Flea Market Flowers Sew Along - Week Four!!

Flea Market Flowers 

BLOCK "K"

Welcome to Week Four of the 

Flea Market Flowers 

Sew Along!

We are using my latest 

fabric collection called

Flea Market

It's designed by me ... 

and produced and distributed by the amazing 

Riley Blake Designs:)

We are making my quilt

FLEA MARKET FLOWERS

76" x 86"

We are using my 

PIE RULER

to make all of the flower petals...

This set of my 

CIRCLE RULERS

for all of the flower centers...

And we are also using my 

SEED RULERS

for all of the leaves in the quilt.

All of the other notions as well as fabric requirements are detailed within the 

Flea Market Flowers Sew Along Guide

CLICK HERE

for the free PDF Download

I also have a "Bee Prepared" blog post 

detailing everything that you will

 need to know about this sew along...

CLICK HERE

to go to that blog post 

if you have not read it 

or you need to be "refreshed"

 on any of the information!

As promised...

To kick off week one

 I did a video tutorial on my

 YouTube channel showing how to make 

Flea Market Flower 

BLOCK "M"

CLICK HERE

to go to that tutorial...

 so that you can make this cute flower!!

I also did a tutorial during 

week one right here

 on my blog for

Block "L"

CLICK HERE

to go to week one and this block tutorial:)

As part of week two 

I did the tutorial here for  

Block "O"

CLICK HERE

For that tutorial

BLOCK "I" 

is also in the week two tutorial:)

Last week during week three

I did the tutorial for 

BLOCK 

CLICK HERE

to go to week three for the tutorial

I also did the tutorial for 

BLOCK "I"

during week three:)

Today we are going to start off with 

BLOCK "K"

You will need to make one - 

13 1/2" Flea Market Flower

and

you will also need to make one -

7 1/2" flower

to layer on top of the 13 1/2" flower.

*Reminder*

We are cutting a 7 1/2" flower

 from the Pebble Wallpaper print

 NOT a 9 1/2" flower

Also since we are working with this print 

today I just wanted to let you know 

that you will need to cut

 8 - 2 1/2" strips for the binding:)

The first draft of the sew along guide 

said seven but you will need 8.

No worries ...

you have plenty of fabric 

for this as the yardage called for

already planned for 8.

To make Block "K" you will 

also need a 4" circle 

for the flower center.

You will need to cut your 

background fabric 

16" x 16"

You will need to cut 8 petals 

from each print for the 7 1/2" flower.

Refer to your guide on page seven 

if you are not sure of the

 ruler lines that I am showing you.

I try to be as clear as I can 

with the photo but just know

 that you can always double check 

on page seven if you would like:)

You will also need to cut 

8 petals from each print

for the 13 1/2" flower.

 

Place your ruler like this

 when cutting the petals.

Remember to alternate 

the ruler each time you cut 

just like I showed you 

in the video from week one.

Now for the sewing!!

Petals and center circle 

are all ready to go:)

Remember that when you are 

sewing flowers with two prints 

that you will need to sew 

each set the exact same way 

when joining them together

to form the flowers:)

Flowers are are all sewn...

grab the center and lets go pin baste!

Press your background fabric 

in half both ways so that you can

 line up the flower on center

while you are pinning.

The points of the smaller flower 

line up on the seams 

of the larger flower.

I used my small ruler and measured

 as I went along so that everything 

was centered correctly.

*Take note that the points

 of the larger flower should 

match up with your pressed seams 

of the background....

Like this:)

No stem and leaves for this flower...

it shines all on it's own!

Flea Market Flower

 Block "K"

is ready for applique:)

After applique you will need to 

trim it up to measure 14 1/2" square.

It will finish at 14" x 14"

after it's sewn into the quilt.

Okay....

Let's move onto planting

 two more flowers:)

For BLOCK "J"

you will need two - 6 1/2" flowers:) 

To make Block "J" you will also need:

4 - small leaves

2 - 4" circles

2 - 1/4" stems cut 4" long 

with one end pressed under

Background cut - 12" x 16"

Cut 16 petals from each print 

to make two - 6 1/2" flowers.

Leaves and circles are sewn...

making a flower petal chain:)

Petals are all ready to sew into flowers:) 

And just like that...

two flowers are finished

 and we are ready to pin baste:)

Before pinning...

press your background in half.

Notice that the side points

 on each flower are 

touching the center crease.

Pin and glue.

When glue is dry go ahead 

and remove the pins:) 

Together they should measure 

no more than 13" wide...

And no more than 9" tall.

Each set of leaves should not

 be wider than the flower they belong to.

Ready for applique:)

Flea Market Flower

Block "J"

After applique trim it down to

10 1/2" x 14 1/2"

It will finish at 10" x 14"

when it's sewn into your quilt. 

So far we have planted a dozen

Flea Market Flowers for our quilt!

Tune in next Monday

 and I'll be right back here

 to plant three more:)

xx

Lori