Free Quilt Block Pattern--Flower Garden Path--Summer Sampler Turns 10
Welcome to to the fourth block for the Summer Sampler Turns 10 Quilt Along. If you are following along on Instagram, please tag us @swimbikequilt @lee.a.heinrich @freshlemonsquilts and use our hashtag #summersamplerturns10.
I’m so happy to be sharing another free block pattern with you. This week’s block is the Flower Garden Path Block, and it is the first (but not last!) foundation paper pieced block in this quilt along.
In this blog post you will find:
Flower Garden Path Foundation Paper Piecing Photo Tutorial
the 2011 Tutorial, which includes 28 HSTS instead of paper piecing
The original, 2011 block tutorial was traditionally pieced and includes 28 half square triangle pairs—if that is your jam, you can find it via the link below.
The original Flower Garden Path Quilt Block had a lot of half square triangles, and I was so happy to create foundational paper piecing templates for the block during the Summer Sampler Turns 10 Quilt Along. The precision (or if you are me and sewing while your 6 year old is playing Hatchimals and watching How to Train Your Dragon in your sewing room, precision-ish) makes me so happy! This block can be made with solids or prints, monochromatic color schemes (the green below) or rainbow scraps (my original 2011 block).
Before you paper piece this block, I suggest you watch Lee’s video, “Never Tear Out Paper Piecing Stitches Again,” one of my favorite paper piecing tips!
Flower Garden Path Block Photo Tutorial
The original 2011 quilt along was based on blocks that we found in Barbara Brackman’s Encyclopedia of Pieced Quilt Patterns, which soon after became almost impossible to find. Good news: if you are interested in Brackman’s Encyclopedia, which included 4,000+ blocks, you can find an updated version here.
SUMMER SAMPLER SERIES BLOCK TUTORIALS
2011 TUTORIALS AND 2021 #SUMMERSAMPLERTURNS10
BLOCK 1: STAR OF VIRGINIA
Original post here
Re-released Tutorial
By Katie
BLOCK 2: GREEK CROSS
BLOCK 3: MOSAIC
Original post here
Re-release on March 3, 2021
Tutorial by Lee
BLOCK 4: FLOWER GARDEN PATH
Original post here
Re-release on March 10, 2021 [you are here]
Tutorial by Katie
BLOCK 5: STAR
Original post here
Re-release on March 17, 2021
Tutorial by Faith
BLOCK 6: ARKANSAS TRAVELER
Original post here
Re-release on March 24, 2021
Tutorial by Lee
BLOCK 7: SIX-POINTED STRING STAR
Original post here
Re-release on March 31, 2021
Tutorial by Katie
BLOCK 8: LUCKY PIECES
Original post here
Re-release on April 7, 2021
Tutorial by Faith
BLOCK 9: MINNESOTA
Original post here
Re-release on April 14, 2021
Tutorial by Lee
BLOCK 10: EVENING STAR
Original post here
Re-release on April 21, 2021
Tutorial by Katie
BLOCK 11: ROCKY ROAD TO KANSAS
Original post here
Re-release on April 28, 2021
Tutorial by Faith
BLOCK 12: KANSAS DUST STORM
Original post here
Re-release on May 5, 2021
Tutorial by Lee