Once a month, applique blocks are presented here, for your pleasure.
Check this site every month, as the patterns are not archived.
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i.e., incorporated in a pattern or a quilt made for sale or printed up and handed out.
If you make a quilt with these blocks and enter it in a show, please identify the designer
of the blocks with my website. I would also hope you would share a picture of the quilt,
to post in the Block of the Month Gallery so everyone will get to see it.
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Block of the Month Gallery
Bearded irises bloom in other people's gardens, but not in mine. The gophers love the corms, leaves and all. They enjoy them as a special snack. So here they are blooming on a quilt block.
For one 12" finished block, use print and/or solid fabrics:
Base Fabric One 13" light square or four 7" light print squares sewn as a Four Patch with 1/4" seams.
#A Fabric Fat Quarters of three green prints or batiks for the leaves and stems.
#B Fabric Fat Quarters of several purples for the petals.
#C Fabric Fat Quarter or scrap of yellow for the flower beards.
Procedure: If you are unfamiliar with the applique terms used in the Block of the Month, click on the highlighted term to take you to the explanation page.
1. Prepare all the flower parts and leaves, using your favorite applique technique.
2. Since the stems are straight, bias is not required. Cut a 1/2" strip of fabric, into six 3" rectangles, folding in 1/8" seam on both sides for the stems.
3. Mark the hexagon lightly on the background. Maybe just a dot and small dash, just for placement, so stems and leaves can be placed correctly. Notice how the end of the stem is aligned with one corner and edge of the hexagon.
4. Baste and applique the leaves and stems, notice the the third leaf (#4) covers the bottom end of the stem, the other end of the stem is covered by the flower.
5. Baste and applique the flower parts in numerical order.
