These are really just 10-minute blocks (see http://www.quiltingboard.com/t-81908-1.htm) but starting with what I'll call a 1/4 snowball.

For one flower, you need

2 -- 5" squares of fabric 1
2 -- 5" squares of fabric 2
1 -- 4" square for center
4 -- 2.5" squares of background

Sew each background square onto one corner of your four 5" squares. Trim seam to 1/4" and press toward the background color (picture 2). This makes a 1/4 snowball block

Arrange the 4 "petals" as shown in picture 3 below.

Proceed with the instructions from the tutorial above. There are just 2 differences:

1) my middle square is smaller than my 4 petals
2) you have to be careful about the orientation of the 4 petals, to keep them in the pinwheel.

The blocks should square up to 9.5 inches (9 inches finished)

thanks for the tut, Cathy

thanks for the tutorial

Very cute idea! Thanks for the tute. :)

Thank you for this tutorial :D:D:D

Neat idea, thanks for the tutorial.

Good idea! thanks.

OMG...what talent! and did you know I have fab waiting to do this...too bad has to wait till tomorrow.

I think I like these better than the 10 min. block.

Thanks. That's exactly how I thought it was done!

great idea thanks :thumbup:

These are REALLY neat! :)

Thanks for sharing!

Great idea....Thanks

Very nice. something else for my "must do" list.

thanks,
ava

Thanks for the tute. :)

thanks...I am going to have to try this

Thanks that was good

Yummy thanks.

Thank you so much. It's always fun when someone thinks up a new way to do a technique. I bookmarked and printed out.

Thanks for the tute, that's one I'll try.

Thanks so much for the tutorial :)

Looking for flower to hand applique pattern. Nothing too tedious with the skinny stems. Anybody have one to share.
Thanks,
Jean

Thank you for that idea, I am going to make them smaller and do a small mini quilt top with them. Which I can see as a flower garden with the batiks. Again thank you really cute
Have a Blessed day
Ellen

The tut was great, but---do you applique the center sq on or top stitch or what? Guess I'm a little slow on this one.

OK--I'm the dummy here, looked at the other tut and saw how the center was done. PLEASE no lashes with the wet noodle. DS is undergoing emer surgery as I type and DH is headed back to hosp. I grew ulcers, per dr 2/day, so my thinking cap is not fitting well.

Thank you my next project.

Thanks....now something else for me to try!!!!.... but I love the look of them....... guess I had better bookmark it and maybe try another day!!......

Well...I be !! This is a nice tute so thanks for sharing. Going to bookmark this one for furture project!

Thanks for the tutorial. I'm going to try this.

I don't understand how the center block goes in. Do you sew the four other blocks together and then add the center block?

Never mind I found the other tute and now understand. Sorry for being so dumb!! :-)

Thanks for the tutorial, I really like this block.

COOL! Thank you for sharing.

How pretty!

Thanks so much for this one, I thought I might figure it out from your picture and having seen the original, but thanks for saving my brain power..... Lord knows I have little enough as it is.

I would never in a million years have come up with this one! Thanks
:shock: :shock: :shock: :thumbup: Jan

quite an improvement on the regular 10-min. block! Will try it in the motning.

Definitely on my someday list!

I was thinking that the centers might be interesting if done like a 3-D bow-tie block so that the flower centers are 3-D. I might play with this idea.