Welcome Quilty friends:)
Welcome back to my blog for week two!
We are making the
Thanksgiving at Grandma's Quilt
which finishes at
80" x 96"
It has a pieced flying geese border,
several machine pieced blocks
and several applique blocks!
To make the appliqué blocks,
we will be using my
Sew Simple Shapes called of course...
Thanksgiving at Grandma's!
The collection that we are using
for the quilt is...
BAKED WITH LOVE!!
Baked With Love was designed by me...
and produced and distributed
to quilt shops everywhere
by the amazing
If you would like to know everything about
Baked With Love
CLICK HERE and HERE
to view both storyboards...
to see all of the fabrics close up
and to view the notions and ALL of
the patterns that coordinate with it:)
So let's chat about the
Thanksgiving at Grandma's
Quilt Fabric Kit.
Several shops are stocking the kit...
both brick and mortar shops
as well as online quilt shops.
Just do a quick online search
"Thanksgiving at Grandma's Quilt Kit"
to find one.
The start date is today October 12th
for the applique block tutorials
but as I promised you in my
I did begin with
the pieced block tutorials:)
quilt here together here on my design wall.
Here are the links for each tutorial:
FALL FLOWER BLOCKS
LOG CABIN BLOCKS
SHOOFLY BLOCKS
FLYING GEESE BLOCKS
Now it's time for the
applique block tutorials and we started
them last week:)
***Take note that the schedule for all
block tutorials are in the guide
and I will also be sewing the applique
blocks in the order that they are in the
As usual for the week one tutorial
I did a video on my YouTube Channel
so that I can show you how my method
for Sew Simple Shapes works!
to go to my channel and to
watch my tutorial for the Maple Leaf
and Pumpkin Blocks:)
for the week one blog post
Now let's make the next batch
of applique blocks for week two:)
Here are my blocks for this week all cut, traced and ready to sew!
Apron, Mixing Bowls, Hot Pads, Wooden Spoons
***TAKE NOTE that these 3 shapes are
half of the actual applique so when tracing
first trace the entire shape then
flip it over and trace the other half.
They are for the apron skirt,
apron top and ruffle at the bottom.
trace one of the apron ties in reverse.
Simply flip it over and trace like this.
***TAKE NOTE that you will need to
sew the top of the oven mitt fabric strip
onto the bottom before sewing the shape.
Cut the interfacing 5 1/2" x 8"
and trace the line that is on the shape.
Okay...now let's sew!!
After sewing the oven mitt fabrics together,
press the seam open and then flip it over
and pin the traced interfacing
onto the right side,
lining up with the seam line...
And sew!!
Trim...
And clip this cleavage area
so that it will lie flat
when turning and shaping.
I'm sewing all of the shapes for all four blocks for this week at the same time.
I'm starting with all of the shapes that need clipping on either inner curves or cleavage.
Here are those shapes sewn.
The apron top and bottom have two small cleavage on each side at top to clip
and the bottom ruffle has four
cleavage to clip...
The apron ties and wooden spoons
both have inner curves to clip.
These are the sewn remaining shapes
of all four blocks that
DO NOT need any clipping before
they are turned and shaped.
***TIP***
When you are shaping long shapes
such as this spoon,
press a section at a time and
that makes it easier to handle...
or in this case I could say
to press the handle:)
I pressed the apron ties,
waistband and and tops for the
mixing bowls in the same way...
One half at a time.
***Also remember what I said in my video
about turning small shapes.
If you are struggling with them
just do a little at a time
and or you could use hemostats to help.
All of my appliques are now
sewn, turned, shaped and pressed!
Apron Block
Wooden Spoons
Now let's go to the work table to
prepare each block for applique!
First up is the apron!
Because this is a large block I'm using
two Design Boards for layout:)
The two measurements that will
help you to know from the start are
how wide and how tall
to lay out your pieces.
You will want the widest part of apron
to measure about 12 1/4" wide...
And for the height your apron
should be no more than 23" tall.
As you know I normally use my Trim-It Rulers
as a guide for laying out my blocks
but I don't have one that is
24" tall so I will use my measure tape
instead and then use my cutting mat lines
for trimming up the height after applique.
I will however use the 14 1/2" Trim it Ruler
for the width when trimming and also when laying out to keep things straight:)
I started by pinning the apron skirt
and apron top and then adding the waistband.
I tucked the apron ties underneath
the waistband sides
and the ruffle underneath the skirt.
I kept the neck loop until last because
the height of apron can be adjusted
by how much its tucked in:)
The waistband overlaps by about 1/4"
and so thats how you can tell how closely
to pin them to the board before you glue:)
They are 1" apart and the pocket trim
is overlapped on top of pocket
by about 1/4"
Okay let's add the neck strap!
I simply tuck it under with the measure tape pinned down as a guide at the 23" mark.
Now for the Vintage Trim Ric-Rac!
My Vintage Trim (Marigold is the color)
is listed in the supplies list
in the sew along guide.
Of course this is optional,
but my grandma always added rice-rac
to her aprons so I wanted to
in this quilt!
I use some Sue Glue on the edges
like this to stop fraying.
It will dry clear.
Dot some glue on the apron skirt bottom...
And place the trim on top.
Trim the left edge even with the side
and Sue Glue it too.
Now do the same thing on the apron top,
Finishing with two strips of Ric-Rac
All pinned and now you can
make sure it's all glued down.
Your apron is ready for applique!
Now that your apron is finished you can
"tie it on" and "mix up"
the next block:)
I started by glueing on the top rim
of each mixing bowl...
I started with the top bowl
and pinned my measure tape at the
1" mark at top of bowl.
I then added the bottom bowl
at the 14 1/2" mark.
Then I pinned the center bowl into place.
Here's a few more measurements...
The top bowl is 4" tall
from top to bottom...
And the center bowl is about 4 3/4" tall
Ready for applique!
I'll use my 16 1/2" Trim-It Ruler
for trimming up the height afterwards...
And the 10 1/2" Trim-It Ruler for the width.
Let's do the Hot Pad and the Oven Mitt:)
I glued the two "hanging loops" first.
I grabbed a Trim-It Ruler that was at hand
just to help me center
the flower onto the hot pad.
You can see that the flower is
4" tall and 3" wide.
I used my 9 1/2" x 12 1/2" Trim-It
to lay out the oven mitt and
hot pad outside for pinning into place.
Than I glued on the hot pad center
with the flower.
Ready for applique!!
After applique use the ruler and
trim it down to 9 1/2" x 12 1/2"
Now for the spoons!
I used my 12 1/2" Trim-it Ruler for
laying them out before pinning and glue.
You can see they are about 4" tall 11" wide.
I use this same ruler for
trimming the width after applique...
And the 5 1/2" Trim-It for the height.
Ready for "stirring up" more blocks:)
These blocks were sew fun to bake...
And I love how they look together:)
We have four more
blocks ready for our quilt:)
Thanks so much for sewing with me:)
I'll meet you right back here
next Monday for week three
and we will make even more blocks for
our Thanksgiving at Grandma's Quilt!!
Until then...
have a Quilty kind of day:)
xx
Lori
