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.
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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
Late again! This summer has been busy. Here is another flower from our European trip. We found these flowers growing on stone walls wherever we went in Germany and France. They were quite small, slightly larger than the color illustration below! The leaves were less than an inch across (2.5cm), with reddish edges. To emulate this, you could do a stem stitch around the leaf edges with one thread of red embroidery floss, or fine sewing cotton. The flowers were half that size and looked like tiny cymbidiums. If you know the name of these flowers, please let me know. I think that they should be called Wallflowers, because that is where they were growing!
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 Quarter of green for the stems.
#B Fabric Fat Quarter or scraps of a lighter green for the leaves.
#C Fabric Fat Quarter or scraps of two shades of lavender for the flower petals.
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. From Fabric #A cut four 3/4" bias strips across the width of the Fat Quarter or for a slightly narrower stem, cut strips 5/8". Follow the stems technique to prepare the strips for applique. Ends are covered with flowers and leaves.
2. Follow the directions for needle under or freezer paper techniques to make the leaves and flower petals.
3. Follow directions for making circles to make the oval flower centers.
4. Baste, then applique the stems in place.
5. Baste, then applique the flowers and leaves to cover the stem ends.
