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came out great love the colors

WOW! that is pretty, was it hard to make

HAve read the tute for this, and I am befuddled...... it looks like it is fairly simple, yet I am in the dark...however, those that have been posted are very very lovely.......jacie

It looks very 3-dimensional! great colors, great job

That is beautiful. Love the colors.
Wolflady

It's beautiful you did a great job. :thumbup: :)

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Originally Posted by jacie

HAve read the tute for this, and I am befuddled...... it looks like it is fairly simple, yet I am in the dark...however, those that have been posted are very very lovely.......jacie

Jacie, I was befuddled, too, & still am. I'm working on a second one now & am still having trouble getting the pieces to overlap properly. I have to spread them apart to make them come together. This time, I'm having short pcs. that peek out so I just put a little dab of glue into them. I'm sure this sounds very confusing but when you make one you'll see what I mean.

I was hoping dragonquilt who showed us the first one & wrote the tute would jump in here to help us.

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Originally Posted by candlequilter

Beautiful job on your folded dahlia. I make one yesterday to using the tute dragonquilter posted. I really liked it, but being the economic minded person that I am (especially with the price of fabric going up) I think I am going to try doing it again with smaller squares for the first 2 or 3 rounds and work up to the 6" square for the last round. If I find that I need more fullness I might cut a diamon shape of extra leftover batting to put in each petal. Once I try it that way I will post both pictures to let everyone know if it worked or not.

Thanks for sharing,
Sherryl
Candlequilter

Sherryl, I am making a green Dahlia now & have used your measurements. You were right that it makes it flatter than with the 6" blocks.
I'm still having a terrible time getting the overlapped pcs. to meet well. They're so short the next row doesn't cover them well so I had to put a dab of glue to make them stay tucked in. I've had to open up the fold on the bottom rows to make them overlap. Did you have to do this or can you think of what I'm doing wrong?

Glad I am not the only one that is befuddled. I am in the moving process right now, but when I am settled this is on my to do list. I will hope for some more good ideas on how to make this abit more clear to me. it is a beautiful pattern, but difficult? or am I just dense???

jacie

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Originally Posted by jacie

It's like everything else. Just start with step one then work your way through. Maybe by the time you get ready we'll have answers to some of the problems I had.
Good luck on your move. Not fun.