Spring Flowers, quilty versions

It's a  beautiful spring day here.  The blue skies and blooming daffodils are inspiring me to pull out some garden-inspired quilts.  I thought you might enjoy a round-up of my collection.

Prairie Mix

I'm not sure what I love more in Prairie Mix:  the fun little flower blocks, the pieced yellow pointy border accent, or the red and white dot border fabric.

Prairie Mix by canuck Quilter Designs made in 2020

Despite the assorted shapes in this quilt, I only had to cut and sew squares  and rectangles.  Thanks to stitch-and-flip corners, I didn't have to deal with a single individual triangle. You can read more about the making of this quilt here and see more pictures in this post.

Prairie Mix block

Sweet Trails

I love a twist on a classic block.  Sweet Trails extends the snail's trail block to turn the mollusc into a flower.  Snails are fine, but I like flowers more :)

Sweet Trails by Canuck Quilter Designs made in June 2023
with Island Batik's Heavy Metal collection

I couldn't avoid cutting and working with triangles for this one, but they were worth it.  I did make a lot of test blocks to test cutting sizes and trimming measurements to choose the most consistent method for the pattern.  Read more about the block and the pattern.

I need to finish some these and make a few more for another quilt.

Sun Seekers

This is a scaled down version of Sew Kind Of Wonderful's pattern Soak Up the Sun.  I didn't want to sew as many curves as the original required, and I wanted to use up a pile of neutral scraps, so I filled the background with scraps squares and made just 3 sunflower blocks.  I addded prairie point embellishments in the border, just because I could and they seemed like fun.  You can see Rosie liked this one.

The Rosie picture is more fun, but here's a beter view of the whole quilt.

Sun Seekers finished in 2020
Block design by Sew Kind of Wonderful

Fabulous Phlox

This one's brand new!  I need to give it a post all its own.  I'll add that to my list :)

Fabulous Phlox by Canuck Quilter Designs
made with with Island Batik's Everlasting collection

I made this one for Island Batik's Spring 2025 catalog that was just released.  They sent me fabrics from their new collection Everlasting.   When I first drew this, I almost discarded the idea because of all the HST, but making them with triangle papers (template included in pattern) made them quick and easy.  I love that there were no sashing and no borders to fiddle with.  The layout is juts blocks on point.

I think it's lovely on a light background too, though I've only mocked up, not sewn, that version.

Fabulous Phlox design by Canuck Quilter Designs
mocked up in Island Batik's Everlasting collection.

Focus Squared

This one isn't inherently a flower design, but I used a floral fabric as the focus print.

Focus Squared by Canuck Quilter Designs

I just love that hydrangea print. I'm sorry I don't have any information about it.  It's several years old so I'm not sure you could find this exact rpint now anyway, but I'm sure there's something equally pretty available now.  This is a great flower-themed quilt without the extra effort of piecing or appliqueing flower blocks.  

That's all the flower qulits I've pulled out of storage for now.  Do you have a favourite flower quilt?  I've seen some really lovely ones online.  Which have you made?

Happy quilting,

Joanne