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