Quilting the Triple Tulip Flower Block

Last week we learned how to piece the Triple Tulip Flower Block and this week I’m quilting it with a combination of feathers, Pebbling, and a ruler guided grid design. I love this quilting design!

Quilting this block is a little time consuming, but it’s absolutely worth it because of the beautiful texture and designs we’re adding to the block. Take your time with each section and follow the video to learn how to move through the block with the least number of thread breaks:

Click Here to find the pattern for the Triple Tulip Flower Block.

I’ll be honest – Pebbling isn’t usually my first choice for a background filler design. It’s a bit more time consuming to stack circular shapes together nicely and the texture can be very dominant on the quilt and outshine the other designs.

For this block I think quilting Pebbling was a great choice because I could quilt it easily around the flower shapes and the almost-matching thread made the texture blend in a lot better than if I’d used contrasting thread.

What did you think of the ruler foot quilting in this block? I love quilting with rulers because my lines are straighter and much more evenly spaced than I could ever create quilting free hand (without marks or rulers).

For this block I was using Template #6 from the Dresden Plate Template Set to guide the lines. This template set can be used to cut out dozens of Dresden plate blocks AND it can be used for ruler foot quilting on your home machine. What can I say – I like tools that multitask!

If you’d like to learn more about ruler foot quilting, click here to find a Ruler Foot Quilting Basics video with lots of tips on ruler quilting on your home machine. I still feel like I’ve only just scratched the surface with ruler foot quilting and I can’t wait to dig deeper and learn more about this quilting style.

Have you tried ruler foot quilting yet? What did you think? Would you like to see more designs and videos created with this quilting style? Let me know in the comments below!

Let’s go quilt,

Leah Day

P.S – Don’t forget about our challenge this month – piece and quilt the first 6 blocks of your Flower Festival Quilt and follow the instructions in Block 7 to bind them together. Post a photo to the Block Party Facebook Group and you’ll get a copy of Block #8 for free!