Blooming Flower Hoop Art Pattern - Includes pre-cut papers

English paper-piecing has experienced a recent revival as more and more people have become aware of the joy and benefits of slow stitching.  

In these easy-to-follow instructions, I will take you through the fussy-cutting, glue-basting and then hand piecing techniques to make up this gorgeous Blooming Flower design. I show you how to hand appliqué your flower onto the background fabric, and then finish off with some big-stitch hand quilting. There are also instructions on how to mount your work into a wooden hoop so you can show off your artwork in style.

This pattern includes a full set of pre-cut EPP papers.

Skill level: Intermediate

Finished size: Approx. 12" round

You will need;

• Three co-ordinating fabrics for the flower shapes
• 16" square of background fabric
• Template plastic for fussy-cutting 
• Temporary fabric glue pen - which you can add above
• Thread for piecing - I recommend a 50wt cotton
• Gentle fabric starch - which you can purchase here
• Embroidery floss in a contrasting thread
• 12" embroidery hoop
• 16" square of wadding and of butter muslin or equally fine fabric