Quilt Pattern: English Flower Garden

A quilt which is as picturesquely English as Anne Hathaway's cottage is this quaint Flower Garden Applique. It may be made of all variegated flowers in gay prints with yellow centers; or a color plan of coral, turquoise, and gold flowers with green leaves and centers would be lovely. The pot is of green and white check gingham with 16-inch square background blocks of white, or light yellow.

Twenty blocks set together with 3-inch strips of green check in lattice effect make a center about 73 by 89 inches. A 5-inch border all around this brings it to generous size, both to cover pillows and tuck in at the foot. Seams are not allowed.

Material Estimate: You would need 3 1/2 yards of check material, 1/3 yard each of 3 prints or flower tints, 1 yard of green for the leaves and stems and 4 yards of white, a total of 9 1/2 yards.

Quilting would follow the lines of the appliqued design, with perhaps a Shell rounding into each block corner and a narrow Cable quilted along the lattice strips.