French roses quilt

Neat applique and variegated thread machine stitching

I have discovered something about quilting. It doesn't make for fascinating blogging. It takes a while and in this case I am making the same...

Ancora Imparo (I am still learning)

Making this rose garden quilt might initially look intimidating, but it's surprisingly not. This quilt as you go project, shared

The borders have been added onto my French Roses Quilt top and it is now ready for quilting. The pattern I used is French Roses by Heather French. It came together very quickly using raw edge app…

Posts about French Roses Quilt Pattern written by Christa

Make it yourself. Make it your own.

Finished a French Rose Baby Quilt today... for my nephews baby girl to be born in October. This quilt design uses raw edge appliqué, which is fun and shabby and easy to make, but the down part is that quilting over the raw edges is difficult. It washed up wonderful though. Washing is so forgiving on quilting! I didn't use a pattern, just cut the base blocks, then the flower layers, and the petals. I did cut away the excess fabric under the flowers. There are tutorials for the French Rose on…

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