Flowers for Mom

Are you planning to get your mother a flower (or flowers) for Mothers Day?  How about creating a quilted flower instead?  Check out two options in this weeks EQ8 video tutorial.  As a bonus, scroll down for free downloads for the blocks in the quilt.

Color Club by Windham Fabrics

I chose to use the latest free Fabric of the Month from the Do You EQ Website.  The collection Color Club was designed by Heather Valentine for Windham Fabrics.  

You can download a file to add to your EQ8, EQ7 or EQ Mini Fabric Library here.

First up is a tulip block.  This is drafted using EasyDraw.  This would be super simple to foundation piece with four sections.

The block is drafted at 4" x 15" (finished size).

Tulip Block by Kari Schell

Dresden Flower Head 4" x 4"

For the second block, I eliminated the flower head from the first block (replacing it with a plain background square).

Then I drafted a block in PolyDraw using the circle grid.  I choose 20 petals as that would be conducive to some of the Dresden rulers on the market.  However, feel free to modify the design if your Dresden ruler has a different number of petals.

Check out the full instructions in the video tutorial.

Here are the quilts from the  video.  It would be super easy to swap out these fabrics for something in your stash.  Pick your favorite colors -- or your mothers favorite colors.

Tulip Quilt (8" x 19" before binding)

Dresden Flower Quilt (8" x 18-1/2" before binding)

Ready to get started piecing the quilts?  Here are ready to use downloads for the blocks.

Foundation Pattern for 4 x 15 Tulip Block

Foundation Pattern for 4 x 15 Flower Block without Head

Templates for Dresden Flower Head

Let me know which of the flower quilts your prefer.  Or did you create your own head for the flower?  Share your designs and ideas in the Learning EQ Facebook group.

Learning EQ Facebook Group Flowers for Mom Post

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Happy quilting.

​Kari

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