Granny's Garden Sew Along - Week Seven!!

Good morning gardeners:)

Can you believe that we are at week seven?

Granny's Garden Sew Along

We are using Granny Chic Fabric...

And Granny's Garden Sew Simple Shapes...

to make the Granny's Garden Quilt:)

This week's tutorials are 

Flower Blocks 25 thru 28

Sew Simple Shapes for Block 25:

8 - I 1

1 - I 21

1 - I 29

1 - I 30

After sewing you will need to clip the cleavage in the star:)

all shaped up and ready 

for basting to the circle.

I started by pinning and then 

glue basting the flower onto the hexagon.

Take note that the hexagon in

 this block has the flat part on the top.

Then I added the hexagon

 onto the star center.

Take note that the star for

 this block is pointed at the top.

Then I glued the star onto the circle...

and used my 10 1/2" Trim-It Ruler

 to make sure it was centered correctly:)

Flower Block 25 all ready for applique:)

Sew Simple Shapes for Block 26:

1 - I 7

4 - I 11

As per the 

Sew Along Guide 

You should have cut

 4 - 1 1/2" x 4 1/2" strips 

to piece the leaves

 before you sew the shape.

Cut your stem 5" long and 

press one end under for the bottom.

For the leaves...

piece the green strips together 

first and press the seams open.

Then you can place your traced 

I 11 shape on top and stitch.

This is just like I showed you on Block 5:)

No clipping any shapes in this block!

All shaped and ready to go.

Don't you love how the leaves 

look with 2 green fabrics?

I used my ruler to center my granny tulip.

Flower block 26 is all ready for applique:)

Sew Simple Shapes for Block 27:

4 - I 2

4 - I 13

1 - I  21

1 - I 25

Use the 6" ruler from the set

 for the smaller Cloud Shabby circle.

After sewing you will need to 

clip between the 

flower petals before turning.

You will also need to clip 

the cleavage in each heart:)

Now for the pinning and glue basting:)

I started with the smaller circle first.

Then glued it to the large flower:)

 

Then onto the circle...

using my 10 1/2" Trim-It Ruler to center it.

Flower Block 27 ready for applique:)

Sew Simple Shapes for Block 28:

2 - I 2

2 - I 5

6 - I 13

3 - I 21

Cut center stem 7" long and 

press one end under.

Cut the side stems 2 1/2" and 

trim the bottoms at a diagonal.

For this block you will need to clip 

the cleavage in the top of the heart shapes.

Well whoops.

When I was shaping this heart

 I pushed a little too hard 

and poked through the fabric.

This happens once in a while 

but most of the time I can fix it

 instead of sewing another one...

and here's how I do it.

I place a little glue on those 

little frayed pieces 

right where it poked through...

And then fold them over and hold 

between my fingers until those 

frayed pieces stay glued to the 

back side of the interfacing 

just over the edge...

Like this:)

Okay...

now with that little whoops behind me 

all of my pieces are ready for pinning:)

I know that I always say this but

 I cannot say enough how invaluable

 using the lines on my ruler are

 to make sure each piece is 

where it needs to go.

Flower Block 28 all ready for applique...

and that makes all four:)

When they are appliquéd to each circle...

then you can applique them onto

 their background squares:)

Don't forget to use the hashtag

#GrannysGardenSewAlong

when you post your blocks on 

Instagram

I'll meet ya'll right back here

 next week and I'll have 

four more Flower Blocks for you:)

xx

Lori

P.S. If you are just joining us

 be sure to click on the links below 

for the previous Granny's Garden

 posts and tutorials.

1. Bee Prepared

2. Week One

3. Week Two

4. Week Three

5. Week Four

6. Week Five

7. Week Six