Granny's Garden Sew Along - Week One!

Welcome to week one of the

 Granny's Garden Sew Along

YaY!

It's finally here:)

We will be making this quilt:

GRANNY'S GARDEN

Using Granny Chic fabric...

And Granny's Garden 

Sew Simple Shapes

And my Shabby fabric

 in CLOUD for all of the background circles.

As far as supplies...

they are all listed in the 

Sew Along Guide

 and I blogged about all of them

 a few weeks back in my 

"Bee Prepared" post.

*CLICK HERE*

if you need to read it again

 and see all of the information 

and sew along guide updates

 before beginning:)

***At the end of this sew along***

I will add a link to each week 

of the entire sew along

at the bottom of this post.

All you have to do is scroll down

to the end and click on each one!

Okay...

are you ready to grow a granny garden?

Let's do this!

Of course today we are starting with

 Block One.

Grab your kit and ...

CLICK HERE

to see the video tutorial.

 I always kick off each sew along

 with a video tutorial of the first block.

The remaining block tutorials

 will be here on my blog each week.

We will be doing blocks 

2...3 and 4 this week as well.

The tutorial schedule is

 in the sew along guide:)

Please go at your own pace 

and do not feel pressure 

because that's not fun!

The tutorials will remain right here

 for your convenience 

so that you can do just that!

After you have watched the video 

and your Block One

 is ready for appliqué...

let's talk about Block Two:)

You will need to use the 

4" Circle Ruler for the flower center

 and for the petals you will need 

shape I-12.

For the petals in this block 

you will make 2 petals with one shape

 by tracing as usual and then 

marking 2 lines 1/2" apart

 in the center like this.

Sew on these two new lines as well...

Cut them apart...

and then trim them as usual:)

Now cut the "X" in the back 

of the interfacing for turning

 just like I showed you in the video.

Turn them right side out...

shape and press.

After making sure that my

 flower center circle is 

right in the middle 

I pin basted my lighter

 petals first like this.

Then I added the four darker ones ...

then glued and let it dry.

Now it's all ready to applique.

By the way you could add buttons 

from the Granny Chic set in-between 

the petals on this block if you would like.

The buttons are packaged by weight

 so each package has all of the

 same buttons but maybe different 

amounts of each size and color...

but no worries because 

there is plenty to choose from! 

I'm using the 

Granny Chic Aurifloss 

 to sew my buttons on. 

I always add my buttons after applique.

You can check with your quilter

 to see if you need to wait

 until after quilting 

is completed to add yours.

I have not appliquéd my block 2 yet 

but I wanted to show you this

first week how I add the circle

 onto the background after applique.

First...I always press my square 

in half both ways like this.

That way it's easy to 

center the circle for applique!

After applique is completed 

use the 10 1/2" Trim-It Ruler 

to trim your blocks down to 

10 1/2" square.

Use the lines on circle is centered 

correctly in the middle 

of the square before trimming:)

This is the way that all 42 blocks

 in the quilt are trimmed 

before sewing them together.

I'm going to applique 

all 42 of my blocks first 

and then trim them all at the end:) 

Okay now let's talk about Block Three!

Shapes used are I-6 and I-22

Cut longest stem 7" and 

press one end under.

 Cut the two shorter ones 

2 1/2" long

 and trim one end on an angle like this.

 Those ends will 

tuck under the center stem.

After sewing your shapes....

don't forget to clip the cleavage areas 

in the flowers before turning.

Turn... shape and press!

Grab your circle and pin baste 

before applying the glue.

Let the shapes dry flat by 

placing a ruler and 

something heavy on top:)

Ready for applique!

I'm thinking about using the

 same color of 

buttons as the

 flowers for the centers:)

Now let's talk all about Block Four:)

Shapes used are I-9 and I-23

Cut two stems 4" long.

Sew your shapes!

While trimming....

clip the cleavage ares between 

the flower petals before turning.

Turn...shape and press:)

Pin and glue baste to prepare for applique.

Be sure to take advantage of 

the lines on the 

10 1/2" Trim-It Ruler.

They are diagonal as well as

 vertical and horizontal.

By using the ruler you can 

center everything perfectly

 onto your circle...

and that's something to be happy about!

I'll probably use yellow buttons

 for the center of the flowers in this block but I will also do that at the very end AFTER I have trimmed up my blocks because I want the Trim-It Ruler to lie flat and not on top of buttons LOL

Okay so now we have planted 

the first four flowers in our

 granny garden and I simply 

couldn't be happier about it!

I hope you are looking forward to 

making each and every 

block along with me.

Have fun with it...

be patient and kind with yourself 

as you grow and tend 

to your granny garden:)

I'll see you 

right back here next week:)

xx

Lori

************** 

P.S. I've added this list of links

 for your convenience

( after the sew along ended )

Click on each one to go to that week:

Week Two

Week Three

Week Four

Week Five

Week Six

Week Seven

Week Eight

Week Nine

Week Ten

Week Eleven

The BIG FINISH!