Tulip Tutorial

Since tulips are making an appearance in some of my more recent quilts I thought I made do a speedy tulip tutorial. After nearly tearing all my hair out over tulips for my quilt Bluebird’s Piece O’Cake I decided that those side petals could very easily be combined into one piece. Here’s how I did it:

Here is a tulip from Miss Kay.

From here I made two templates like this.

On the larger piece, I clipped the inner curves.

Then I starched and pressed my shapes.

And glued them.

Here is a very rough diagram of how I sew these down. Doing it this way means I can usually get them done with one strand of thread.

Hope that helps!

Comments

[Linda]

Perfect tutorial. Thank you.

[Karen]

your applique is always so neat and precise! beautiful work
Karen

[Penny]

Thank you Erin for the tutorial. Love timesaving examples, especially if there's
a possibility the end result 'may' look like yours. :) Wishful thinking, but certainly a goal.

[donna j]

Hi Erin. Thanks for the tute on tulip shortcuts. I already do that little trick. It is a good one.
Please keep safe! I pray for rain for you, too...without the lightning!
donna j from very hot and dry kansas.

[SueS]

It does! Thank you Erin! Now I can stop tearing my hair out over them too! I figured you did something like this...

[Carrie P.]

thanks for those tips.

[Liz]

Thank You for taking the time to make a tutorial. So inspiring! Beautiful applique!

[Mishka]

Great idea, thanks for the tip.

[Wendy]

I love tulips ... This is great!

[Judy Laquidara]

If I practiced from now til eternity, my applique would never look like yours. Thanks for the lesson . . I'm going to dream of applique.