By Margaret Brewster Willingham

Lay your head and dream of love

The second block in the Victorian Flower Garden Quilt series (9 blocks in total to make up a quilt) - Collect all 9 - 16" x 16" blocks and make a quilt. Choose vibrant reds for love and passion, or friendly yellows for peaceful companionship.

Bring a touch of Spring & Summer inside.

Rose is a small, lovely project for a first foray into the world of reverse needle-turn applique - perfect for beginning quilters.

Create this block and turn it into a pillow to bring a touch of loving romance into your boudoir, or make it as a block to fit into a quilt.

Pattern includes all three directions for creation.

• Reverse applique by hand
• Reverse applique by machine
• Mix the two for extra 3D effect: reverse applique the stems and leaves, then applique the flowers to make them really pop.

Materials required:

• background fabric: ½ yard (18 in x 18 in)
• top fabric: ½ yard (18 in x 18 in)
• 3-colour applique and reverse applique version: add fat quarter or scraps for blossoms
• batting: ½ yard (18 in x 18 in) [for blocks, this is not needed until you stitch the whole thing together]
• for machine reverse applique: you will also need ½ yd (18 in x 18 in) of fusible webbing
• for pillow version: 16 in x 16 in pillow form