Autumn Love Sew Along - Week Nine - House Block - Part One!!

Hello again Autumn Lovers 

and welcome to week nine 

of our sew along!!

We are nearing the end...

Today we are starting on the

 center of the quilt...

The house block!

We are splitting this block up 

into two weeks and this is the

 portion that we will do this week:)

Let's get started!

Autumn Love 

Sew Simple Shapes 

that you will need 

for this week:

5 - F14

2 - F15

1 - F22

1 - F28

Cutting for 2 house pieces 

(gunny sack print)

and all of the background pieces 

(nutmeg gingham)

 are of course...

in the sew along guide.

From the blue floral print...

 cut the roof pieces.

Run the 1 7/8" x Width of Fabric strip through the 1" bias tape maker.

You will need a

 1" wide x 3 1/2" long 

prepared bias strip 

for the chimney top.

Prepare the oval window

 for the front door...

along with the harvest moon 

and the twinkly stars!

Don't forget to clip the 

cleavage areas in each star

 before turning:)

Now for the pieces that are the ruler work.

All of the ruler work measurements 

are on page 14 of the sew along guide.

Match each traced interfacing piece 

up with the co-ordinating fabric and sew.

Trim...turn...shape and press.

Now that all of your 

applique shapes are prepared...

set them aside...

 and let's piece the house! 

I'm sure that it will help 

to refer to the house block diagram

 on page 4 when sewing.

Draw a diagonal line from 

point to point on the back

 of pieces "A" and "D" 

for sewing the Easy Corner Triangles.

Place them onto pieces "H" and "I" 

and sew on your marked line.

Trim off the excess leaving an 

approximate 1/4" seam allowance.

Press towards the triangles and then 

repeat for the other side.

Sew the top of house together like this...

And add the two "E" pieces 

to the house bottom.

Now sew the bottom to the top 

and we are ready to glue baste

 the appliqués onto the house:)

The house block at this point

 should measure 26 1/2" x 30 1/2"

First up is the harvest moon:)

Measure in 2 1/2" from the side and 

2" from the top and glue baste.

Trim off the bottom of the moon like this:)

Press under one end of the 

1" bias strip for the roof 

and make it hangover 3/4" 

on the bottom end.

 Don't press under the top end...

just trim it even with the 

top of the gunny sack fabric like this.

Place the glue dots right above 

the seam and add the strip 

just barely overlapping 

onto the gunny sack print by about 1/8".

When you add the other strip...

you will need to press under both ends.

Before you glue that strip down...

 glue the chimney first.

Measure in 7 1/4" from the side

 and 4 1/2" from the top when placing.

Trim off a triangle on the bottom

 of the chimney...then

 glue baste the roof strip.

Press each end of the chimney top 

under 1/4" and add to the top.

Glue baste the stars like this...

2" from the top and sides both.

Place the window and shutters

in the center and 

1" up from the bottom roof.

Place the star 1/2" 

up from the window.

Now let's move down to 

the bottom of the house!

Center the door and place it 

1/8" up from the bottom edge.

Glue baste the oval window onto the door.

Place the shutters and the window

 by measuring in 1" from the side

 and 2" down from the roof like this.

Repeat with the remaining 

window and shutters on the other side:)

Place the stars 1/2" down 

from the roof and 1/2" apart:)

Now you are all ready to applique!

This block will be much easier 

to do over two weeks and by

 doing these pieces first.

We will add the remaining

 appliqués next week!

See you then...

xx

Lori