It’s DAY 1 of the blog hop
Here’s the schedule for today
Monday April 22nd
Seamstobesew (Summer Animal)
Freemotionbytheriver (Critters and Bugs)
Sewincrediblycrazy (Critters and Bugs)
Beaquilter (Summer Stuff)
So…. I’m doing SUMMER STUFF today
I’ll show how I took an existing block from EQ and turned it into a flower buddy 
I looked under Classic applique and flowers and picked this fun red flower, doesn’t the little side flowers look like arms and hands?
So of course I had to add some eyes
and a little nose
Then with the pencil I used a brush stroke
Changed the contour and end cap, guess what I’m making?
a mouth!!
I also used the same to draw a big curve for the arms, the current “arms” just looked too stiff
I had the edge NODES go straight down and hit the same point on the grid on the block
and then deleted the old arms
(Ha! don’t you wish you could do that in real life?
Then I tried a fun curve for the legs
And copied it again and mirror imaged it and removed the old leaves
I also moved the legs to the FRONT and moved them down to cover the stem otherwise it would have looked very much like a “HE!”
So “he” changed from this
to this
He still looks like a “HE” but okay, let’s just ignore THAT!! LOL it’s a FLOWER….
wouldn’t that be cute as a mug rug??
I made this block 6” for a mug rug
here’s the pdf
Thanks to Electric Quilt they are sponsoring this giveaway
Quilting Designs volume 7!
All you have to do is comment on this post AND the future posts this week (I’m doing 3 appliqued blocks this week)
You don’t need EQ6 or 7 to try these, you can print and sew on top of the paper or stitch without thread to create holes for pouncing or print for pantographs, there’s lots of videos to show you how!
AND over 500 designs on this CD, lots of all over designs too
Then I’ll combine the comments and draw a name on Monday the 29th (My mom’s birthday)
Due to postage I have to say it’s just for US/Canada- sorry.
Hope you have fun and look at the other bloggers!
This is so cute. It cracked me up. Love your happy flower applique' design.SewCalGalwww.sewcalgal.blogspot.com
awesome smiling flower. thanks for the chance
Happy little flower. He would look great in my garden.
How very very cute. Really neat.Marianhttp://www.seamstobesew.com
Love the 'HE' flower, lol. Actually this was a great tutorial and made me realize I need to look at flower appliques differently.
Love your flower buddy (couldn't access the pattern though). Thanks for sharing & thanks for the chance to win.
I find this so very interesting…thanks for such a generous giveaway
You are just sooo darned creative:) Love the flower buddy!
Looks like it will be a fun blog hop! Thanks for sharing.
I love this hop. Your block is very cute.
I love following your blog, thanks for the opportunity to win
What a cute little Flower Guy! Thanks for sharing Bea!
Cute flower. I could not access the file either. Hope I can later.Janet
Hi!!! Too cute!!! Thank You
How fun! I played with EQStitch last night to make a Girl/Lady embroidery. I will be looking at this post again to get some tips.
Love the mugrug. Flower so cute. Thanks for sharing.
Love your block. Thanks for the chance to win.yvisser@gmail(dot)com
The flower buddy is gonna make a cute mug rug. Great job on the EQ tutorial. Thanks for shareing with us today.
I love your happy tulip. She is so ready for spring to spring. Thanks for a chance.
Thanks for the tutorial on how to change a block to make it your own. What fun. Looking forward to your other blocks.
This is a geat tutorial, the flower buddy is so funny, just love it.
Love the flower. I would love to give EQ'ng a try. Thanks for sharingbonnielarson58@gmail.com
I love how you turned that flower into a little critter flower. Very cute. Glad to see how some are using the EQ.
That's a cute flower design…I can see a whole quilt made from various flower shapes!
Love your flowers character:)Am following this hop to see if I would like to invest in EQ. So far looks like fun!!!Thanks!
I love smiling flower 😀
So cute took my breath. Love this
Love the little applique guy!Thanks again for the giveaway I won last time, I am so in love with the embroidered quilt label, I don't want to use it I just want to love it! 😀
The first thing that came to mind when I saw him was 'Happy Dance!' That's what I feel like when good things happen.
Happy, Happy, Happy! Cute "little fellow" Lol!hulseybg at gmail dot com
Bea,You have a great imagination!!
Bea,your flower "buddy" is a real cutie. Thanks for the tips on how to do this!
The flower is cute. I will have to play with EQ7 and see what I can do.
A cute happy flower.
I love the combination of the flower and the face! This is so cute!
That's a pretty cute flower dude for sure. Can't wait to see what else you have on tap for the week!
HaHaHa! He is a funny cute flower! Neat to see how you did it, too.
An adorable little flower! Can't wait to see your other appliqué designs.
Cute! Thanks for the giveaway!
That is such a cute flower! I love the way he looks! Thanks!
Thanks for the tutorial. It gives me ideas for things to try myself.
What a happy tulip – love it – thank you for sharing!
Bea……so cute! Thanks for the tute as well.
It's a lovely and happy flower! Thanks for a great design! Have a nice day!
Cute bea
Cute – thanks
cute flower buddy thanks for sharing
This is cute. Thanks for the ideas and tutorial
That's quite a clever program. I am adding it to my list for Mother's day 🙂 I am also new to your blog and look forward to all the tutorials. I can tell I will be spending some time looking back at all of your posts!
What a cheerful dancing flower! Made me smile! Thanks for sharing a tutorial!
Cute flower. Doesn't look hard to design.
How cute! "Flower people" would make such a fun project. 🙂 This little guy reminds me of the flower scene in Alice in Wonderland!
Very cute!!! Thanks for all you do.
Very fun! Reminds me a bit of Lumiere from Beauty & the Beast with the tulip hands
Thanks for the cute design and instructions!! I love doing applique and will try it in one of my designs. 🙂
Too cute!
So Cute! thanks for the chance to win. 🙂
I love Happy Flowers! Very cute! Thanks for the giveaway!
Hello, Your flower is cute rather a boy or girl LOL. Thanks for the giveaway!!smjohns63 at yahoo dot com
You have a great imagination!Thank you for sponsoring this Blog Hop giveaway.
Very cool block. Shows lots of creativity!
The flower looks so happy
Love this!
That is a great tutorial Bea. Thank you SO much. I am still struggling to learn EQ but your tutorials appear to be easy enough to follow with the great step by step instruction. I knew this blog hop was coming and then with all I have going on at home I totally forgot about it. I'm going to catch up on the hops tonight. I love this flower. Super cute and you made it look so easy. I have a new computer and need to install my EQ on it yet. I haven't done it because in setting it up on my other computer I created folders where I normally do and it didn't seem to like my way since it was arguing everytime I wanted to pull from a folder. ugh. I got really frustrated and unsure how to undo what I had done so the program was happy. Ok I'll shut up now. sorry for rambling.
I haven't tried the drawing process on EQ – you make it seem so easy.
Very cute. Just made me smile.
Ditto for what SewCalGal had to say! Such a wonderfully happy flower. Thanks for the great tutorial and all your time in preparing this gift for us!
Thanks for sharing. I love using my EQ and this blog hop is inspiring me to try some fresh ideas. Cute flower person.
Great idea, love to win so I can try my hand at these little tricks too. Thanks for the chance.ncjeepster@aol.com
Happy Bday to your Mom. Thanks for the chance to win!