked hearts (curved lines that loop and swag into one heart after another) that strings its way across the top and shows off best on the calm pink patches. Natural White thread keeps the stitching soft and unfussy, tone on tone, so the hearts whisper rather than shout. A sweetheart of a quilt.
