Originally Posted by GramMER

Not long ago there was a discussion on this board about folded flower applique and I saved some of those links. You may not want to go into such detail or have your border so heavy, but at least there are ideas here. Several years ago I saw a quilt made by a lady from Japan which used miniature Dresden plates in the border! That was absolutely gorgeous!

Here is a hydrangea. It's from Kumiko Sudo's book Fabled Flowers. You can see someone's version at this website:

http://quiltingroom.blogspot.com/2007/11/monthly.html

This is the book:

http://www.amazon.com/Fabled-Flowers.../dp/0844226459

And here's one from a member of the Quilting Board:

Hydrangea Avatar, so many of you have asked for.

This is an easy tutorial although the photos load slowly:

http://www.quiltingboard.com/tutoria...s-t128379.html

They are beautiful, aren't they!

Here is another tutorial with templates for other folded flowers, but McAfee says the site is not OK. You be the judge.

http://ajpadilla.com/tutorials/folded-fabric-flowers

I understand that YouTube has tons of tutorials if you want to check out those.