Lancaster Rose Free Quilt Pattern by Marsha Evans Moore
Lancaster Rose combines appliqued flowers, leaves and butterflies with a pieced setting and triangle borders. Marsha Evans Moore designed this 55.5-inch-square quilt for the Ruby collection by Whistler Studios. Four appliqued center blocks are joined with sashing and setting triangles, then surrounded by a floral border with extending stems and corner butterflies. The intermediate project includes templates and placement guides, with instructions for either turned-under or raw-edge applique and embroidered butterfly antennae.
About This Free Pattern
This free quilt pattern was designed by Marsha Evans Moore for Windham Fabrics.
This project is marked intermediate and uses applique.
The finished quilt measures 55.5 x 55.5.
Download the pattern to review the full cutting instructions, diagrams, and sewing steps before you begin.
Lancaster Rose Free Quilt Pattern by Marsha Evans Moore quilt pattern summary
- Prepare the full-size templates for your chosen turned-under or raw-edge applique method, then cut the background squares, applique shapes and pieced components.
- Arrange and stitch the flowers, buds, leaves and butterflies onto the center squares using the placement guides. Add the embroidered antennae and assemble the blocks with sashing.
- Make the flower-and-stem border sections and pieced triangle border strips, keeping the indicated long stems free until the border seams are joined.
- Complete the center with setting triangles, add the borders in order and finish the overlapping stems, leaves and corner butterflies.
- Layer the quilt top with batting and backing, baste and quilt as desired, then join the binding strips and bind the quilt.