Flea Market Flowers sew Along - Week Nine - Quilt Label Tutorial and Trimming Up Blocks!

Flea Market Flowers 

Quilt Label

Welcome to Week Nine 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:)

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.

During week six I did the tutorial for 

BLOCK "G"

CLICK HERE

for that tutorial.

During week seven 

I did the tutorial for 

Flea Market Flower 

Block "E"

CLICK HERE 

for that tutorial:)

During week seven

 is the tutorial for 

BLOCK "D"...

As well as the tutorial for 

Block "C"

During week eight 

I did the tutorial for 

BLOCK "B"

CLICK HERE

for that tutorial

I also did the tutorial for 

"BLOCK "A"

during that same week 

I decided to wait one more week 

for the big finish so that I could 

do this tutorial for this cute quilt label

and also show you how 

I trim up my applique blocks.

Now that all of my blocks are made...

 I trimmed up all of the leftover prints

 in the kit into usable size squares

 according to my scrappy stash method.

I put the squares into my 

leftovers squares bins according to size

 and I will use them 

when sewing my scrappy quilts.

If you would like to know more 

about how and why I do this...

CLICK HERE

to watch the introduction video 

of my SewnYour Stash Series 

on my YouTube Channel.

Out of those leftover squares 

I chose 16 - 3" squares 

from the prints so that I could 

make a scrappy happy 

7 1/2" Flea Market Flower.

I also grabbed the 

leftover 4" circle from Block "D"

and another 2" circle 

that I had already sewn.

I wasn't sure if I wanted to use

 the smaller circle but I 

pulled it out to audition it 

when the flower was finished.

I cut a petal from each of the

 3" squares like this.

I used the 4" and 7" mark 

on the Pie Ruler just like in the guide.

16 scrappy happy flower petals

 all cut and ready to sew!

At this point I also traced a circle 

from the 9" ruler to use with 

CLOUD which is a 

Riley Blake Confetti Cotton 

that matches my fabrics.

After the flower was sewn

I grabbed a small design board

 and pinned it to the 9" circle 

as well as pinned the center circles.

After pinning I glued...

And when it was dry 

I used a Pigma Pen 

to write on the label.

Pigma pens will not 

smear or wash out and

 I love to use them on my labels.

I decided not to use the small circle

 in the center after all.

The beauty of using the Sue Glue 

is that it was very easy 

to simply gently pull it off:)

I love this cute little label!!

I think it's important to

 document our quilts as we make them:)

This is what the back of the label

 looks like and I will applique it 

onto the back of my quilt 

either before or after it's quilted.

I think my Flea Market Flowers

 look really sweet with scrappy petals too:)

All of my blocks are appliquéd now

 and as I said before I decided to

 do applique by machine for this quilt.

 

If you need to watch how I 

machine or hand applique 

CLICK HERE

to watch a tutorial that I did 

on my channel that shows how I do both.

Now let's chat about trimming up the blocks!

I trimmed up my blocks in order

 that I made them and so I 

thought I'd show you 

block "L" and then Block "M"

 from week one of the sew along.

Here is a few close ups of 

what the machine applique looks like.

The next thing that I always do 

right after applique 

and before trimming up 

is to press my blocks.

I always press from the back 

and I do not use steam.

My go to rulers for trimming 

ALL of my blocks in ALL of my quilts

 are my Cute Cuts Trim-It Rulers.

I have many rulers in a 

variety of sizes to make this job easier.

Here I have pictured these square sizes:

2 1/2" - 3 1/2" - 4 1/2" 5 1/2" - 6 1/2" -

 7 1/2" - 8 1/2" - 9 1/2" - 10 1/2" - 12 1/2"

Of course you can use any rulers 

that you would like to...

I'm just showing you what I use.

 If you have been following all of 

my other sew alongs 

you already have these sizes:)

Because this block needs to be

 trimmed down to 8 1/2" x 18 1/2"

 I am starting with the 8 1/2"

I use the lines on the rulers 

to center the design and then 

trim down one side first...

Like this...

And turn the block and trim the other side.

Now that takes care of the 8 1/2"

 ...now for the 18 1/2".

Here are my larger ruler sizes pictured.

They are 14" - 16" - 18" and 20" square

I grabbed the 18 1/2"...

Used all of the lines 

on the ruler for centering...

And trimmed off the two remaining sides.

For Block "M" I did the same thing 

but using the 18 1/2" and 

also the 20 1/2" Rulers.

Remember to press from the bak first.

Here's a close up of the 

machine applique on this block.

I used the 18 1/2" Trim-It Ruler first...

And finished up with the 20 1/2".

There are 2 blocks only 

in the quilt that you 

will trim to a square size.

One of them is Block "K" 

that you will trim to 14 1/2" square.

Close up of the machine applique;)

Because I have a 14 1/2" Ruler 

of course I used it.

I absolutely love using these rulers

 because it's so easy to 

center everything perfectly.

The aqua lines on the outside 

represent the 1/4" seam allowance 

so that you can sew exactly 

what the block will look like 

after it's sewn into your quilt.

EASY PEASY!!!

The other square block is 

Block "G"

and because I do not have a

 24 1/2" Trim It Ruler (as of yet)

I just simply measure out 12 1/4" 

from the center on all four sides

 and trim so that it measures

 24 1/2" square.

It's not as easy without a 

Trim-It Ruler but it works:)

If you have not done so yet...

now is the time to 

cut your border fabrics.

All of the cutting 

is in the sew along guide...

As well as a diagram of 

the order to sew on the borders.

I'm using the Flea Market Roses Wideback 

in RED for the back of my quilt. 

I love how all of these fabrics

 go together and I can't wait to

 show you my quilt!!

I'll be right back here next week

 for the big finish where I will

 have pictures of my quilt

 after its quilted!!

Chat with you then...

Lori