Flea Market Flowers Sew Along - Week Two!!

Flea Market Flowers 

BLOCK "O"

Welcome to Week Two 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...

Last week 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 for

Block "L"

CLICK HERE

to go to week one and this block tutorial:)

The first tutorial for this week is 

Block "O"

The size of the flower 

for this block is 15 1/2"

Let's get started!!

To cut the petals for the 15 1/2" flower you will need to

 cut 2 - 6" x 21" strips of fabric from

 BOTH of the prints that make up this flower

so that you have a total of 16.

In the photo above I am showing one strip of fabric that I have folded in half so that I am cutting two at a time.

If I start cutting on the selvedge ends...

I can easily get 6 petals from one strip and then unfold the leftover fabric on the folded end to cut a 7th petal.

Now I only need to cut one more petal from the second strip:)

When I'm cutting the petals

 for a 15 1/2" flower I place

 the top edge of ruler 

on the top edge of fabric.

The bottom edge of the fabric

 is on the 6" line of the ruler.

Of course you will flip the ruler

 each time you cut 

just like I showed you 

in the video last week.

Remember to repeat this process

 for the second print in this

 flower so that you have 

all 16 petals cut. 

Okay!!

All my fabric is now cut and my interfacing

 is traced and I'm all ready to sew!

Aside from the petals...

this is what you will need for 

Block "O"

One - 9" Circle

One - 6" Circle

Two - Large Leaves

Two - Small Leaves

 1/2" straight bias stem 

that is cut 8 1/2" long 

with one end pressed under:)

Background should be cut:

20" x 24"

Match your fabric pieces up with

 their traced interfacing piece

 with right sides up:) 

Sew the circles and leaves...

directly onto your traced lines 

and over sew by about a half inch 

or so instead of backstitching.

 This makes for a smoother applique piece:)

Trim...turn...shape and press 

your leaves and circles.

Begin sewing the flower petals 

exactly like I showed you 

in the video during week one:)

My petals are all pressed and

 ready to sew into a flower!

When you sew them together remember 

that you are alternating the prints.

Sew 8 units just like this...

Until you have a pretty 15 1/2" flower!

Of course you will always press the seams 

open for every flower in this quilt:)

Now I have everything sewn and 

it's time to pin and glue baste 

so that I can applique!

The length of this flower 

should measure 21" tall 

from top of flower petal points 

to the bottom of stem. 

As far as width goes...

this rule applies when you

 are laying out 

all of the flowers in this quilt...

you don't want your leaves

 to be wider than your flower.

If you stick with that rule 

you will be good to go 

when it comes time to 

trim up your blocks after applique:)

Use your ruler to make sure

 that you center your circles 

on the flowers just like I 

showed you in last weeks video.

Pin your appliques (using a design board) 

as you put them into place 

and then when you are 

happy with the placement...

go ahead and use the Sue Glue:)

 Remove the pins after the glue is dry.

Then you can applique!!

So far I haven't been in any hurry

 to applique my flowers yet...

I'm just having too much fun 

making all of the blocks 

and preparing the tutorials for you:)

However...

I have decided for sure that I

 will machine applique my blocks 

and that will go pretty quickly.

 

After I do finished the applique....

 Block "O" is 

trimmed down to 

18 1/2" x 22 1/2"

Again...

I will chat with you about 

trimming up my blocks 

when it gets to that point...

or you can go ahead and trim yours 

whenever you would like

as I tell you what size to trim 

each block in each tutorial.

One thing that I do before 

trimming down my applique blocks 

is to press them.

But I only press the back!!

I do not want to damage my appliques 

or press them down super flat 

because I like them 

to look like appliques...

 not just a design printed fabric:)

After trimming...

this block will finish at 18" x 22" 

after it is sewn into your quilt.

Okay!

Let's grow another flower!

Flea Market Flowers 

BLOCK "N"

is another one that I am doing

 a tutorial for this week as well.

For BLOCK "N" you will need to make

 one - 7 1/2" Flower

so that means you will 

need to cut 16 petals.

You will need to cut two

 3" tall strips to get 16 petals cut.

Above is my fat 1/8 fabric from the kit

 and I wanted to show you that

 I did not cut the strips 

3" x 21" 

(the width of the fat 1/8) 

because FIRST I needed to cut a

 5" square for a 

flower center in Block "B".

I also needed to cut a 3" square

 for the patchwork center in Block "M".

There are a few pieces of fabric like this

 that you will need to cut larger pieces

 from first before you cut 

strips for the flower petals.

I know that this is explained within 

the cutting for each fabric and

 I just wanted to show you how I do it.

***Just a little note from me:

Always be mindful when cutting your 

fabrics to make the most use out of it

 and to be able to get the

 pieces needed out of each:) 

To cut the petals for a 7 1/2" flower...

lay your ruler on the fabric strips

 between the

 4" and 7" lines 

that are marked on the Pie Ruler.

I cut them exactly the same way 

that I showed you

 in the video for BLOCK "M" ...

just different size strip height and

 different placement of the Pie Ruler.

My 2 strips are layered on 

top of each other so that I am 

cutting two at a time.

You can see in my photo that

 I can easily cut 16 - 7 1/2" flower petals

 out of the two strips.

The other strip you see is the 

remaining fabric leftover from my fat 1/8th.

Now I have the 16 petals cut...

and I have all of my other fabrics cut for

 the block and my Sew-In Interfacing traced.

Aside from the petals for the flower...

you will need the following:

1 - 4" Circle

2 - Small Leaves

2 - Large Leaves

 1/4" prepared straight bias strip

 11" long and pressed one end under

I cut my background 

10" x 20"

I sewed my circle for the center

 and both sets of leaves.

And after preparing them for applique...

I sewed my 7 1/2" flower:)

***Just a little note from me:

Remember that when sewing your

 petals together that you will need to 

use an accurate 1/4" seam allowance

 in order for your flowers to lie flat.

If they are too "wavy" then chances are

 your seams are too narrow and 

have not been quite up to 1/4"

 so you may need to check your seams 

and sew a few of them 

a little wider to correct this:)

Now that everything is sewn for 

Block "N"

you can pin and glue baste for applique:)

The length of this flower 

should measure 17" long 

from the tips of the flower petals 

to the bottom of the stem.

The bottom leaves in this flower

 are lain out a little taller

 so that they follow the rule

 of not being wider than the flower:)

Block "N"

will need to be trimmed down to 

8 1/2" x 18 1/2" AFTER applique.

It will finish at 8" x 18" 

when it's sewn into your quilt.

I really like this tall skinny flower 

and it reminds me of fall 

because of the colors.

I wanted this quilt to

 look like a garden of flowers 

that bloomed through all four seasons:)

I hope you are having 

just as much fun as I am playing with

FLEA MARKET!

Please post your progress picture on 

Instagram 

and use the hashtag

#FleaMarketFlowersSewAlong

so that we can all send some

 love and likes your way

and we will know who is 

sewing along together with us:)

It makes me sew happy to know 

that we are all sewing together

 and my wish is that you are

 having fun creating this quilt 

and also learning a little something 

along the way!

I'll meet you right back here

 next week to plant more 

Flea Market Flowers!!

xx

Lori