Kathy’s Flower Shop Quilt

Hi there,

I hope you’re ready for Christmas, I can’t believe it’s nearly here. I’m excited to share with you this amazing quilt that Kathy made!

The pattern is called “Flower Shop” by Karen Cunningham, and it’s in her “A Ladies’ Garden” book.

Kathy requested custom quilting, so I did what I could to make each part shine!

I used Natural White Omni thread from Superior Threads on the entire quilt. She also requested the 6oz. bamboo batting from Winline Textiles. It’s my all time favorite batting. That extra loft enhances the custom quilting texture.

Kathy fussy cut a lot of the fabrics, and suggested some orange peels to highlight the squares, so I pulled out my 5” Circle2 ruler and got started. My Circle2 rulers come in a set of 6 rulers, made in America with high quality 1/4” acrylic. They are available in my shop.

Circle2 Rulers - Design Patent D875,574 -

I quilted freehand feathers in the outer border, more orange peels in the little squares. I quilted a 1/2” grid in all of the pink triangles along the border with an Edge ruler from Linda at The Quilted Pineapple.

I quilted some freehand Overlapping Circles in the background behind the flower blocks. Overlapping Circles is one of my Quilting It Freemotion videos, which are available in my shop. If you’re interested in learning how to freemotion quilt, you’ll have to go check them out.

With all the appliqué, I didn’t quilt anything inside them instead I just quilted around them to make them stand out more.

Look at all those beautiful details!

Do you like to appliqué? I used to do a lot of appliqué when I first started quilting, not so much any more. It’s so beautiful!

Do you have anything you’d like to have machine quilted? I’d love to quilt for you!! Send me an email and I can get you on my schedule. quiltingit@gmail.com

Thank you!! Happy quilting, Leisha.