Sweetie Pie Sew Along - Week Three - Lemon Pie Block!!

Today is week three in the 

Sweetie Pie Sew Along 

YaY!

If you are just joining us...

CLICK HERE 

to down load the free pattern

CLICK HERE

to get your 

Fruit Salad 

Sew Simple Shapes

CLICK HERE 

to get your Pie Ruler

Okay now lets go!

Today we are making 

Lemon Pie:)

P.S. I havent trimmed up 

any of my finished 

pie blocks yet...

I'll show you how 

I do that next week)

Cut your fabric and your 

Sew-In Interfacing

(I thought it would be just as easy to

 make the Lime Pie at the same time:)

These are super simple appliqués...

Just four pieces total

 to do both blocks.

***NOTE***

Towards the bottom 

of the lemon/lime 

is a slight inside curve.

You will need to make a few clips 

so that it will lie flat when

 turned right side out.

When clipping...

clip all the way

 TO your sewing line but

 NOT into it or past it.

You can see the clipping here too.

Use the turning tool to shape them

 until you are happy with how they look.

Now you're ready to

 pin or glue baste.

But before you do...

trace your embroidery:)

Use your B-15 circle to help

 with placement of your appliqués.

Pin or glue.

I'm really loving this 

Sue Daley Glue

Have you tried it yet?

These are the colors from the 

Sew Cherry 2 

Aurifil Collection

 that I used for this weeks blocks.

And these are the colors from the 

Aurifloss

Now your Lemon is ready

 to make it into a circle!

And don't forget your Lime:)

Super duper easy!

#LemonPieBlock

#LimePieBlock

Because this sew along 

is all about Sew Cherry 2 ...

I wanted to show you 

this fun little project

 that I made last week for the

 farm table in my kitchen.

The pattern is called

 Cherry Turnover Table Runner

And it uses one 

Sew Cherry 2 Jolly Bar

If you aren't familiar with Jolly Bars...

they are special sized pre-cuts (5"x10")

by Fat Quarter Shop 

I love how Sew Cherry 2

 is perfect for my kitchen!

I used this yellow print

 from the collection for the back:)

Thank you sew much

 for joining me during 

this weeks episode...

stay tuned for

 more fun next week:)

xx

Lori

Sweetie Pie Sew Along - Week Two - Appliqué!!

Welcome back!

It's week two of the 

Sweetie Pie Sew Along

We are making the Sweetie Pie Quilt

CLICK HERE

to download the free pattern

The fabric collection that 

we are using is 

Sew Cherry 2

And we are using the new

Pie Ruler

to cut the slices 

for each pie block...

And the

 Fruit Salad

Sew Simple Shapes 

for the appliqués:)

If you are just joining us...

Look on the right sidebar 

of my blog here

 to see all of the

 Sweetie Pie Sew Along 

blog posts and tutorials.

Last week I showed you

 how to make your 

Pie Blocks 

and get them ready to fill

 with the fruit appliqués.

This week we will make 

Cherry Pies!

CLICK HERE 

to view part two...

 where I show you how to

 prepare your appliqué shapes.

Here are a few close up 

photos of the process.

Tracing...

Sewing and trimming...

And shaping.

The Clover Turner

is a great tool for

 helping when getting

 your shapes smooth.

CLICK HERE 

to review the

 super duper close up

 of me using it during the

 last sew along as well!

This is the

Sew-In Interfacing

that I use for my appliqués.

Trace your embroidery 

onto your background square first 

so that you know where to

 place the cherries and leaves.

Your embroidery guide 

is in the pattern:)

Use a light box or a sunny window

 when tracing all embroidery patterns.

See how easy they are to place?

If you are still worried 

about placement...

simply put the 

C-15 Sew Simple Shape 

on top to make sure it will 

fit nicely inside 

the size circle that it

 will eventually become:)

Before glue basting or 

pin basting your leaves...

make sure to trace your

 embroidery lines onto them.

Now you're all ready for

 appliqué!

I use the new 

Sew Cherry 2!

Aurifil Collection

to match all of the appliqués.

You can use it for

 machine appliqué as 

well as hand appliqué.

After your appliqué and 

embroidery is complete...

Use the C-15 Sew Simple Shape

 to make your cherry block into a circle

 just how I showed you in the video...

and fill your pie!

Take a photo and use the hashtag

#CherryPieBlock

when posting on 

Instagram

*NOTE*

There are 2 Cherry Pie Blocks 

in the quilt

 so you can make both 

of them this week:)

I use the Bee in my Bonnet 

Aurifloss 

for the embroidery.

I use a backstitch and 

all 6 strands of the brown

 for the stem and also

 the green for the leaves:)

If you are a beginner...

I have a four part 

Beginning Embroidery Tutorial 

on You Tube that is very detailed.

Click on each to view them:)

PART ONE

PART TWO

PART THREE

PART FOUR

I also talked about the daisies in the video.

You can do these appliqués anytime you want during the sew along.

I traced all of mine at the same time...

So that I can do them

 as time allows each week.

For the video I prepared 

2 daisies to show you...

One with 6 petals just like the pattern...

 and also in the finished quilt hanging behind Cindy and I during filming...

And one with 5 petals.

You choose which one that 

you want to do for your quilt:)

I'm going to have 

so much fun making 

gingham daisies 

each week!!!

These first two weeks 

have been a lot of prep and

 YaY! 

to you for all that you have done.

It makes me so happy 

that we are all doing this together:)

!

 Once your pies are all ready...

  it will just be a matter of 

filling them with fruit each week.

The sew along will go for 

8 weeks so don't stress...

we have plenty of time.

Just have fun 

making pies with me:)

Next week we will be making 

Lemon and Lime Pies!

xx

Lori