With embroidery skills, we can stay at home and soon have our homes blossoming with spring bouquets, brightening up each lengthening day.  And, in no time at all, the first signs of spring will be just outside the front door.

Freestanding lace flowers will hang beautifully in a sunny window or add delightful character to linens. Lacy spring flowers -- tulip, lilac, iris, pansy, bluebells, daffodil -- hint of warm, sunny breezes. Lace roses, a daisy, sunflower, hibiscus, and calla and tiger lilies remind us that gardens of flowers will soon be blooming on every corner in the neighborhood.

With freestanding lace bookmark designs in floral patterns, you can add to your own collection -- or gift cache -- with everyone's favorites. These pretty markers will be stylish right into summer and are perfect for holding your place in that "novel de jour" while you spend a little time in the garden.

Capture the spring sunshine!
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For a change of pace, go from lace to applique designs. Select a single blossom or make a bouquet of tulips, daffodils, calla lilies, daisies, morning glories, sunflowers, irises, hibiscus, and many more.

Coordinated floral design packs will put spring in your steps all over the house. Design elements feature popular flowers in bouquets and vases, bending around corners, marching in borders, and bursting with buds, ready to fill every room with a bloom. Matching designs featuring tulips, lilies, hibiscus, and pansies are so versatile for embellishing clothing, table linens, as well as bed and bath.

So, if you're "as restless as a willow, or jumpy as a puppet on a string," put your "Spring Fever" to work, sew, and enjoy this week's designs.