SAY-IT SEW ALONG #4 - Fall Banner!!

 

Hello quilty friends!

Today is the day for the fourth

tutorial in the 

SAY-IT Sew Along 

 I have done the

 "Bee Prepared"

post that explains everything that 

you need to know about this sew along

CLICK HERE

if you are just joining and

CLICK HERE

to download the free sew along guide.

We are using the 

TYPE/ography

fabric collection...

The GLYPH Sew Simple Shapes

and the LETTERS Sew Simple Shapes

For the kick off to this sew along 

I did a video tutorial on my

 YOUTUBE Channel 

to show you how to make the banner shapes 

that the letters (or numbers) go on 

as well as how to make the letters too:)

CLICK HERE

to watch my video

"Be My Valentine Banner"

and

"Easter Banner"

were the spring turorials.

CLICK HERE

for that blog post

#3 tutorial was for the 

4th of July Banner...

 and the Tea and Cake Banner

CLICK HERE

for that blog post

Today is the fall banner:)

The same methods shown in the first

 three tutorials also apply to making 

these banner shapes and letters

for the fall banner as well.

All of my shapes are cut,

 traced and ready to sew!

For prepping the pumpkin stems,

 I used Glyph 10 and cut 

seven 4" squares of interfacing 

then traced the top half of the 

Glyph onto each square.

When I sewed I left the bottom

 of stem open for turning:)

When tracing for the two candy corns

 I traced one side then 

flipped over and traced the other.

I traced a curve on the top two corners

(which will end up being the 

bottom two corners of the candy corn)

Using Letter J and tracing...

By placing in the corners like this.

Now that is your

 sewing line for those corners:)

Before you sew the candy corns 

you will need to piece these three

 4" x 13" strips together...

Then you can pin, 

making sure horizontal seams are

 straight with the shape before sewing:)

All shapes are sewn and trimmed...

and inner curves and cleavage areas clipped.

I have cut the interfacing

 for turning as well.

***TAKE NOTE***

On this banner I DID NOT

use the backing fabric 

I just used interfacing for the back

of the pumpkins and candy corns 

instead of fabric because where I am 

hanging it the back will not show*

All of my shapes are sewn 

and ready to assemble and glue!

I'm glad I added the curves 

to the candy corns...sew cute!!

I love these pumpkins too. 

I plan on making a banner with just 

the pumpkins without letters 

on them for Thanksgiving:)

But for Halloween 

I'm adding the "OCTOBER" letters:)

Last but not least I added the "31"

I love how they turned out!

I'll be using my clothespins to 

hang them for all of the 

trick or treaters to enjoy...

especially my grandkids:)

Thanks so much for joining me today

for the fourth tutorial

for the Say-It Sew Along!

I will meet you right back here later 

for the Bee Prepared post for my

"THANKSGIVING WITH GRANDMA"

Sew Along

Until then,

HAPPY SEWING

xx

Lori

           Other Places to find me:

             @Beelori1 Instagram

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Strawberry Crush Sew Along - The Big Finish!!

 

Hello quilty friends!

Thanks for joining me for the

 Strawberry Crush Sew Along 

BIG FINISH!

We are making the 

STRAWBERRY CRUSH QUILT

66" x 73"

We are using my

 latest fabric collection

BERRY and SAGE

to make our quilt!

If you would like to see everything

about this collection including 

all of the new patterns and notions,

CLICK HERE

to view the storyboard!

The sew along began on 

May 18th, 2026

and you are invited!

CLICK HERE

to read my "Bee Prepared" post 

that tells you what you need to know

about this sew along and making

the Strawberry Crush Quilt.

The sew along will take place 

here on my blog,

 and also on my 

YOUTUBE CHANNEL 

for week one.

I have done the week one video

so please

CLICK HERE

to watch it!

CLICK HERE

to read the week one blog post:)

 

If you don't have your kit yet  

just do a quick google search of 

Strawberry Crush Quilt Kit 

and hopefully you will 

still be able to find one. 

If you purchase the kit in the box,

 the sew along guide and Sew Simple Shapes

 are included in the box.

If you are purchasing the fabric kit only

CLICK HERE

to download the free sew along guide

 because you will need it!

You can also purchase the 

Sew Simple Shape set seperately 

if you purchased yardage and not the kit.

Last week for week two I showed you

 my machine applique on the block that

 we did together in week one video.

I also showed you how to trim 

 your blocks and add easy corner triangles.

CLICK HERE

to read that blog post:)

So this last week,

I worked/played on getting the 

remaining 11 blocks ready for applique!!

Oh my goodness!!

 I loved making these sweet blocks:)

After applique they are ready to be 

paired up with thier background rectangles

  for the final appliqueing 

of the scallop ovals:)

As per usual,

 you will find all of that information 

in the sew along guide...

Along with all of the 

cutting for sashing and cornerstones...

And all of the instructions for finishing 

up your quilt top for quilting:)

I have my binding all cut and ready to

 sew together, press and wrap 

onto one of these Bee Binding Holders:)

I also have my 

Alpine Large Vintage Trim ready to go...

And my quilt top is

 put together and ready for quilting!!!

I love natural light so I took it out

 on my patio to snap a few pics for you.

As soon as I got it back from the quilter 

I took lots more pics

 and added them to this post:)

Thank you very much 

from the bottom of my heart

(with a strawberry on top)

for sewing the

 Strawberry Crush Quilt with me!

It's been sew much fun

and there is more sewing fun 

coming up for my next sew along

in October...

We will be sewing the 

Thanksgiving at Grandma's Quilt

with my next fabric collection

called Baked With Love 

which comes in July

and you are invited to join me again:)

I'll meet you right back here in 

August for the Bee Prepared post

when I'll tell you all

about it and provide you for the link

to the free sew along guide.

Until then...

have a Quilty kind of day:)

xx

Lori

Other Places to find me:

@Beelori1 Instagram

Lori Holt/YouTube