Farm Sweet Farm Sew Along - Week Seven - Tractor and Corn Block!!

Well good morning sunshines!!

How y'all doin?

It's week ten in the 

Farm Sweet Farm Sew Along

I've been having a blast playing with 

Farm Girl Vintage Fabric 

each week and I hope you have too!

Take out the pieces that 

you have cut for this block...

according to the

 Sew Along Guide

CLICK HERE

if you need to download one

Grab your 

Farm Sweet Farm 

Sew Simple Shapes 

and let's get started!

Here are my fabric pieces 

all cut and just waiting 

to become a tractor...

a cute hen and some sweet corn:)

Sew Simple Shapes

 needed for this block are:

H4 - 2

H5 - 2

H6 - 1

H8 - 6

H15 - 5

H17 - 1

H24 - 1

H36 - 1

Take note that you will need to

 trace the H-17 (hen) in reverse 

for this block because she is

 looking the other way!

Also trace two of the

 H-8 (corn husk) in reverse because 

they go the other direction as well.

Sew the two reverse ones to the

 2 dk.green flower pot prints.

The other corn husks are sewn

 onto the lighter green prints.

Bias tape maker strips are all 

straight cuts and after preparing 

I cut them into the following lengths:

1/2" green shabby for corn stalks-

cut one 11 1/2" and one 8"...

press one end under on both of them.

1/4" green flower stems-

Cut one 3" and 4"

3/4" red for smoke stack:

 cut 3" long and press 

one end under for top.

1/2" red for top of tire cut 2" long.

1/4" red for steering wheel

 cut 2 1/2" long and press both ends under.

Cut the steering wheel column strip 1" long.

After sewing and trimming your shapes...

clip the inner curves and 

cleavage ares on these pieces

 that are on my cutting mat

 before you turn them.

Turned and pressed and 

ready to pin baste!

Don't forget to zig zag or serge

 the edges of your background linen.

This block finishes at

 12" tall x 18" wide and you will 

trim it down to 12 1/2" x 18 1/2" 

when your applique is completed.

That means that when 

pinning the block down...

you do not want your shapes 

to go any wider than 17 1/2"...

Or taller than 11 1/2"...

that includes the embroidered smoke

 because that is the 

tallest part of the block.

After you have pinned 

everything into place...

Use your Sue Glue!!

Remove the pins and let the glue dry while your block remains nice and flat:)

It's all ready for 

applique an embroidery now...

YaY!!

Fast forward a few days! 

After my applique was completed...

I used all six strands of 

gold Aurifloss and a backstitch 

on the corn stalks and 3 strands 

of dark gray on the tractor.

Time to trim it up!

Again...

it will need to be trimmed to 

12 1/2" tall so I used my 

12 1/2" Trim-It Ruler 

for trimming the height.

I trimmed the top first....

And then the bottom.

I used an 18 1/2" wide ruler 

and trimmed the bottom half first 

and then moved it up and 

trimmed the top half.

My tractor tire on the right

 measured 1/2" in from the edge...

And this bottom part of the cornstalk 

on the left side measures 1/2" in as well.

Then I sewed the buttons on the 

flowers and the front tire.

My tractor block now measures 

12 1/2" tall x 18 1/2" wide 

and is ready to sew into the quilt...

just two more blocks to sew first:)

I'll meet you back here next week 

and we will continue farming!

xx

Lori