The Patron Saint Quilt Coloring Book: Featuring 22 Holy Women 

Many years ago, when my daughter was young, I had made a patron saint quilt for her, creating quilt blocks in honor of several female saints. I shared those quilt patterns on https://patronsaintquilts.blogspot.com for anyone who might want to use them, shared the finished product, and then moved on to other projects.

 

The Original Patron Saint Quilt

A couple of months ago, I saw an ad on Facebook encouraging people to use AI to make coloring books to make easy money. A lot about that ad made me sigh, but I was intrigued about the idea of making a coloring book. I thought about these old patron saint quilt patterns. Could I make a coloring book out of them (without using AI) so that people could learn about these saints and appreciate the symbols used to represent them, even if they weren’t quilters? It turned out I could!

I had fun putting this coloring book together, which combines my love of saints and quilting. I hope both children and adults will enjoy coloring these unique quilt designs in honor of the Blessed Mother, St. Anne, St. Barbara, St. Bernadette, St. Brigid, St. Catherine of Alexandria, St. Catherine of Siena, St. Clare, St. Elizabeth, St. Elizabeth Ann Seton, St. Faustina, St. Gianna, St. Kateri, St. Margaret Mary, St. Maria Goretti, St. Mary Magdalene, St. Monica, St. Rita, St. Rose, St. Teresa of Avila, St. Thérèse of Lisieux, and St. Zélie. Each two-page spread includes a short biography of the saint in addition to the quilt designs.

I’m sharing a PDF download of the coloring sheets for the Blessed Mother for free: http://bit.ly/3UWRUdn

 

 

The physical coloring book is available for $9.99 on Amazon. A digital download may be purchased for $5 through Teachers Pay Teachers. For those who purchase the coloring book in either form, I give permission to reproduce the pages for home or classroom use.

At Play in God's Creation: An Illuminating Coloring Book

This was in my email box today:

 

Do you have your special markers? A comfy chair? Some time ahead of you?

AT PLAY IN GOD’S CREATION is an adult coloring book uniquely suited to Catholic audiences. It’s a journey in prayer and meditation using the vehicle of a coloring book.

• High-quality, adult coloring book blends prayer and creativity

• Thicker paper minimizes bleed-through

• Aimed at adults but also appropriate for older children

• Designed to take you on an inward journey to the heart of God and an outward journey into the heart of the world.

• Based on the practice of contemplative prayer, which is a type of prayer without words, helps people to incorporate coloring, art, and play into their relationship with the Divine.

• It can be interacted with page-by-page or as a whole spiritual journey to be embarked upon with companions and friends who appear along the way.

At Play in God’s Creation creates a meditative journey for the word-weary that celebrates the creativity within. This remarkable book integrates evocative, searching drawings with brief prompts and spiritual intentions.

Color-ers and spiritual seekers are taken on a journey through dark, arched passageways and spacious open fields. They will fill the paths with their own designs, or follow the way of the One who went before.