Sew Simple Shapes Series - Week Six - Blocks 7 and 8 Tutorials!!

Welcome to Week 6...

Here are the four blocks

 that we just finished...

YaY!

Click on these links if

 you are just joining in:

Week 1 

Week 2 

Week 3  

Week 4  

Week 5 

We used the 

FRUIT SALAD 

Sew Simple Shapes

and I made 2 more blocks using

 the same set for this weeks tutorials:)

Here are blocks 7 and 8.

I had to do them out of order

 but now here they are!!

Let's start with 

BLOCK SEVEN

Here are all of my pieces...

sewn and shaped:)

The templates from the set

 used for this block are:

4 - C-1

1 - C-3

8 - C-4

8 - C-7

4 - C-8

1 - C-15

Cut 4 - 2 1/2" long 1/4" wide stems

 from your spool

 and sew your 

pinwheel background block:)

Start by centering the large circle

 and then the circle for the center of that!

Now you can arrange the 

8 flower petals.

Use your ruler for spacing

 and pin before glue basting:)

Use the 12 1/2" Trim-It Ruler 

to center everything and to see

 how far in to glue baste your pieces.

I placed my heart 3 1/2" in

 from the corner like this.

The circles in-between are

 2" in from the edge.

All ready to applique!

I love this cheerful block with 

yellow heart flowers and

 a red daisy in the center:)

Now it's time for 

BLOCK EIGHT

Here are the Fruit Salad Shapes

 that I used for this one:

4 - C-1

5 - C-3

8 - C-4

8 - C-5

4 - C-8

1 - C-14

Cut 4 - 3 1/2" long 

1/4" wide stems 

and

4 - 2 1/2" long 

1/4" wide stems 

from your spool and

sew your pinwheel background block.

I used my ruler to see where I could place all of the pieces and to see what the finished block size will look like:)

Just like block seven...

I placed the 2 circles

 in the center first.

I measured 2 3/4" in from 

the corners and placed my blue flowers.

The cleavage in the heart

 measures 2" from the side edge 

of the fabric background.

Once the flowers and hearts are basted...

It's easy to fill in 

the space with the leaves.

The larger leaves go on the 

bottom and the smaller on top:)

Ready for applique!

I love the double leaves 

on this block and how the stems

 on the hearts make them into flowers:)

Okay cute people...

that's it for today's tutorial.

Next up will be blocks from my

 fourth set of 

Sew Simple Shapes...Bee Happy!

I just may sneak a tutorial in

 before next week because I want to

 get all of my blocks finished

 before my Autumn Love Sew Along

 starts on the 20th of August:)

See you soon!

xx

Lori

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