Sweetie Pie Sew Along - Week One - Pie Blocks!!!

I'm sew happy that today is

 finally here because its 

week one in the 

Sweetie Pie Sew Along!

We will be making the 

Sweetie Pie Quilt

CLICK HERE 

to download 

my free pattern 

if you want to join us:)

We are also using the 

Fruit Salad 

Sew Simple Shapes

And my new 

Pie Ruler

along with other appliqué supplies.

CLICK HERE

to view the supplies 

needed post for this sew along

A few weeks ago 

I did the tutorial on 

prep and cutting everything 

for the quilt.

CLICK HERE 

for those instructions

Okay. 

Now that you are all cut...

lets get started!

 This week we will be doing all 

12 of the Pie Blocks.

Won't it be nice to 

have them ready and waiting 

for the

 center appliqués each week?

I did the Pie Block 

tutorial via YouTube

 along with

 Cindy at 

Riley Blake Designs

CLICK HERE

to watch and then 

begin making your pies!!

I showed this part in the video

 but I just wanted you to see

 up close photos:)

***REMEMBER***

This is NOT your cutting line 

Cut a very generous 

1/4" INSIDE of the line 

with a small sharp pair of 

embroidery scissors 

...like this:)

Now your pie is ready to 

appliqué onto the background!

And you have a super cute and 

 already made little pie:)

I just adore sewing 

two things at once!

Stack all 12 mini pies...

And set them aside for 

a fun surprise project

 that will come later 

during our sew along:)

When basting...

I like to pin the 

inside circle like this 

so that the pie is 

nice and smooth 

and stays into place.

While the pins are still in place 

I put a small drop of glue 

onto each point and cleavage 

of the outside edge

and smooth it back down 

and back into place.

When the outside edges are dry 

I remove the pins and place a 

tiny amount of glue 

in a few spots of the 

inside edges to 

keep it secure as well.

I won't be appliquéing these

 inside edges down because of course...

the circles with the fruit

 will be appliquéd over them

 but I want them to remain flat during

 the process of appliquéing the outside edges:) 

After they were all glue basted...

I stacked all 12 of my Pie blocks 

on one of my large design boards and will appliqué all of them this week!

(just the outside edges)

You can choose to either 

hand appliqué or machine appliqué.

"You're the BOSS of your own quilt!"

 The most important thing is

 to have fun with it!

Aren't they sweet!? 

I'm looking forward to 

seeing your Pie Blocks! 

Don't forget to use the hashtags

#PieBlock

#SweetiePieSewAlong

when posting these on social media 

so that all of us can see.

 After all...

 that's such a fun part of 

doing the sew along together:)

Next week we will 

begin filling our pies!!

See you then...

xx

Lori