WIP - Garden Window Quilt

I have been working on my Garden Window Quilt this week, it a beautiful floral panel that I had no idea what to do with, so I sat and stared at it and came up with this quilt design for it. In the beginning it was going to be a pieced quilt but over time the idea of this quilt kept changing. This quilt is a gift for my 2nd Mum (mother-in-law) who loves the colour red. 

I have started my first applique quilt this year and I must say that applique has me hooked which is why this quilt has changed from just a pieced quilt to one that has applique as well. Currently I am working on the applique part of the quilt. 

As I am not a very good drawer I found a picture of the flower I wanted and used it for the template for my flowers and leaves. I have created all the bias binding for the stems and currently working in sections for the turned edge flowers & leaves, then adding them to the quilt and sewing them down.

Just finished sewing the leaves & Stems down on this section

The whole section - just the flowers to go

What some of the quilt looks like.

Unfortunately you can't see the whole effect of the quilt in the above photo as I have it pinned to the curtain. I can't wait to get my design wall so that I can see my progress as I go. I still have a way to go and need to get it finished by August as that is when my mother-in-law arrives to visit.