Say it with Flowers - Blog Hop

Contest is over. The winner of the EZ Double Wedding Ring template set is Cherry.

Welcome, to all! It is May and the flowers are blooming everywhere in my little corner of the world. Here in the Washington, DC suburbs there are buds and blooms and bees and birds and Spring has sprung and the sun is shining most days. How happy am I?

I even have flowers in my sewing studio!

A rare pic of the queen of my sewing space. Enter at your own risk! I began with a collection by Windham Fabrics that you may remember here: Cream and Sugar.

I began with an idea, some squares, a covered button and circle of felt

Windham had asked me to make some flowers with this collection and I got to work, realizing I could also use them for this Blog Hop. Serendipitous, huh? (Windham never did use them for Market).

I cut two sizes of fabric circles

I followed a tutorial on Pinterest that makes these flowers, but I seem to have lost the link. And I altered it somewhat anyway. All this to say, I did not invent this technique. The circles are folded in half, wrong sides together and you stitch along the curves, then gather. This creates the individual petals. I just loved how it turned out.

Here is Flower #1 just resting is on the back of another Flower Block

Now, I got to thinking: I could make some flowers using the cutaways from my EZ Double Wedding Ring template. I know you've seen this before, but just in case:

See that little teardrop? The center of the DWR template

I saved the little teardrop shapes from making a DWR quilt out of 1930s fabrics. They are 5-3/4" from tip to tip. I put them together into a flower and then set it on point. I use this as a teaching sample for my Beginner's Free Motion Quilting Class.

1930s fabrics for my second flower

6 teardrop cutaways from a previous EZ DWR quilt

 This gave me an idea! How about making a larger flower with 12 petals?

Flower #3 using the Cream & Sugar fabrics. A little rick rack around the center.

 A little striped binding finishes up Flower #3.

18" block with striped binding. Petals are zigzag stitched

 This one gets blue and green binding. Flower #4

14" block with a felt circle and covered button

 Flower #5 using my Hexagon Rings technique. Added some crazy bling, sort of out of control, huh?

Flower #5: Hexagon Ring with a little bling.

Which flower do you like the best? No wrong answers! I have a GIVEAWAY of:

My EZ Double Wedding Ring pattern and template set!

EZ Double Wedding Ring pattern and template set

Leave a comment to be entered in my giveaway. Make sure I have your email. Contest is over May 31, midnight my time (East coast, USA). Winner: Cherry

Many thanks to Madame Samm of Sew We Quilt and Carol of Just Let Me Quilt for being our planners and cheerleaders. These hops are successful because of all the behind the scenes HARD WORK!

Now go visit my fellow Flower Fans on today's hop:

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Anolisl’s Kreative Seite

I Like To Quilt Blog

Hill Valley Quilter

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Coto Patchwork

Stitching & Stuff

De Quiltborch

Jatajomi’s Stoff-nadel-fadenwelt

Gingini’s Crafts & Quilts

Debby Kratovil Quilts (you are here)