But why "double" aster? Flowers do sometimes have aberrations where two of them sprout from the same bud. However the "double" here probably applies to the overlapping of asters — since aster petals, long and narrow, often interweave each other (see photo left). Thus DOUBLE ASTER turns out to be a lovable idea for a quilt design, and in fact even the flowers in the photo would seem rather affectionate. And so a red color in the center (upper right) works well, not according to nature, but as an abstraction for the deeper meaning of the pattern (see also tiling below). As regards loveable flowers, how about this poem by Emily Dickinson, and where she points to the flower magnificently as "unconscious of the scarlet freight" —

How many Flowers fall in Wood —
Or perish from the Hill —
Without the privilege to know
That they are Beautiful —

How many cast a nameless Pod
Upon the nearest Breeze —
Unconscious of the Scarlet Freight —
It bear to Other Eyes —

Note: Emily Dickinson's rhymes were certainly constructed according to her own mid-19th c. English accent, and therefore not necessarily the off-rhymes they sometimes sound like today. "Breeze" in Dickinson's time in New England, was possibly pronounced something like "breize" and thus rhymed with "eyes." See LOTUS BLOCK for a selection of quilt designs at this site illustrating flowers and various other botanicals. More quilt patterns accompanied by Emily Dickinson's poetry, would include:

DRUNKARD'S PATH
    SNAKE'S TRAIL
NO NAME STAR
    INSECT
IDLE MOMENTS
    MEMORY
OLD FASHIONED QUILT
    SPIDER'S WEB
SIGNS OF SPRING
    COBWEBS