Invite some colour into your life! It only takes two blocks to create this striking quilt design – a flower block made with foundation paper piecing, partnered with a really easy block.
Designed and made by LINDA CLEMENTS Quilted by Erica Manser THE QUILTING STUDIO
SPRING ALL ABLOOM
BEHIND THE QUILT SPRING COLOUR PROMISE
“Whilst writing my Essential Guide articles for Today’s Quilter, I discover many interesting patchwork blocks and can lose many hours playing around with adapting these and creating new blocks. I’m drawn to quite complicated blocks with tricky points, so many of these are best made with foundation paper piecing. For this quilt, I developed one of these blocks and paired it with a much easier block. The quilt uses just seven fabrics, which means it should be easy to select fabrics other than the ones I’ve used. Mine uses Tilda fabrics for the prints, mostly from the Bloomsville collection, with some Moda Grunge blenders for a restful contrast. My thanks go to Duncan Adams, the director of Sewing Direct (www.sewingdirect.co.uk), for getting me the Tilda Late Bloomer in Lagoon fabric I wanted for the backing, which proved to be so popular it was out of stock everywhere.” – Linda Clements
You will need
■ Fabric 1 (pale green blender) –
1¾yds
■ Fabric 2 (pale blue blender) –
1¾yds
■ Fabric 3 (cream blender) – 1½yds
■ Fabric 4 (pink print) – 2¼yds
■ Fabric 5 (plum print) – 2⅝yds
■ Fabric 6 (dark turquoise print) –
2yds
■ Fabric 7 (green print) – 1⅝yds
■ Backing fabric – 6yds
■ Batting – 92in square
■ Binding fabric – ⅔yd
■ Thick card for appliqué
■ Spray starch (optional)
■ Templates – fifty-two (52) FPP A
templates, one (1) B template, four
(4) FPP C templates, four (4) FPP
D templates and large and small
appliqué circle templates
Finished size
■ Quilt: approx. 84in x 84in
■ Blocks: 12in x 12in
Notes
■ Read through all instructions before beginning the quilt.
■ Width of fabric is assumed to be
42in.
■ Cutting guides for fabrics 1-7 are
included in the Templates pages.
■ Seam allowances are ¼in, unless
otherwise noted.
■ Press after each seam, pressing
open or as instructed.
■ Templates include seam
allowances.
■ RS = right side.
■ WS = wrong side.
■ WOF = width of fabric.
■ HST = half-square triangle.
