Autumn Love Sew Along - Week Two - Wagon Block Tutorial!!

Hi there cute people:)

Today we are going to make

 another block because its week two!

If you are just joining us...

CLICK HERE

for more info on this sew along!

Today's block is in the top row middle...

WAGON BLOCK

Here are all of the 

Autumn Love prints that we are

 using in the Wagon Block:)

Grab your precut block and your traced pieces...and let's begin!

All Sew Simple Shapes for this block are:

4 - F-1

2 - F-2

3 - F-5

2 - F-6

1 - F-14

1 - F-18

3 - F-21

1/4" wide green cut on the bias-

 10" and 3 1/2" long

1/4" wide red - 

7 1/2" and 1 1/2" long

1/4" wide dk.gray- 

4 3/4" long

and 1/2" dk.gray- 

1 1/2" long 

12" square background

You should also have traced a

 2" x 6 1/2" rectangle 

directly onto the interfacing.

We will be doing this

 "Ruler Work" 

for pieces that are rectangles.

Instead of making a lot of these 

sizes into sew simple shapes...

it's just as easy to trace them

 and cut down on the 

number of shapes in the set:)

All of the Ruler Work measurements are on page 14 of the guide:)

On the two F-6 shapes that we are

 using for these flowers...

we will do a little modifying.

Measure in 1 1/2" from the 

curved side and draw a line...

Like this!

When sewing...

stitch on this new marked line 

and ignore the "V" part:)

After sewing and trimming

 all of your shapes...

you will need to clip the 

inner curves on the sides 

of the pumpkin stem and 

clip the cleavage areas 

in the two flowers and the star.

Now you cut the "X's" in the 

interfacing and turn them

 right side out.

Shape and press all of your 

cute pieces for the wagon block:)

Press a curve in the green stems like this.

Press the ends under 1/4" 

on the two red strips.

Press one end under 1/4"

 on the 1/2" wide dk.gray strip.

Arrange pieces onto the 

background square that is 

placed on a design board.

Start layering your shapes 

according to those that go underneath.

For example...

stem goes under pumpkins...

side pieces of pumpkin go down first

 before the center piece etc.

Always use the 10 1/2" Trim-It Ruler 

to lay out your shapes so that your design does not "GROW".

Remember to stay within the 

"window" inside the ruler:)

After placing your shapes...

pin them so that they do not shift

 and then lift up the edges...

  place little dots of "Sue Glue"

I trimmed off part of the 

bottom of my pumpkin pieces 

and one side of the one on the right

 to save bulk underneath the wagon:)

After glue basting I removed my 

applique pins and placed my 

ruler on top and then my 

cutie pie Queen Bee 

until the glue dried ...

about 15 minutes.

All ready for applique!

Chunky pumpkin in a little red wagon:)

Use the light box and trace

 the stem for embroidery.

Use 6 strands of my Dk.Green Aurifloss 

and a backstitch:)

After you applique...

press from the back.

After trimming up your block 

to 10 1/2" square...

you can sew 2 red buttons 

onto the wheel centers.

I use matching Aurifloss to sew them on.

You can also save this step until

 after your quilt is quilted...

it depends on how you are 

quilting it and/or the 

preference of your quilter:)

YaY!

Block Two aka Wagon Block is completed!

Sew darn cute:)

Gotta love a pumpkin in a wagon right?

Next week we will put one in a bucket!

See you back here then...

xx

Lori

Autumn Love Sew Along - Week One!!

Welcome to week one of the 

Autumn Love Sew Along

I'm super excited to make my 

Autumn Love Quilt with you...

and to play 

with my Autumn Love fabric!

Today's block tutorial is the

 Crow and Pumpkin Block

This print from the fabric kit 

is what we will be using 

for the background for this block

 (as well as all of 

the other applique blocks)

And here are all of the prints 

used for the shapes in this block.

Of course ALL of the cutting for

 each one is in the 

Sew Along Guide

CLICK HERE

if you have not downloaded it yet:)

As always...

I have done a video tutorial for you.

 But before you watch it...

I wanted to list here 

all of the cutting and 

Sew Simple Shapes 

used in this block 

so that you make sure 

that you have them all traced and cut.

1 - 1"x 4" yellow acorn print-crows beak

1 - F-1

2 - F-6

1 - F-7

1 - F-10

1 - F-18

3 - F-22

1 - F-23

1 - F-29

Cut your background square 12" x 12"

You will need to clip the cleavage areas

 on the leaves and the

 sunflower before turning.

There are also two cleavage

 in the crow shape

 as well as inner curves.

There are also inner curves 

on both sides of the stem.

The other shapes do not need 

to be clipped before turning:)

The stem is 

1/4" wide and 7" long

The crows legs are 

1/4" wide and 2 1/2" 

No need to press the ends under 

as top ends will be under 

the crow and sunflower a little and 

the bottom ends will be sewn into 

the seam allowance at the bottom 

when the block is sewn into the quilt.

Okay...now for the tutorial!

CLICK HERE

This is what my 

Crow and Pumpkin Block 

looks like right after applique...

but not trimmed up yet.

closer look:)

I also wanted to show you that 

you can trim a small strip off of 

one or both side sections 

of the pumpkin...

 to reduce bulk when 

laying out your block:) 

Close up of the embroidery:)

Here is a close up look of a 

corner of the block back 

so that you can see what the

 applique stitch from behind looks like:)

I hope these close ups 

during each step will help and 

that together with the 

instructions on the video...

you are good to go!

After all applique and 

embroidery is completed...

press from the back only and use your

 10 1/2" Trim-It Ruler to

 trim it down to 10 1/2" square.

I can't wait to see all of your 

Crow and Pumpkin Blocks:)

Please post them on social media

 using the hashtag

#AutumnLoveSewAlong

because we All want to see them 

and it's a super fun thing

 to sew together!

I will meet you here next week

 for another block tutorial:)

xx

Lori

Sew Simple Shapes Series - The Big Finish!!

Okay you guys...

I got my quilt back from the quilters.

YaY!!

The quilt finishes at

 74" x 88"

I'm so happy with how it

 turned out and 

I know I'm going to

 LOVE this quilt forever:)

I sewed my 20 blocks together in 

5 rows of four blocks across.

I cut 49 - 2 1/2" x 12 1/2"

 sashing strips for in-between the blocks.

I cut them out of all of my

 Bee Backgrounds Collection

 that I used in the blocks.

Before sewing the blocks together ...

I of course used my 

12 1/2" Trim-It Ruler and 

trimmed them all up to 12 1/2" square!

These are the fabrics that I chose

 for the back of the quilt...

the cornerstones...

the binding and the border.

I cut 30 - 2 1/2" cornerstones

 to go in-between the sashings.

Used 1/4 yard of the blue dot from

 my Bee Basics collection.

I used the baby chick print for the backing.

It's 108" wide and from my

 Bee Backings and Borders Collection.

I used 2 3/4" yards.

The red text binding is from my

 Cozy Christmas Collection.

I cut 9 - 2 1/2" x Width of Fabric strips

 and joined together on the diagonal

 to prepare the binding. 

I just had to do a 

red gingham border!

The gingham that I used is from my

 Bake Sale 2 Collection.

I used 2 1/4 yards and I cut it lengthwise:

Cut 2 - 8 1/2" x 72 1/2" 

and sew to the sides first

and then cut 

2 - 8 1/2" x 74 1/2" 

for the top and bottom.

My friend Juli Stubbs did the quilting 

and it's FABULOUS!!

I went out in my yard

 and took a few photos ...

And then snapped a few more

 after hanging it inside on my wall:)

I super love this quilt 

and I hope that you do too!!!

It was so fun to make using all

 of the my different sets of 

Sew Simple Shapes (so far) 

combined together for one quilt:)

While doing each and every

 tutorial for you...

 I got so excited to put 

all of the blocks together:)

Thanks so much for sewing with me during this series:)

xx

Lori

Here is the link to each week of this 

12" Block Sew Simple Shapes Series:

Week One

Week Two

Week Three

Week Four

Week Five

Week Six

Week 6 1/2:)

Week Seven

Week Eight