Sew Simple Shapes - Patchwork Tulip Tutorial with More Leaves and Flowers!!!

Good morning cute people!

Today I'm continuing 

my tutorials

 on making flowers with my 

BLOOM 

Sew Simple Shapes

First up is shape A-24...

and I'm going to show you

 how I make a 

cute patchwork tulip:)

First I cut 4 strips of

 scrappy fabric 

1 1/2" x 4"

Then I sewed them together

 with a

 scant 1/4" seam 

and pressed them open.

I placed the A-24 shape

 onto the wrong side

 and lined up the seams 

with the marks

 on the template 

and traced my stitching line...

Like this.

I cut a piece of 

Sew-In Lightweight Pellon

the same size and pinned

with right sides together.

I stitched directly 

onto my stitching line...

securing when I 

stop and start by backstitching.

I trimmed an approximate

 1/4" seam allowance

 and clipped a 

little bit 

off the top

of the points.

***Important! -

 You will need to clip 

the two "cleavage" areas 

in between the tulip points.

Use a small pair of 

sharp embroidery scissors 

and make a clip 

to your stitching line...

being careful not to 

clip past it...

 or into it.

Clip an "X" into

 the Pellon and 

turn right side out.

I use this 

Clover turning tool 

to GENTLY push out the points.

Press your tulip flat 

from the front:)

I quickly stitched 

up an A-24 Tulip 

without the patchwork

 to show you

 how cute and easy 

it is as well!

Now for a new leaf shape.

You can use the ovals

 in BLOOM for 

leaves as well!

For this set...

I am using the A-7 

and making patchwork Leaves.

I cut 2 pieces of green fabric 

3 1/2" wide x 4" tall...

then I cut them in half

 so that they measure 

1 3/4" x 4"

Click Here

 to see how I make 

these oval leaves...

because the method

 is exactly the same

 as my other 

two sided leaf tutorial.

I think the ovals

 make cute leaves too!

 I like to be creative 

with the leaf shapes 

as well as the flowers:)

(still need stems...

but i promise they are coming!)

There are 4 oval shapes

 in the BLOOM set 

and they are

A-5  A-6  A-7  A-8

I cut some Pellon and

 a bunch of fabric 

from my scrappy stash

 for all four sizes...

And made some oval flowers 

to add to my 

growing collection of 

scrappy happy flowers:)

I also made another

 set of oval leaves!

This time I used 

one fabric instead of two:)

I'm having so much

 fun playing with my

 BLOOM

 Sew Simple Shapes

and I hope you are too!

I'll be growing my 

garden of patchwork flowers

 over the week-end...

 and I'll show you

 even more on Monday:)

xx

Lori