Autumn Love Sew Along - Week Seven - Milk Can Block!!

Hi there and welcome to week seven:)

If you are just joining us now...

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for all of the information

 on this fun sew along:)

Today we are starting on the 

right side of the quilt...

YaY!

I'm having sew much fun 

playing with Autumn Love 

and I hope that you are too:)

Let's make the Milk Can Block today!

These are the Autumn Love prints 

used in this week's block.

Autumn Love 

Sew Simple Shapes needed:

4 - F4

2 - F9

1 - F15

3 - F16

3 - F20

1 - F34

Cut your background block 12" x 22"

You will trim it down to 10 1/2" x 20 1/2" 

AFTER the applique is completed.

You already know how to do this...

 because it's exactly the same size

 as the Scarecrow Block 

that we did in Week 5:)

Use the 12" long 1/2" wide bias strip from the green text for the cornstalk.

I ended up using about 8 1/2" of it.

I pressed under the top end.

Cut three strips about

 6" long from the 

5/8" wide strips that

 I had you cut on the BIAS

 and make them super curvy 

when you run them through the

 1/4" bias tape maker.

Subcut 2 - of the 1/2" wide 

Steel Solid bias strips 1 3/4" long.

I pressed each end under 1/4"

Cut 2 - 1/4" wide Steel bias strips

  6 1/2" long.

I pressed both ends under 

on one of them and 

one end under on the remaining. 

Also cut a 4" long strip and 

press each end under by 1/4".

(I didn't do that yet in this photo lol)

Another thing to remember when 

tracing your mice...

trace one in reverse because 

they are facing each other:)

After sewing and trimming 

all of your shapes...

clip the inner curves and/or 

cleavage areas on these shapes:

 milk can...

 corn husk...

the mice and the star.

All shapes are turned...

pressed and ready for glue basting!

Press your background in half 

long ways so that you can place

 the cornstalk in the center.

My finished cornstalk

 measures 8 1/4" long.

Tuck the raw edges of the 

curly ones under the center cornstalk. 

Then I added the corn like this:)

Don't forget to add pins

 that measure 10" X 20" 

onto your background 

just like I showed you for the 

Scarecrow Block in week 5.

They will help you to 

keep your cornstalk from 

"growing" too tall!!

Now comes the milk can ...

the bias strips and the star:)

It's 4 3/4" between the 

two widest bias strips 

on the milk can.

Then layer the mice on top 

of the milk can.

I traced the tails on using the 

pattern on page 18 of the guide.

You can just make two long stitches

 for whiskers...

no pattern needed to trace. 

I drew them on to show you:)

I'll do this embroidery after 

applique instead of 

before like usual...

because it extends onto

 the background fabric.

You can also do a french knot 

for the eyes...

unless you want two blind mice lol:)

Use the pattern on page 17 

to trace the embroidery 

on top of the cornstalk.

I pinned all of my shapes

 onto the design board...

 then glue basted 

just as I always do.

I used my 

8 1/2" x 24 1/2" Cute Cuts Ruler 

and my Queen Bee Rock 

to help my block to dry nice and flat.

All ready for applique!

I noticed in these photos that the raw edge on the bottom of my cornstalk came untucked...but I assure you that I will tuck it under before applique:)

After I applique...

I will sew 2 Cute Little Buttons

onto the handles of the 

milk can like this:)

Here is a close up of the embroidery.

I used all 6 strands of my dark gray Aurifloss for the mice tails and whiskers...and french knots for the eyes!

I used all 6 strands of my dark green Aurifloss for the top of the cornstalk:)

I haven't been able to 

applique my pieces down yet...

 but I will have time before next week!

We will be doing the 

Sunflower Block and 

the Maple Leaf Block...

See you then!!

xx

Lori