It’s that time again! Time to post the next block of “To Everything There Is A Season”, a block-of-the-month I launched in April. The first 4 blocks are available on my website. There will be 12 blocks in total and a centre medallion and borders. You have your choice of a paper pattern mailed to you, or a digital copy that I will email to you.
This block was an absolute delight to make! I am going to show you a few tricks to make this block go really smoothly. First, this is how I make my really skinny bias stems. I make a piece of bias using my 1/4″ bias maker.
Next, I iron it half lenthwise to set the fold. I run a line of glue down the centre of the strip…
…and finger press it in half. As you can see, it really is skinny compared to a “regular” 1/4″ stem. It also has some “dimension”.
It really is a lot easier to construct these flowers “off block”. To do that, I build the flowers on my applique pressing sheet. I actually glue the pieces to the appliue pressing sheet and wait for the glue to dry. Then I just peel the flowers off…..admire it….and then pop it in place!
So, next I added the dainty little blue and pink flowers and some purple berries…
The tiny pink buds just made my heart sing!
And, of course, no summer bouquet is complete without a bee….bzzzzzz!
Til next time…
Kerry
Simple Bird Applique 
Those little pink buds make my heart sing too!
It’s taking all if my self discipline to not add this project to my life right now. I declared this year as my year for finishing unfinished projects, and I’m really getting somewhere. If I do two a month for the rest of the year, I can be finished, which would be a glorious thing. (I started that list 5 years ago!). I love this, though. It may be calling my name in January!
Hi Wendi: Keep finishing those projects. That way you have room for a few new ones!
I’m afraid that when you get to the squirrel, it’s going to do me in;)
Oh I think so, too!
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Gorgeous happy colours – so cheerful for us in the middle of winter. Thanks for the inspiration!
One word comes to mind… Wow!
I’ve been agonizing over a block that I wanted add “super skinny stems” and your post was just the nudge I needed. I can’t wait to get home and fold my “big” 1/4″ bias strips in half.
Glad I could help. I love using this method because it is so easy, but I love how thick the stems are!