FLEA MARKET FLOWER SEW ALONG - Week Six!!

Flea Market Flowers 

BLOCK "G"

Welcome to Week Six 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:)

During week four I did

 the tutorial for 

Block "K"

CLICK HERE 

for that tutorial

And I also did the tutorial for 

Block "J" 

during week four as well.

During Week Five I did the tutorial for 

BLOCK  "F"

CLICK HERE

to read that tutorial

I also did the tutorial for 

BLOCK "H"

during Week Five as well.

Today we are going to make 

BLOCK "G"

You will need to make one - 

13 1/2" Flea Market Flower

and four -

6 1/2" Flea Market Flowers

To make Block "G" you will also need:

8 - small leaves

1 - 9" - circle

8 - 4" circles

4 - 2" circles

4 - 1/4" stems cut 4" long 

4 - 1/4" stems cut 2" long

Background cut - 26" x 26"

You will need one 5" x Width of Fabric"

 strip for the 13 1/2" flower petals.

Cut 16 petals like this...

using the 1" and 6" marks 

on the Pie Ruler and also 

alternating the ruler as you cut.

You will need one 5 - 3" x 21"

 strips for the 6 1/2" flower petals.

Cut 64 petals like this...

using the 4 1/2" and 7 1/2" marks 

on the Pie Ruler and also 

alternating the ruler as you cut.

Time to sew!!!

All 5 Flea Market Flowers 

are sewn and ready for pinning:)

I pressed my background in half both ways

 and also diagonally both ways 

so that I have those lines 

to guide me when laying out my appliqués.

 

 I also started out using one of my 

large BIMB (Bee in my Bonnet) 

Design Boards to first 

pin and glue the large center flower...

Like this.

Then I glued the stems.

I tucked them under about 1/4".

The 4" long stems go in the corners

 and the 2" long stems go on the top,

 bottom and sides.

This is where all of those 

pressed lines come in handy because 

you will glue your stems 

directly onto those pressed lines

 and now they are all spaced evenly.

VERY HANDY!! 

After the glue had dried...

I took my block off of my large

 BIMB Design Board.

And grabbed 4 - Medium BIMB Design Boards.

I laid my block out 

on all four of them

 like this and started 

pinning the four circle flowers.

These should measure

 no more than 22" long from

 end to end like this.

After pinning ...use the Sue Glue!

Next up is to lay out and pin the

 6 1/2" flowers onto the corners.

Aren't they cute!?

From tip to tip...

They should measure about 30" long.

Pin and glue them into place...

And now its time to add the leaves:)

I placed them in the center 

of the stem and about 

7 1/2" wide from leaf tip to leaf tip.

After all of the pinning 

and the glue was dry...

I laid my measuring tape across

 the 6 1/2" flowers from 

side to side like this...

And it measured 22 1/2"

I hope all of this measuring 

helps you when you are 

laying out your own blocks!!

I super love this block 

and I hope that you do too!

She sure is a beauty:)

FLEA MARKET FLOWERS

BLOCK "G"

After appliqué you will need to

 trim your block down to 

24 1/2" x 24 1/2"

It will measure 24" square 

after it's sewn into your quilt.

Once again...

thank you for joining me 

for this weeks tutorial in the

Flea Market Flowers

Sew Along

I'll be right back here 

next week with a few more!!

xx

Lori