The Floral Dance Quilt Block of the Month - April - The Tulip Block

Tulips have many meanings dependant on their colour including love, charity, joy and rebirth due to their early spring blooming. They’re always to a joy to see in the garden, or arranged in a vase and, of course, to stitch. The Tulip Motif Block uses traditional blocks of pink and purple tulips with appliquéd stems and centre. The Tulip Bowl Block has an illustrated appliquéd bowl planted with a pink and purple tulip. Bring Tulips to your Floral Dance Quilt!

The Floral Dance Quilt is a pieced celebration of our favourite flowers all in one stunning quilt. Weve chosen twelve flowers to represent each month of the year then created two blocks for each flower using a variety of patchwork and appliqué skills. Once joined together they form a beautiful year of flowers surrounding a central floral motif. You can then keep the instructions to build up your own floral quilt block library and use them to make smaller items if you prefer.

The Blocks are surrounded by a floral appliqué border and the whole quilt can be made using the Quilt-As-You-Go method so you can quilt each Block as you make it then join them together using this simple technique. Or you can simply piece and quilt all the blocks together.

You’ll learn a variety of techniques along the way too. Collect them all to make twenty five Blocks to piece together into your very own Floral Dance Quilt – a true celebration of flowers showcasing your skills.