Flower Power
Inspired by the vintage Sunflower block, this quilt is a good lesson on what to do when you don’t have enough fabric. Just a few ideas are: make the different centre background a highlight, make each background square different and use two complementary fabrics for the side and corner setting triangles.
The 60 flower petals give lots of opportunities for raiding the scrap basket and doing some fussy cutting. The flowers are prepped with English paper piecing then appliquéd to each other to make a ring of petals. Lastly, an octagon shape is appliquéd over the centre.
Finished quilt size: 129cm (51in) square Finished block size: 15in square
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Materials
• 90cm (1yd) cream print fabric (block backgrounds)• 50cm• 20cm (¼yd) black and white check print fabric (block centres)• Assorted fabric scraps — each at least 5in x 6in — to total about 1.3m (1½yd)• 50cm (⅝yd) green print fabric (sashings)• 75cm (⅞yd) pink print fabric (setting triangles)• 45cm (½yd) pink and white spot print fabric (corners)• 55cm (⅝yd) yellow and green spot print fabric (binding)• 3m (3⅜yd) backing fabric• Batting at least 145cm (58in) square• Template plastic and fine-point permanent-marking pen• Fabric-basting glue (optional)• Stiff paper/light cardboard• Spray starch• Rotary cutter, quilter’s ruler and mat• Sewing machine with ¼in foot• General sewing supplies
