The Bee in my Bonnet Row Along - Row 13...Spring Tulips!!!

Hello there:)

Thanks for tuning in!

It's time for a new episode of the...

Our program today is brought to you by me...

and Row 13.

Spring Tulips!

I don't know about you ...

but I've had it up to here with winter and 

we all have a high spring fever here at our little cottage.

It's only natural that our 

very last row 

will be tulips to represent spring:)

Yes.

You heard me.

This is our very last row...lucky 13!!!

Wait!!!

Don't jump out of the boat yet because we still have some rowing to do!

 It's not summer yet so

This is

 not the end 

of the row along as 

we still have the pieced border...

and backing...

 and binding...

  before we finish up:)

The official end as you know...

is not until summer!

But for now...

 let's row ahead to the tulips!

Cut your background.

I chose to use the same fabric for all of the stems.

For ONE tulip...

For ONE set of leaves...

Cut it in half:)

Lay out all pieces needed to make one tulip on your design board like this.

Your tulip, stem and leaves...

Plus squares along with rectangle.

Let's start forming the block from the bottom up...

just like a real tulip!

Start by sewing an Easy Corner Triangle

 onto the bottom outside corner of each leaf like this.

Trim and press toward triangles.

Now sew another easy corner triangle to the 

top inside corner of each leaf like this.

Trim and press towards the triangle.

Now sew the leaves to the stem like this.

Press towards the stem...

one side first and then the other...

Like this.

Now let's move on to the tulip!

Sew Easy Corner Triangles onto

 the sides and center of the tulip sections like this.

Trim and press towards the triangles.

*(take note that for the center section, 

you will need to sew one ECT on first,

 then trim and press it before you can sew 

the other ECT onto the other side)  

Now sew the three tulip sections together like this.

Press these seams open for less bulk.

Use the remaining squares and sew Easy Corner Triangles onto

 the bottom outside corners of the tulip...

like this.

Press towards the triangles.

Now sew the tulip to the leaves.

The top of the stem should nest right inside the bottom of the tulip like this...

making it easy to keep it centered...

like this:)

Press towards the tulip.

Now add the rectangle to the top of the tulip block.

*(take note that you will need to sew the rectangle onto

 the TOP of some tulips and onto the BOTTOM of other tulips... 

so that they will be dancing up and down across the row!)

YaY!!!

One tulip block complete:)

I went ahead and added sashings onto each side of this first tulip 

so that you can see how it looks when it's finished inside the row.

NO.

I did NOT sew my points off!

I specifically designed this tulip so that all of the tips would be blunt

 and you wouldn't need to worry about points.

You're welcome:)

Now go through your stash and cut more!

And stitch them up for lots of

 super springy tulips:)

Sew them into a row with the sashing strips in-between...

And then try your best to get a picture of the complete row all at once!

(we all know what a challenge that is)

                                                    

Here's one half of mine...

and the other half:)

Are you sad that this is the last row?

I am...

but it will be fun to see all of the

 rows finally sewn together!

I will be sewing mine together in a few days and

 I'll post it right away so that you can plan how to sew

 yours after your tulips are done:)

                                                                

As I have already told you...

the finished size of the quilt will be

 a twin size.

Let me know what you think of row 13 and the tulips...

your comments always make me smile and keep me going onto the next tutorial:)

Have a quilty kind of day...

xx

Lori

***edit

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