Teal String Applique Flower Block

Teal String Applique Flower Block

12½” x 12½” quilt block

When I was making my mosaic for the month of February I saw that Angela at soscrappy had listed the Rainbow Scrappy color for March. The color is called either teal or aqua, I usually go with teal and I decided to make a teal string applique flower block.

My scrap box only had a few narrow strips of teal so I had to raid my fat quarters. I love teal…..hmmmm….I seem to say that with all colors!

I made another one of my string flower blocks and then added a border of HSTs. I have had several people ask about a pattern and I hope to have it done by next Saturday showing several different ways to cut the HSTs.

For my Rainbow Scraps, I decided to use my AccuQuilt and the Go Value die – this die comes free with the GO but not with the GO Baby. I actually bought my GO on eBay and didn’t get any dies with it so I bought this die.

It cuts 2-inch squares, half-square triangles (HSTs), and 4-inch squares (finished sizes). As you can see I am just cutting the HSTs so I cut my fabric into 3 1/2 inch strips and then fold the fabric to cover the section of the die I want to cut.

The dog-eared corners make it very easy to use. I am using my vintage 15-91 Singer sewing machine, it is my favorite!

Last month I did the pink block and in January I did a larger one in blue. I have decided for now that I like the smaller block. I haven’t finished the applique on the flowers yet….hopefully, I’ll get that done by next week.

Template for the teal flower

See the larger quilt block? I turned that one into a pillow and you can learn about it and get the template for it.

18-inch Applique String Pillow

I need to pull out all the blocks that I made last year for the Rainbow Scrap Challenge, I know I have Crossroads block and tutorial and string spools I haven’t done anything with so far.

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