Dahlia Flower Applique

 Dahlia Flower Applique

The center flower is stitched for the applique quilt! This is hand appliqued to the background. I stitched the flower together as a unit before stitching to the background. The background is pieced using paper piecing.

Susan Taylor Propst ©2017

The flower was in a photograph taken by my husband in the Valley Gardens in Harrogate, UK. It's stylized, but sets some of the color scheme for the rest of the quilt. This measures about 16" diameter.