Bee Happy Sew Along - Week Ten!!

Welcome to the

 Bee Happy Sew Along!

Today is week ten...

and we only have

 a few more blocks:)

YaY!

Today's first tutorial

 is the orange flowers...

I love this little block!

Grab your pieces...

You will need 

D-2  D-3  D-5  D-12  D-16

Run the stem strip through the

 1/4" bias tape maker.

Press your background fabric

 in half both ways like this.

Cut your stem 7" long and 

glue baste it

 right down the center 

of your background...

Like this:)

Now let's start sewing!

When you trim your flowers...

you will need to clip the 

5 cleavage areas on each one.

Shape and press...

and let's get them pinned!

Place the yellow flower center

 3/4" in from the edges of background.

Pin the two circles in the center.

Now place your flowers on...

the stem length in-between should be about 

1 1/2" long.

Now pin your leaves:)

***REMINDER***

  I do the embroidery on my blocks

 before I appliqué...

I'm just pinning mine beforehand 

to show you placement***

I also sew on my buttons

 before quilting...

 but only if I know that 

they will not be in the way of

 the stitching and only if 

it's okay with my quilter:)

The choice is yours!

All appliqued!

Your block should measure 

4 1/2" x 12 1/2" 

to sew into your quilt.

Now you can sew it to the pinwheels

 and churn dash cherries block:)

YaY! 

It's time for the watering can:)

Grab all of your pieces 

and let's get started!

You will need 

D-23   D-24   D-28

Run the coral trim through the

 3/4" bias tape maker

Run the bias cut dark gray text 

through the 3/8" bias tape maker

Run the straight one that 

goes on the bottom through the 

1/2" bias tape maker and 

the smallest one for the bracket 

through the 1/4" bias tape maker

Measure 2 1/2" up from the bottom

 of your watering can rectangle 

and place your coral strip...

And glue baste it into place.

Do your stitching on the shapes...

And then measure in 1" 

from your sewn line and 

mark a new sewing line...

Like this.

Now sew across that new line...

And trim off the excess.

Your watering can 

just went on a diet!

 haha

Now turn ...

shape and press:)

Press your background 

in half like this...

and then place the top piece 1"

 from the top edge.

Place the watering can 

1 3/4" up from the bottom edge.

Place the top of the spout 1"

 in from the side as well as the top.

Cut a piece from the bracket strip

 and glue baste...

glue baste the bottom trim as well.

You can trim off excess of the 

spout and the half circle on top 

that goes underneath the watering can

 for less bulk if you want.

Glue baste the handle by 

starting at the top and 

curving down to the side.

Do a little at a time 

just like when you did 

the Bee Happy letters:)

The handle should be 1" 

in from the side edge.

Tuck the end under... 

trim off excess:)

All ready for appliqué!

I just love how the grays look

 on the red penmanship background...

don't you?

Your watering can block 

should measure 

8 1/2" x 10 1/2" 

to sew into the quilt.

Now you can sew it to the 

bottom of the butterflies block...

And sew row five together...

And add it to the 

bottom of your quilt!

All of the rows are sewn together now...

next week are the honeycomb blocks.

Yippee!!

I'm sew proud of y'all:)

xx

Lori

PS.If you are just getting started...

remember that there is

 a link to each and every blog post 

of this sew along...

right here on my blog.

Simply look on the right side bar

 and scroll down to find the 

Bee Happy Sew Along...

 and  click on the post 

that you would like to read!