Day 159 – Split Petal Flower

We’ve had a lot of flower designs from Graphic Flower to Delilah, but I thought this one looked different enough to count as another design:

Yesterday I finished and bound a baby quilt just in time for the shower and finished James’s quilt. I can finally take off my “bad mother” badge because I’ve finally made my kid a quilt! Ha!

So now with those projects out of my studio, I can turn my attention to getting some new quilt tops together.

After the lecture in Greensboro, I realized that I really wanted to have more quilts to show. It’s been really tough trying to balance this project with a big quilt at the same time, so instead of trying to finish a whole quilt, I’ll be satisfied just to get something together as a top.

There are 3 quilts really on my mind with pretty cool names: Emergence, Shadow Self, and Lost in the Woods. I’m really in the mood to piece and applique right now, which is good because that’s what they will all require

I’m also trying to keep these guys smaller, around 48 – 60 inches. I’m starting to realize the reality of packing and showing big quilts and it’s just easier to keep them under a more reasonable size.

So while I run off to clean up my studio and start playing with fabric, you hang out and check out how to stitch Split Petal Flower:

Difficulty Level – Intermediate. This is a pretty easy design. Just keep the initial leaf / petal shape in your mind and you’ll do just fine.

Design Family – Center Fill. This design is started in the center of your quilting space, then stitched outward. This means this design will work great in open, uncomplicated areas like blocks.

Directional Texture – Center focused. This design will center your attention right on it. I’ve been using these designs in the center of Dresden plates and flower appliques for a very interesting effect!

Suggestions for Use – We’re definitely collecting a lot of center fill designs lately. One of these days I’ll piece up a very simple charm quilt with 4″ squares and stitch each square with a different center filled design.

It may require a lot of thread breaks, but the effect will definitely be worth it!

Back of Split Petal Flower 

Feel free to use this free motion filler designs in your quilts,

and make sure to tell your friends where you learned it. 

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