Previous Block of the Month:
Arkansas
Meadow Rose
Appliqué
this perky flower in your favorite colors.
Arkansas
Meadow Rose was first published in The Kansas City Star in October of
1935. Try a flower using five different prints for the petals, using '30s
prints, or plaids, or try some new hand-dyed fabrics. This block has so many
possibilities!
BLOCK SIZE:
10" square
MATERIALS
- Fat eighth (11" x
18") light print for the background
- Pink print at
least 6" x 7 1/2"
- Piece of green at
least 8" square
- Piece of pink at
least 8" square
- Yellow scrap at
least 2" square
CUTTING
The petal
pattern (link below) is full size and includes a 1/4" seam allowance. The
leaf and flower center patterns are full size and do not include a
turn-under allowance. Make templates for the patterns. Trace around the
petal template on the right side of the fabric and cut the fabric pieces out
on the line. Trace around the leaf and flower center templates on the wrong
side of the fabric and add a 1/4" seam allowance as you cut the fabric
pieces out.
- Cut 1: 8 1/4" x 11"
rectangle, light print
- Cut 5: petals, pink
print
- Cut 1: flower
center, yellow
- Cut 1: 1" x 3 1/4"
strip, green, for the stem
- Cut 2: leaves, green
- Cut 2: 2 5/8"
squares, green
- Cut 1: 3 3/4"
square, green, then cut it in quarters diagonally to yield 4 triangles
- Cut 1: 3 3 /8"
square, pink, then cut it in half diagonally to yield 2 large triangles
- Cut 1: 3 3/4"
square, pink, then cut it in quarters diagonally to yield 4 small
triangles. You will use 2.
- Cut 2: 2 5/8"
squares, pink
DIRECTIONS
- Press both long edges of the 1" x 3 1/4"
green stem 1/4" toward the wrong side.
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- Fold the 8 1/4" x 11" background rectangle in
half crosswise and crease the fold to mark the center.
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- Pin the stem to the rectangle, aligning one
end of the stem with the edge of the rectangle and centering the
stem on the crease. Appliqué the stem.
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- Sew 2 petals together, stopping and
backstitching at the dot, as shown.
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- In the same manner, sew the remaining petals
to the pair to make a flower. Press the seam allowances open.
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- Center the flower on the rectangle, covering
the end of the stem. Appliqué the
flower, turning under the edges of the petals as you stitch.
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- Appliqué the
flower center on the flower.
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- Appliqué a leaf
on each side of the stem.
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- Draw a diagonal line from corner to corner on
the wrong side of each 2 5/8" pink square.
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- Place a marked square on a 2 5/8" green
square, right sides together. Sew 1/4" away from both sides of the
marked line. Make 2.
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- Cut the squares on the drawn lines to yield 4
pieced squares. You will use 3. Press the seam allowances open.
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- Lay out the 3 pieced squares, green
triangles, and the small pink triangles. Sew the squares and
triangles into sections, as shown. Join the sections.
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- Sew the large pink triangles to the bottom
corners to complete the bottom section.
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- Center and stitch the bottom section to the
flower section. Trim the light background rectangle to square the
block.
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To printout the
full-size patterns for Arkansas Meadow Rose,
click here.
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