Floral Quilting Block Embroidery Design, Instant Download

Floral quilting block done as a four-quadrant tile. Each quarter's got the same layout, overlapping open-faced flowers, small round buds, curved leaf sprigs, and the occasional small circle dot scattered between them. The flowers have that vintage cotton-print look, five or six rounded petals around a small button centre, not drawn as any specific botanical species but kinda like a mix between a daisy and a hibiscus. Stitch the whole 12-inch block and it fills your hoop like a fabric swatch.

All outline work, no fill. The satin stitch outlines are thick enough that the design reads boldly from a distance without needing any internal thread density. That also keeps the stitch count lower per square inch than a filled floral would be. Eight sizes go from 5 up to 12 inches, counts from 16,852 on the smallest up to 41,830 on the biggest. I like how the open centres dont collapse at smaller sizes, the underlay on the round dots is surprisingly clean even at 5 inches and thats what sold me on this one.

One customer made a set of the 7-inch on white cotton quilting squares last christmas for a handmade gift project and said the outlines pressed beautifully after hooping. Stitch on white or cream quilting cotton, linen, or woven fabric. Pop it on a pale background and the black outline reads clean without competing with the fabric colour. Skip patterned fabric because the all-over floral layout needs that white negative space to separate the motifs properly.

Use a medium tearaway stabiliser on quilting cotton. Cutaway works better on heavier canvas or denim if youre using the bigger 10 or 12-inch hoop. Hoop tight and keep tension even because the repeated radial symmetry will make any inconsistency very visible. Run the smallest size on a swatch first to check how your machine handles the close-set outline stitches on the leaf tips, its worth the few minutes to avoid a wasted full hoop.