Sweetie Pie Sew Along - Week Four - Strawberry Pie Block!!

Happy Monday everyone:)

It's already week four in our sew along! 

I just have to say that whenever I'm on Instagram 

 I am so happy to sew

 everyones progress 

on their blocks...

y'all are doing 

such an awesome job!

If you are are new here...

This is my 

Sweetie Pie Quilt

and it's what we are 

making during this sew along:)

You can join us anytime 

by first clicking 

HERE 

to read about the 

supplies needed

 and all of the 

information to get started:)

***FYI***

You can click on each weeks

 tutorial here on my blog...

by scrolling down until

 you see each block

 on the right sidebar:) 

We are using my latest 

fabric collection 

Sew Cherry 2...

And today we are making 

Strawberry Pie!

I made both strawberries 

at the same time:) 

You know all of the 

important steps by now right?

First prepare your 

fabric and interfacing...

Trace and then sew.

On the strawberry tops there are

 5 cleavage areas that

 will need one clip each...

just like this.

 Now when you turn it

 right side out 

it will lie flat.

 The top of the strawberry 

also has a cleavage.

 The bottom two sides 

have a slight inside curve

 that require 

3 clips in each one.

After clipping and cutting

 the "X" in interfacing only...

shape your strawberry bottoms

 and tops using the turning tool

 to help smooth the edges.

Before you 

prepare to appliqué...

trace the embroidery lines

 onto your shapes:)

Trace the stem onto 

the center top 

of your background...

about 1 1/4" down

 from the top.

After placing your strawberry 

(right below the stem)

the bottom should be about

 1 1/4" up from the 

bottom edge of the background.

When your embroidery lines are traced 

and appliqué shapes are laid out

 onto your background 

you are ready to 

pin or glue baste for appliqué:)

***TIP***

When I trace to make

 lazy daisy embroidery stitches

 (like the seeds on the strawberry)

I just trace a dot 

at the top of 

where the stitch

 will be...

 just for placement 

instead of tracing 

the entire stitch.

This way...

I don't have to worry 

about covering up my traced lines...

 which is often hard to do

 with a lazy daisy stitch.

Applique and embroidery

 both are complete!

Now it's time to 

turn them into a circle:)

Let's fill the pies!

YaY!

#StrawberryPieBlock

I've also been 

playing with my ginghams...

And I have nine 

ready to be circled:)

They look like cookies!

I love these 

happy gingham daisies:)

Show us your progress on

 these little cuties on 

Instagram!!

Use the hashtag 

#GinghamDaisyBlock

when you post them 

so that we can all see.

I can't wait!

xx

Lori