dungeonquilter

Hi, Sandy
I am not sure I can help you any more that the pictures.
Try drawing the fold lines on your background. You need to draw a + and an X.
I lined up my fabrics on my cutting board in order to have the spacing even on each stack.
Sew from the center out along the center of this first stack.
Fold one side over on top of the other.
Place the next stack on the next line and sew again.
Repeat this all the way around for 8 stacks, folding the previous ones out of the way.
Once they are all sewn, take 2 adjacent stacks and fold them away from each other.
For the first (center most) petal, fold under twice and lay flat in middle. Now repeat for the other side.
For the second and all the rest, fold under once and lay flat in middle and then one on the other side.
Keep alternating sides.
Repeat these steps all around.
I hand stitched with big basting stitches to hold in place before adding the next layer.
Debra

sfisette

How do I finish it once the dahlia is done?

Nelco

Wow! thanks. I will have to try that.

GwenH

Yours turned out beautifully! Thanks for the tutorial, I will have to try this sometime.

lizzy

It's beautiful and thanks for taking the time to share this method with us.

Kttyhwk4

Wow this is a beautiful block....now to get up the courage to try it. I'm still new to quilting.

DOTTYMO

Being hopeless at any language even my own English I do appreciate the time and effort you took to do one in English.
Thank you.

Diane007

thank you for taking the time to do this .

kandee

My guild had a " challenge quilt " using a specific fabric. It was striped with several blues and white. I made this and it came out well.

maggy

This is beautiful and I like the technique.What size is the block when finished? Thanks for the instructions.