Sweetie Pie Sew Along - Bee Prepared Post - Cutting Instructions!!

Hello cute people!

 Let's get ready to play 

with my latest fabric collection 

Sew Cherry 2!

In just two weeks the

 sew along to make my

 Sweetie Pie Quilt

will begin right here on my blog:)

I've already posted  

about all of the supplies needed...

CLICK HERE 

to go back to that post 

if you are just joining us:)

Today is all about cutting the fabric

 from your kit so that you can

 "Bee Prepared"

You will need to download my free 

Sweetie Pie Quilt pattern first. ...

 because it has all of the cutting information!

In this post I will explain what 

each piece of fabric 

in your kit will be used for.

CLICK HERE

to download my pattern from the 

Riley Blake Designs website:)

We will be using all three 

pin dot background prints in the quilt.

The pink will be used 

for the appliquéd daisy backgrounds.

The cutting is on page 2...top left:)

The aqua will be used for the 

fruit appliqués in the

 center of each pie!

Cutting is on page 1...bottom right.

The rest of the quilt background 

will be the green pin dot.

All of the cutting is on page 1 as well.

The red daisy print will be used for

 the postage stamp inner pieced border.

Looky how perfect this 

Cute Cuts Ruler 

works for that:)

It's one in my new collections

 of rulers that

 will be available 

in just a few short weeks!

The aqua cherries will be the border...

it's one of my favorites!

Okay! 

After you have all of that cut...

what you have left

 are the pie slices 

and the appliqués.

(oh yes...and the interfacing:)

It's time to open your 

fat quarter bundle...

YaY! 

The six gingham prints will be 

used for the 

appliquéd daisies only...

not for pie slices.

There are 20 daisies total...

I snapped a photo of my

 daisy petal cutting checklist for you:)

Set aside these 6 prints from your fat quarter bundle.

We will not use these 

to cut pie slices 

for obvious reasons...

(meaning the light ones

 would not show up...

 and the red would take away

 from the fruit appliqués)

We will be using these for

 other fun things 

during the sew along:)

Next...

cut the three fat quarter panels

 in your kit 

apart on the dotted lines...

We will use all 12 of these prints

 to cut slices for the pies:)

Variety is the spice of life!

Here are all of the prints

 together that we will

 be using to cut slices 

for the 12 pies in the quilt.

There are 30 total...

the 12 fat quarters from the panels 

plus the fat quarter bundle...

 minus the ginghams and

 the 6 prints that I showed you.

Okay!

I used 1" Stick-its and put them

 on the back of my 

Pie Ruler

Of course you don't need to ...

but I like to use them 

on the back of my 

specialty rulers 

when cutting multiple pieces.

CLICK HERE 

if you want to purchase

 a package or two:)

These are also 

what I use for my 

Seams Sew Easy Guide

I grabbed one of the fat quarters

 to show you how I cut the slices.

First I cut a

 7" x Width of fat quarter strip ...

which is about 21" wide.

*Take note that my strip is folded in half 

in this photo and that you can see

 the selvedges are on the right.

Ignore the bottom 1" of the ruler

 for this particular quilt...

you won't need it!

Lay the top edge of the ruler even

with the top edge of the fabric 

as far to the right as you can

 without cutting into the selvedge...

and make your first cut like this.

(if you are left-handed work from the opposite side)

Turn the fabric strip and 

continue cutting like this...

flipping the ruler each time

 to save fabric.

So far you have 6 slices cut 

because you are 

cutting 2 at a time.

You can see that 2 more

 cannot be cut from the end...

So press the end piece open

 and cut one more slice...

For a total of seven! 

*Quilty Math: 

You will need to cut 

192 slices total.

If you cut 7 from 

each of the 30 prints 

you will have 

210 slices. 

You will have 18 leftover ...

and you can make an 

extra block for a pillow.

YaY!

Next are the 

8 solids in your kit.

These are all from the

 Riley Blake 

Confetti Cottons

From the top down:

Beehive

Nutmeg

Waterfall

Bear Lake

Granny Smith Apple

Holly

Peony

Riley Red

These are used for the 

fruit appliqués

 as well as the daisy centers.

Use this page in the pattern 

to identify your appliqué pieces...

and the handy dandy 

cutting guide page 

included in the pattern  

for the sizes to cut:)

Don't forget to cut the 

daisy centers from the 

Riley Red, Peony, Beehive, Waterfall, 

Granny Smith Apple and Nutmeg.

Use my daisy petal cutting chart  

from above to determine

 how many of what color:)

Last but not least is the

 Bee in my Bonnet

Sew-In Interfacing

It's my favorite with just 

the right amount of 

strength and thickness:)

Each package contains 

3 yards of 20" wide interfacing. 

You will need 2 packages because

 4 1/2 yards are needed 

for the Sweetie Pie Quilt. 

Of course I used a checklist

for cutting all of my 

interfacing pieces

 and took a photo for you.

I hope you find it useful!!

*TIP* from Miss Bee-

Always cut your pieces from 

largest to small 

for very little waste.

*After all of my pieces were cut...

I wrote the number on the top 

of each stack of the 

Fruit Salad 

Sew Simple Shapes 

that they go with. 

I'll use the labeled piece last

 so that I will always know 

which piece it is:)

YaY!

Doesn't it feel good to 

"Bee Prepared?"

Next Monday I'll be showing you

 just a few things that 

I'm doing with the 

leftover fabrics...

just in case you 

want to do the same!

See you then!

xx

Lori