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Just finished another quilt block from my head. The inspiration was the way a child draws their hand w/ crayons to make it look 3D. I love how it turned out.
Woo Hoo, it's done!
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Carol Dee
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You are so talented. I Really Like this one, too.
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Fantastic! I love the 3D effect. That must have taken a bit of figuring.
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I made another dragonfly block, and took pics of the steps. When I get the pics edited I'll post them w/ some instructions. Oh and here is the new block
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WOW 
I really LOVE this one
I really LOVE this one
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Genius I absolutely LOVE it!
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Kassaundra, I'm very impressed, there all exceptional, but there are a couple that take my breath away.
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I think I prefer the simplicity of the first dragon fly, but I love the wings on this second one.
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Dragonfly tutorial
List of fabric, sizes and how many you need
The top two are the borders just plain, you can adjust that to any border you would like, the inner pieces will be 8.5 inches
The two 4.5 squares from background need to be folded diagonally and pressed.
The 2.5 squares from background need to be folded diagonally and pressed also
The 2.5 squares from wing fabric needs to be folded in half diagonally and pressed
The body fabric is 4.5 square both folded backgrounds need to be placed over the body fabric, right side up on body fabric. Both folded edges need to touch
Mark the 1/2 point of the butted triangles
Secure the edges stay in the seam allowance
You can't see well in this pic, but the mid point is secured w/ a zig zag on "0" so a zig zag in place.
Lay out all your body and wing pieces w/ covering folded triangles in the position shown
At this point the folded triangles need to be secured to the wing rectangles, use the same method as the body.
or if you are extra confident you can secure w/ pins. Then right sides together sew each wing set together. The rectangles are the true edges always differ to them if not the same as the triangles.
Press all seams open, they are extra bulky
Sew the head, and 3.5 x 1.5 background together, then sew that unit to the 3.5 x 4.5 background.
Then sew all together like a 4 patch.
Now you are ready for the borders, you can use the simple background borders in the fabric list or fancy them up to anything you want.
Attach all borders before turning edges.
Press turned edges and pin in place
Top stitch along edges of rolled triangles
Trim to size and admire your work
List of fabric, sizes and how many you need
The top two are the borders just plain, you can adjust that to any border you would like, the inner pieces will be 8.5 inches
The two 4.5 squares from background need to be folded diagonally and pressed.
The 2.5 squares from background need to be folded diagonally and pressed also
The 2.5 squares from wing fabric needs to be folded in half diagonally and pressed
The body fabric is 4.5 square both folded backgrounds need to be placed over the body fabric, right side up on body fabric. Both folded edges need to touch
Mark the 1/2 point of the butted triangles
Secure the edges stay in the seam allowance
You can't see well in this pic, but the mid point is secured w/ a zig zag on "0" so a zig zag in place.
Lay out all your body and wing pieces w/ covering folded triangles in the position shown
At this point the folded triangles need to be secured to the wing rectangles, use the same method as the body.
or if you are extra confident you can secure w/ pins. Then right sides together sew each wing set together. The rectangles are the true edges always differ to them if not the same as the triangles.
Press all seams open, they are extra bulky
Sew the head, and 3.5 x 1.5 background together, then sew that unit to the 3.5 x 4.5 background.
Then sew all together like a 4 patch.
Now you are ready for the borders, you can use the simple background borders in the fabric list or fancy them up to anything you want.
Attach all borders before turning edges.
Press turned edges and pin in place
Top stitch along edges of rolled triangles
Trim to size and admire your work
