The Easiest Flower Ever
If you thought the Spiral Lollipop Flower was fun-then you are going to love today’s flower motif. This flower is The Easiest Flower ever!
Here’s a little quilted storyboard of where we are going:
Begin in the center and spiral outward–stopping with a complete circle. Then just begin leapfrogging around the circle. I usually like five petals.
Once you return to the first petal, start working your way around again…
As I go around again, I try to offset the petals by placing the inward point of the new petals- on the rounded apex of the row before it.
Continue circling around the flower until you have filled up most of the space-leaving room for leaves if desired. After the last row of petals, I often stitch a narrow row of echo quilting… and then add leaves.
It is one of my favorite flower motifs and I use it frequently to fill squares. I stitched it repeatedly in Olivia’s College Doodle Quilt.
I also like to stitch variations on The Easiest Flower:
The first block is the basic Easiest Flower:
The second flower is created by echo quilting after ever layer of petals is added. It has a slightly different look…
The next variation is stitched by not off-setting the inward points and the curves. This flower looks has a very pleasing look as well.
In the final variation, the last row of petals is pointed. I really like this flower, too…(by now you must know that I have never met a flower I didn’t like…)
I hope you will have fun with this addictive little flower…and I hope you agree that it is The Easiest Flower Ever!
Practice on paper first…If you can’t doodle it on paper, you won’t be able to stitch it fluently…
Coming soon: several festive Christmas tree motifs…
Until then…
Happy Stitching,
Lck
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Oh, cool! Thank you so much for sharing this, Lori. I think I could actually do some. ;D
Of course you can! Send photos!
Those are wonderful! You make it look so easy.
You have finally convinced me that I can (and will) do this——thank you for all of your work with the serial pics, photos and postings…. we don’t pay you enough!
Pat
Glad I could be of service…I don’t think they pay you enough either, do they???
Exquisite!! I’m definitely trying this one as well as soon as time allows 🙂 Avis x
Don’t wait until time allows…if you’re like me, that never happens!
I promise, I will make time 😉
This is probably a dumb question, but is this hand stitching or machine?
Laura “non-quilter” Rees
To Laura-lover of quilts-Rees, I believe your Mother was a school teacher and their motto is “there’s no such thing a s dumb question…” It is machine stitched.
I am relieved to know itismachine stitched!
What great illustrations. I can’t wait to try this.
It Is absolutely beautiful!
Thank you…I can’t wait to see yours!
Love these! May make me brave enough to try FMQ again! hehe!
Jump in–the water’s warm!
Sew Happy to have stumbled across your blog! You are going to teach me a lot. I subscribed and hope to improve my free motion quilting skills. You are very talented! I am jealous of your new Bernina! ENJOY her!! I was born and raised in MN and I remember MANY years ago (when in grade school) going on a field trip to Stillwater.
Hi Susan! Thrilled you found us—and a fellow-Minneostan! As you can tell, I love to quilt-especially free motion quilting–and I have many more ideas to share! Let me know if you have any questions along the way…