Bee Vintage Sew Along - Week Four - Vintage Dahlia Block!!

"VINTAGE DAHLIA BLOCK"

Welcome to week four of the 

"BEE VINTAGE"

Sew Along!

Join me here each week 

when I will be doing 3 tutorials

 on three blocks for the quilt.

Of course because we are all sewing 

from all around the world  

we all have different time zones...

But I will be posting each 

Monday - Wednesday - Friday 

right here on my blog 

and you can follow my tutorials 

any time during the week that 

 is convenient for you.

We are making the 

Bee Vintage Sampler Quilt

71" x 84"

The quilt is made with my fabric

 collection called Bee Vintage...

and a few other prints from my basics collections as well:)

I hope that you all have all 

received your 

fabric kits by now...

 and that we are all ready to begin!!

If you still need one ...

just do a quick google search for 

"Bee Vintage Quilt Kit"

to find shops who still have some left.

We are also using the

Bee Vintage

Sew Simple Shapes

I have already posted the

"BEE PREPARED"

 post which details all of the supplies

 for the sew along and how it works.

I have also given the link there 

for the free PDF Download 

of the Sew Along Guide

CLICK HERE

to download the sew along guide

if you have not downloaded yet. 

As per usual for the first block in my 

Sew Simple Shape Sew Alongs

 that FIRST tutorial is a video.

Because I now have my own  

YouTube Channel

 I have posted the 

 Vintage Strawberry Block

Tutorial there.

Click Here

to visit my channel and watch the 

tutorial and I hope that you love it!

CLICK HERE

to read my blog post too

CLICK HERE

for the tutorial on the

VINTAGE APPLE BLOCK

CLICK HERE

for the tutorial on the

VINTAGE CHERRIES BLOCK

CLICK HERE

for the tutorial on the 

VINTAGE BUTTERFLY BLOCK

CLICK HERE

for the tutorial on the

VINTAGE MAPLE LEAF BLOCK

CLICK HERE

for the tutorial on the

VINTAGE SCOTTY DOG BLOCK

CLICK HERE

for the tutorial on the 

VINTAGE UMBRELLA BLOCK

CLICK HERE

for the tutorial on the 

VINTAGE FLOWER BLOCK

Last time we made the 

VINTAGE TEAPOT BLOCK

CLICK HERE

for that tutorial:)

Today we are making a dahlia!!

Here is my Vintage Dahlia Block 

 All cut...traced and ready to go!

Here is a list of the

  Bee Vintage 

Sew Simple Shapes 

needed for this block:

12 - P-13

1 - P-62

Cut your background  

12" x 12"

and press it in half both ways

so that you have easier placement.

I've sewn and trimmed all my shapes

 and guess what? 

There is no clipping 

needed on any of them:)

Simply turn...shape and press:)

Now let's go over to the worktable

 and swirl them into a circle!

Okay...

you are going to need your ruler 

for sure to layout this block

 because that will make it easy!

I started laying out each piece

starting at the top and going clockwise.

When I laid the last one down 

I tucked it underneath the first one

for the swirling effect:)

Carefully look at the lines on the ruler

and it will help with placement.

Notice that I left the circle off 

in this photo so that you could 

easily see how the shapes 

come together in the center.

Then I added the circle and used 

the lines on the ruler to make sure

 it was exactly in the center.

Your dahlia should be about 

9 1/2" tall and wide:)

Pinned and glued!

I noticed that I had all three of

 these dahlia designs on my mat:)

Can you tell that I love this block?

Ready for applique...

Afterwards press from the back

 and then trim to 10 1/2" square.

VINTAGE DAHLIA BLOCK

CLICK HERE

to print/view the high res photo

of the 

VINTAGE DAHLIA QUILT

I think it makes a 

perfect vintage scrap buster quilt! 

Thanks so much for sewing with me today

 and for joining me 

 for week four of the 

Bee Vintage Sew Along

P.S. We are halfway finished

 with our vintage blocks:)

YaY!!

I'll meet you right back here

on my blog next time for the 

Vintage Spring Basket Block tutorial...

xx

Lori

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