SPRING SHOWERS BRING MAY FLOWERS – RMQG Fun in April, 2012
Posted By drsao on April 21, 2012
For our RMQG One-Year Anniversary Fun we made FLOWERS….and it was REALLY SO MUCH FUN! Like in the TRADITIONAL PRACTICE at Scrapbooking Conventions, I hope that we continue these MAKE AND TAKE Programs at RMQG. It is so much fun to learn new things!
Catherine taught us how to make TWISTY Flowers. A little CIRCLE, a lot of GLUE, and a strip of fabric twisted……and voila. LOVE IT CATHERINE.
The "TEACHA" modeling a flower pin......:)
The front of Catherine's flower (with a ruffled edge)
The back - with a pin
Catherine's Flower that she made in class....I was gong to try to pretend that I made it....but my sense of honesty prevailed....
Here I am cutting my circle (right Bonnie?)
Bonnie is doing a great job twisting and gluing her fabric!
Concentration at its finest
Weldome to the Guild Alma!
This REALLY is sao's FLOWER......:) REALLY!
THEN the PIPECLEANER FLOWER…….but that is not what it is called! I thought it was called FIDDLESTIX but then I think Laura called it FICKLESTICKS……so to uncloud my brain, I am going to refer to it as the PIPECLEANER FLOWER! Thank you for the lesson, Laura!
Laura and the PIPECLEANER FLOWERS....:)
All you need is a safety pin, some pliers, 3 pipecleaners and fabric sewn into a tube (and PATIENCE!)
Here is my tube one hour later.....LOL (NOT REALLY!)
Good JOB ALMA!!!!
Alma's Flower - REALLY NICE!
This looks great - look how EVEN and perfect the petals are!
sao's Flower
My petals need some tweaking…..
Maybe it would look cuter turned on its side.....
I like the long stem version the best!
I put my flowers on my little CAT CHAIR at home. (Catherine made the pretty beige one with the rick rack edge.)
The last FLOWER STATION was the HYDRANGEA STATION – thank you Susan…….this was fun. I didn’t finish but I know HOW to finish it and that is the most important part! RIGHT?
Susan had our kits all ready for us (PERFECT CIRCLES!)
Susan's HYDRANGEA on her quilt.
More of Susan's Flowers
Trish – on the far LEFT was a first time visitor…..welcome Trisha (Trish – Trisha – I hope one of these is correct! :))
The flower petals are sewn onto the quilt - from the back you can see the circle.
Start with 9 perfect (OR NOT) circles and a needle and thread.
Fold in half and in half again and fingernail press (unless you have an iron handy!)
Fold into the creases to make a little envelope....see how nicely Alma is doing this?
I think this is adorable. THIS REALLY IS MY FIRST CIRCLE FINISHED
Arrange the petals anyway that you like! 🙂
Thanks for including pictures of the hydrangea petals on the quilt from the meeting. I finished a bunch and couldn’t remember if the folds were to be right side up or down. Can’t wait to finish!!!