Sew a Dresden patchwork flower

Assess how big the flower should be. Here, a square pattern of 13 x 5 cm is used as well as a circle with a diameter of approx. 6 cm. This way, the flower turns out approx. 27 cm wide.

Match the patchwork fabrics in 13 sets of two pieces of fabric, so you will be cutting 26 pieces of fabric in total. You can cut the pieces with a rotary cutter on a cutting mat or cut them with scissors using the pattern paper. It is easiest to cut the fabric in sets so they are already matched and lined up front to front in sets when it is time to sew.

Sew an "L" in one continuous seam with 1 cm seam allowance on all sets, so you end up with 13 sets that have been sewn together on one short side and one long side.

Now cut all the sets into a triangular shape by cutting from 3 cm from the edge at the short side of the square where it is not sewn together, in a diagonal line to where the seam starts in the opposite side of the fabric.

Cut by the sewn-together corner of all 13 sets of so you leave approx 3 mm of seam allowance. Cut the corner slightly to a curve.

Open a sewn-up set on the long end, and bend the seam allowance to the right. Iron to make the set nice and flat. The seam of the short end on top should match the long seam, so a triangular shape appears. Flip the seam on top of the triangle to the left. Press the triangle with the iron.

Now flip the short triangular part around to make the front of the fabric face outwards. Press out the corner with some tiny scissors to give it a sharp point. Iron again to make it flat. You now have a shape that looks like a tie split down the middle. This is the first leaf for the flower. Repeat the ironing process on all 13 sets.

Sew the flower leaves together by the edges with 0.5 cm seam allowance. Iron the direction of the seams in place as you go to make it nice and flat.

Cut a circle from patchwork fabric for the middle of the flower. It is easiest to see which fabric matches the flower best once the entire circle of flower leaves has been sewn together. Top stitch the round circle to the middle of the flower.

Finally, sew the beautiful flower on to the fabric where it goes. Here it adorns the back of a jacket.