QAF Block of the Month
October 2004
Oriental Poppy
7 1/2" unfinished (7" finished)
Here's a beautiful Poppy
block to bridge the summer/fall season. I'm calling it Oriental Poppy because
I 'crossed' it with black, just as the center of the real flower is brushed
with black.
You can make these any
clear bright color. You will need a bit of cream or COC for the corners,
a bit of yellow for the center, a solid black for the cross...and some
clear colors....reds, pinks, blues, yellows, purples, etc., for the flowers.
(Please, no dull or greyed tones for these beauties.) You can use the same
black, yellow and cream for as many blocks as you make. You may make a
maximum of 3 to enter in the BOM lottery of the same petal pairs.
Each flower's petals
should
be
two tones of one color, as depicted in the blocks shown. Use your favorites,
you might be a winner! Tone on Tones for these are best, like fossil
ferns, marbles and BATIKS!!! Think red poppies, pink poppies, peachy poppies,
orange poppies, etc.
Cut for each block:
To Assemble Block:
Layer a lighter and a darker 4" square
RST, mark a diagonal line on the back of one of them, corner to corner. Stitch
1/4" on either side of the line.
Cut apart
on
the
drawn line and press each half-square triangle to the darker shade. Repeat
for the other pair. Trim these HST to 3 1/2" square.
Lay out your 'flower' per the block pictured
above, with a black strip between two of these HST's, taking care to alternate
the shades of color on the petal
parts. Repeat for the bottom row. Press these seams to the black
strips.
Sew a black strip to either side of the
yellow square. Press to the black strips. Lay this piece between the petal
strips you just made and stitch. Press
seams to the yellow square.
Draw a diagonal line on the back of each
of the cream squares.. Place one over each corner of
the block, RST, making sure the line on the back is aligned across the seam
of the HST and stitch diagonally across the block, right on your drawn line.
Fold
out
and
press. Square
up your blocks to 7 1/2" square
and you are finished! You have 3 layers on each corner. Trim only the center
layer down to 1/4", taking out that waste triangle. You will have the cream
triangle corner on the top layer and the bottom corner of the HST underneath.
Remember, you may make
up to 3 poppies of the same fabrics for the BOM lottery. Enjoy!
Here are some setting ideas:
