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Thistle - Block 7/9, Victorian Flower Garden: UPDATED PATTERN

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Thistle - Block 7/9, Victorian Flower Garden: UPDATED PATTERN

$12.50

Strength in beauty...

Difficulty: Intermediate - Machine, Advanced - Hand

applique and reverse applique pattern - hand and machine directions

Stand tall and strong cloaked with noble character, and bloom beautifully where you are planted. 

(16” x 16”)

UPDATED! 4 CREATION DIRECTIONS IN ONE PATTERN!

The seventh block in the Victorian Flower Garden Quilt series (9 blocks in total) - Collect all 9 - 16" x 16" blocks.  Add the Victorian Flower Garden Quilt IV Expansion pattern - with an applique wrought iron gate to sash and border your lovely garden of flowers to make the Victorian Flower Garden Quilt IV.

See other blocks available here.

Thistle is a smaller-scale applique project - perfect for beginning quilters and appliquers. - perfect for beginning quilters and appliquers. Bring a touch of spring & summer inside. Create this block to fit into a quilt or turn it into a pillow. 

NEW Updated Pattern includes four directions for creation!

  • Reverse applique by hand

  • Reverse applique by machine

  • Hand reverse applique the stems and leaves with applique blossoms for 3-D effect

  • Machine reverse applique the stems and leaves with applique blossoms for 3-D effect

This pattern is available as a digital PDF download as well.

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finished dimensions: 16 in x 16 in

materials required:

  • background fabric: 1 FQ - ½ yard (18 in x 18 in)

  • top fabric:1 FQ - ½ yard (18 in x 18 in). 1/2 yard gives enough for the top fabric on the front and the back of a pillow

  • if using applique for flowers: 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 Soft Fuse or Flexi-Fuse

for pillow version:

  • 16 in x 16 in pillow form

  • backing: FQ (18 in x 18 in) muslin for quilted pillow top before assembling pillow or pillow sham.

  • OPTIONAL: 2 yards of store-bought piping

  • OPTIONAL: 1” velcro or 1-3 buttons for pillow sham closure