It’s happened again! I fell in love with a pattern I saw in print and only when I’d purchased it and really looked at the directions did I realize that it called for a lot of 1 inch finished squares. The first time this happened was years ago, and I really struggled to make what turned to to be a really small quilt. A bit more experienced this time, and because I really liked the pattern, I just got on with it!

I found the pattern, Flirty Floral by Louanna Mary Quilt Design, in the Connecting Threads catalog. The pattern didn’t call for scrappy fabrics but added the scrappy greens. I really like them.

This also has turned out to be the year of free motion quilted flowers in the alternate blocks in my quilts. This time I tried to echo one of the floral designs in the fabric in the center of each of the violets. Free motion flowers are actually one of my favorite quilting designs. I find them easy to do, and really like how they look on a quilt.

I also quilted a free motion design with hearts over the floral blocks. You can see it better on the back of the quilt in the photo below. I really liked the idea of that design I created for the block. It works well to quilt the block, but it didn’t turn out looking as good on the quilt as it did when I drew it on paper.

For the binding I used the medium sized floral fabric in the center of the blocks. I usually make solid color bindings or stripes, with the occasional tiny floral, polka dot or geometric. I think this is the first time I’ve ever used a mid-sized floral and I think that it works well. It also looks great with the variegated thread used with a decorative stitch on my outer border.

The back is straight out of my stash…a really bright pop on the back of a rather subdued quilt front!