The Floral Banners were my first needleturn hand appliqué project. Have I mentioned that I don’t believe in starting slowly? I prefer to jump right in and figure it out as I go along. I know that if I start with an easy practice project, my heart will not be in it and I will very likely get bored. This looked like a nice block of the month project, and I even managed to finish the triangle blocks in addition to making one block per month. All four banners were finished “as scheduled”, and I still like the seasonal flower block designs very much.

Design by Rose Hahn, hand appliquéd and hand quilted by Beatrice Rieske, butterfly machine embroidered by Monika Tschernoch, Berlin, Germany

Floral Banners

Anemone

Rose

Sunflower

Poinsettia