What This Fabric Is
Love You Always Flower Toss Pink is a quilting cotton from the Love You Always collection by Sandy Gervais for Riley Blake Designs. It is 100% cotton, 43"/44" wide, and sold by the yard. The print features scattered flowers on a pink ground — a classic floral toss, where the blooms are sprinkled across the surface rather than lined up in rows or stripes.
That tossed layout makes this fabric easy to work with. Because the flowers fall in different directions, there is no single "up" to track when you cut, and pieces can be turned to fit your layout without looking upside down. The collection is described for quilting, apparel, and home decor.
What It Is Best For
A scattered floral like this one is a natural feature fabric for quilts. Use it as the main print in a simple patchwork design and let the flowers carry the quilt, or give it a supporting role as a border, sashing accent, or backing where the pink brings warmth to the whole piece.
It also suits smaller projects: gathered skirts, aprons, cushion covers, and table runners — anywhere you want a soft, romantic floral that does not demand pattern matching at the seams.
Cutting and Piecing Tips
Start by pressing the fabric flat and cutting on the straight grain with a rotary cutter and ruler, just as you would any quilting cotton. Since the print is a toss, you do not need to match motifs across seams, which makes it forgiving for chain piecing and for beginners building confidence.
Scale matters. Cut pieces large enough for whole flowers to show — generous squares, rectangles, and wide strips keep the scattered blooms readable. Very small pieces chop the flowers into fragments and the print turns into visual noise. If you want a focal moment, fussy cut a cluster of flowers and center it in a block, a pocket, or the middle of a cushion front.
Piece with a consistent quarter-inch seam and press seams to one side. Pink grounds can show shadowing from darker seam allowances underneath pale petals, so press toward the darker neighboring fabric where you can.
Pairing Colors and Prints
Build your palette from the print itself. Look at the flower colors scattered across the pink and pull out one or two to repeat in solids or small-scale blenders — that repetition is what makes a scrappy mix look planned. Cream or white gives the pink room to breathe and keeps the quilt feeling fresh, while a deeper tone picked from the blooms adds contrast in binding or narrow inner borders.
Because a floral toss is already busy, pair it with quieter partners: tone-on-tone blenders, tiny dots, or a soft gingham in a coordinating color. Save other large florals for a different project, or separate them from this print with solid sashing so the two do not compete.
Project Ideas to Try
- Simple patchwork throw: Alternate large squares of Flower Toss Pink with a cream solid, quilt in soft curves, and bind in a color pulled from the flowers.
- Bordered whole-cloth center: Use a single length as the center of a baby or lap quilt, framed with a solid border and a blender outer border.
- Cushion covers: Fussy cut a flower cluster for the front panel and back the cushion with a coordinating solid.
- Apron or gathered skirt: The non-directional toss cuts efficiently with little waste, and no motif matching is needed at seams.
- Quilt backing: A full width or seamed back in this pink floral finishes a Love You Always top with the same romantic feel on both sides.
Care
Follow the care given for this fabric: machine wash cold and tumble dry low. Washing in cold water helps the pink ground and flower colors stay true, and removing the finished project promptly from a low dryer keeps the cotton smooth and ready to use.
Shop the Love You Always Flower Toss Pink Cotton 43"/44" Fabric Per Yard at Linda's Electric Quilters.
