I so enjoyed designing flowers and leaves for my book, Petal + Stem, that I had to keep going! I have designed brand new block patterns to coordinate with those in the book!

The Blossoming Bouquet includes four 6” paper pieced blocks: Flower Bud, Peony, Stem 17, and Leaf 12 (aka Carla’s Leaf) plus its mirror image.

When arranged as they are in the image above, the blocks appear to be blossoming from a bud, to partially opened flower, to a full bloom. That’s how this bouquet got its name!

The leaf block is fun because it can be rotated for two different looks.

This Bouquet includes a Possibilities section that illustrates how the 4 blocks can mix and match with those in Petal + Stem, plus an alternate layout for one of the quilts in Petal + Stem.

Because these blocks were designed to add-on to Petal + Stem, you will not be able to make all the Possibilities or the quilt that is mocked up in each Bouquet without the book. However, you can still make the flowers and stem that you see pictured, and mix and match them, to make a small pillow or whatever else you dream up!