The Vintage Flower Sampler Quilt - Tallahassee and Cherries
It's Monday! And it's week 10 of The Vintage Flower Sampler Quilt Sew Along! This week our blocks are the patchwork block, Tallahassee, and the applique block, Cherries.
Tallahassee -
I used Reynolds Freezer Paper to make my templates. Press the Freezer Paper to the fabric and cut each piece with scissors or a rotary. I also used a scant quarter inch.
The Tallahassee block consists of 4 smaller pieced squares. The book instructions have open quarter inch seams where the Y-seam is created. They are indicated by the small dot in the diagrams.
I deviated from the instructions by not leaving the quarter inch open in the 4 pieced squares (steps 1-3). I tried both ways, with the open seam and without. I was successful sewing it both ways. If you try this block without the open seams in steps 1-3, let me know what you think.
However, I did leave 1/4" seam allowance unstitched when joining the 4 small squares to the center template A. This is step 4 and step 5 in the instructions.
Begin stitching 4 units that look like bow ties. And 8 of the B and C units. With these units, I did not leave a quarter inch open for an inset seam.
When preparing to stitch these units together, I placed a dot on the seam where all of the seams meet the center square.
I stitched the center first, sewing from dot to dot and not going beyond that dot or seam.
Then I matched the end of the A/B unit with the C/B unit and stitched to the dot or seam and not beyond. All of this is the same as the book instructions except that I didn't leave the seam open for an inset seam.
Once you have all of these finished, add the small D triangles.
Stitch the 4 smaller pieced squares together according to the instructions in the book. Be sure to leave the quarter inch seams open where indicated to create the Y-seams in the center of the block.
Give your block a good press and trim to 12.5" if needed.
Cherries -
This was such a fun and simple block! Luckily, the fruit blocks have gotten easier while the patchwork blocks are more challenging.
Use the method you have become most comfortable with to make the cherries and the center. I used the CutRite Heavy Duty Freezer Paper and the starch method.
Once you have all the cherries and leaves stitched to the background, add embroidery stitches to create the stems.
Have fun with the blocks and be sure to post them using the hashtag
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