Autumn Love Sew Along - Week 12 the Big Finish and Quilt Label!

Well here we are on the 

very last week of the 

Autumn Love Sew Along 

and what I like to call 

"the big finish"

 because I get to show you

my completed quilt...

and here it is!!

I am sew grateful that my friend 

Juli Stubbs...

who does my quilting was able to

 get it back to me in time 

for photos while the 

leaves are still falling:)

This is Toby asking if he can

 jump on my quilt:)

Why is it that every time 

you lay a quilt down it becomes

 an invitation to play?

Just a few leaves left on the Ash tree...

But plenty on my Snowball Bush!

Mr.Honey and Sterling 

are my official holder uppers... 

LOL

I love how the colors of

 the turning leaves blend in 

perfectly with the quilt.

Didn't Juli do an

 amazing job on the quilting?...

I think it turned out so beautiful!

I am head over heels in Autumn Love:)

There was a perfect chill in the

 air and leaves swirling 

just for the photo shoot...

YEP!...I'm definitely in LOVE!!

This quilt was a true joy to

 design and to create and to make!

Thank you so much for joining me 

for this fun sew along:)

  I hope you are having a 

wonderful time making each block 

and have maybe even learned 

something new along the way!

Remember that when you are ready 

to sew your quilt top together 

the instructions for that are 

on page 16 of your sew along guide:)

AND...

remember that each and every week

 of this sew along will 

remain on my blog forever

 for your convenience:)

All you have to do to find each 

link is scroll down ...

looking on the right sidebar of my blog

 until you find them!

But it's not quite over yet because ...

GUESS WHAT?!

 I made this super cute quilt label

 for the back and I want to 

show you how I did it!

It was easy peasy...

 and after making all of the blocks 

y'all are experts...

 so I'll just tell you that I

 used these Autumn Love 

Sew Simple Shapes:

5 - F22 for the pumpkin

1 - F-18 for the stem

1 - F29 for the crow

1 - F10 for the wing

1 - F15 for the star

And of course 1/4" 

straight bias strip for the legs.

I cut my background fabric 

12 1/2" x 14 1/2" 

and laid the pieces out to

 see how they would fit.

Then I auditioned some 

2 1/2" wide Autumn Love strips

 for the border.

I made 5 ovals for the pumpkin 

because I wanted it extra wide 

to make room for the 

crow to stand on top!

I sewed the strips on before I glue basted. 

I cut two strips 

2 1/2" x 14 1/2" 

and sewed them to the sides 

and then cut two more 

2 1/2" x 16 1/2" 

for the top and bottom...

then I glue basted all

 of my pieces down.

The label finishes at 16" x 18"

I overlapped my appliqués just 

a little into the border strips:)

That's a BIG pumpkin!!!

Now for the words:)

I simply typed up on my computer

 what I wanted the label to say 

and printed it off...

And then taped it to my 

Easy Trace Light Box 

with my Autumn Love washi...

so that I could trace 

on the words to embroider:)

All traced and ready for stitching!

But wait!...

a few more things first. 

I decided my pumpkin

 needed a long swirly vine:)

Then I sewed 

Bee in my Bonnet interfacing

 to the back.

I cut it larger and used a

 1/4" seam all around the label...

Trimmed off the excess interfacing...

And cut the "X" for turning

 behind the pumpkin where there

 would not be any embroidery.

NOW it's turned and pressed 

and all ready for the stitching.

As usual...

I used all 6 strands of my Aurifloss

 and a backstitch.

I love adding fun labels to my quilts...

And I think this one is sweet

 and is easy to make:)

I hand appliquéd mine onto the 

backing fabric before quilting...

just like one great big 

Sew Simple Shape!

Oh my goodness I'm so sad that 

our Autumn Love time has 

come to an end...

 but sew happy that 

the quilt is completed.

You know that I just love love love 

to do sew alongs and I hope 

that you will join me for my next one!

We will busing my 

next fabric collection called 

Farm Girl Vintage 

to make the 

FARM SWEET FARM QUILT

And of course...

YOU are officially invited:)

Here is the invite with the

 January 28th date to save!

I have been showing lots of 

sneaky peeks of the blocks 

as they were being made for the quilt

 to display at Fall Market in Houston

 this week and let me just say...

I CAN'T WAIT FOR JANUARY!!

If you want to sew 

those sneak peeks...

CLICK HERE

And speaking of sneak peeks...

I still have ONE MORE Autumn Love

 tutorial up my sleeve for you!

I've been whipping up these fast

 Fall Flower Pot Blocks 

(I made 25 of them) 

and put them all into a quilt.

The quilt is currently

 on Juli's quilting frame 

and as soon as its quilted and bound 

the tutorial will be coming your way:)

Thank you again from the

 bottom of my heart for 

sewing along with me...

xx

Lori