Sweetie Pie Sew Along - Week Six - Apple Pie Block!!

Hello and welcome to week six of the

Sweetie Pie Sew Along

CLICK HERE

if you are just getting started and

 CLICK HERE

to download the free pattern

Today we are baking 

Apple Pies!

Grab your fabric...

 interfacing and 

trace your 

Sew Simple Shapes

Use the cutting chart included

 in the pattern to cut your pieces:)

Sew directly onto your traced lines.

When trimming the seam allowance..

make sure to make a few clips 

at the top of each apple's inner curve.

Cut the interfacing...

Turn... shape and press!

Place the apple

 1 1/2" up from the bottom 

of your background square.

Make sure its centered by 

pressing your square in half:)

Glue or pin baste the apples...

 trace the stems and 

the lines on the leaves.

Now you're ready for appliqué!

And the embroidery!

Use the C-15 to trace

 onto the interfacing squares...

and make your apples into circles:)

Appliqué them to the

center of your pie blocks:)

This week I trimmed up 

all of my pie blocks 

because we only have

 two more to sew:)

YaY!

This is the final step in 

making sure that 

your pies are centered:) 

Just a little bit 

about my new 

Cute Cuts 

Trim-It Rulers

There are 11 in the collection 

and I designed them all 

 with centered lines going both

horizontal and vertical

 as well as diagonal.

This makes it super duper easy 

to trim up any quilt block perfectly!

They also have built in non-slip 

on the back and are easy to use.

There are 1/4"seam allowance 

all the way around the edges

 so that you can see 

what your block will look like

after its sewn into the quilt 

and also to make sure that you 

don't cut anything off 

that you aren't supposed to.

Yikes!

(like points when you are 

trimming up a pieced quilt block)

Place the 16 1/2" 

Trim -It Ruler 

onto your block.

 Line up the dresden seams 

with the lines on the ruler ...

on all four sides...

like this.

Now you're ready to trim...

 so grab your rotary cutter:)

I'm right handed ...

so I always trim on the 

right and the top first.

If you are left handed ...

simply do the left side first.

After those first two sides are trimmed...

 place your block upside down like this.

Because you have already 

trimmed those two edges...

you can line them up with

 the edges of he ruler 

(they are now left side and bottom)

And go ahead and 

trim on the right 

and the top:)

YaY!

Now your pie block 

is exactly centered 

and is a perfect

 16 1/2" square:)

#ApplePieBlock

P.S. Did you happen to catch my tutorial

 that I did a few days ago on my

 Cherry Hearts Placemat?

CLICK HERE 

if you want to make one!