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

How do I finish it once the dahlia is done?

Wow! thanks. I will have to try that.

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

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

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

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.

thank you for taking the time to do this .

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.

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

Very good tutorial and the finished piece? Beautiful!

Gorgeous!! will be bookmarking this :)

The folded dahlia fascinates me to no end! I love your reds. Thank you for the tutorial. It is so easy to understand. Y

Hi Dungeonquilter, I know this is an old tutorial But I wonder if you could explain how to finish the folded Dahlia after the folding is done. The raw edges are exposed what do you do with them? Thank you for your time. peterparley

This is just so cool! I really want to do one of these to hang in my quilting room. Now, just to pick the fabrics...ohhh, where do I begin? LOL :-)

I just added borders that hid all the raw edges. I did not take a picture of it once it was finished. Gave it away as a gift, so can't take one now.

Your Dahlia is gorgeous and thank you so much for the instructions. I would like to try this once I get better at quilting. It's so unique.

Wow great tutorial

Many thanks to you for showing us all the steps with pictures. I will definitely try to make one in the new year. Right now, I have too many Christmas projects I have to complete. Thanks again!

Beautiful. I made mine isinglass 21/2inch stripes. Could use jelly roll. I found it very easy to fold even though small
Can you see the mistake. It's staying

Wow that is beautiful and I love the color of your fabrics. Thank you for teaching us how to do this.

I made the folded stars years ago. I put them in wooden hoops when done and hung them up. I really am talking about over 25 yrs. ago. I enjoyed folding the fabrics etc.

I don't see a mistake. Looks great! I think I need to do some more of these.

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Very easy to make! Now to figure out how to finish it...

New tutorial from Moda
 

http://www.modabakeshop.com/2011/09/...ot-holder.html
Just came across this.

Earlier in this thread a poster said she was going to try and do the Dahlia/star pattern with 3x6 rectangles. The original post was for 6x6 squares and it was very bulky. I made one today and it came out so much lighter with 3x6 vs. 6x6 squares.

In nature dahlias ARE puffy.....great tute...much better than original folded stars we did years ago.

oh so would i, im not sue im game enough fo ra quilt but a table runner, indeed, i will have to try this one, go tto get ink fo rmy printer first , i love it lots, its a bit different than one i helped do many years ago, this one looks s o mcuh easier ;o; and i love the pictures they really do help

i just love those colors, i will hav eto do mine in red oh so good, and love all the different and bright colors, that woudl fit right in , at my house adn just swesome, great job,

I might have to try it too it's lovely thank you for the tutorial.

wow, I think they did a really good job making the middle look nicer than in the original. From everyone's pics it seemed impossible to make the middle symmetrical, but this is a very nice adaptation! (although the instructions are not nearly as easy to follow as those in your tutorial, dungeonquilter!)

did you or any one make a quilt using this block?