My Happy Place Sew Along - Let's Begin!!

"TOMATO PINCUSHIONS"

Welcome to week one of the 

"MY HAPPY PLACE"

Sew Along!

Join me here each week 

when I will be doing tutorials

 on the blocks for the quilt.

Of course because we are all sewing 

from all around the world  

we all have different time zones...

But I will be posting each Monday 

right here on my blog 

and you can follow my tutorials 

any time each week that 

 is convenient for you.

For this sew along...

We are making the 

My Happy Place Quilt

74" x 88"

I've been sew excited to begin...

This is going to be fun!!

The quilt is made with my newest fabric

 collection called STITCH...

Along with several Bee Backgrounds:)

I hope that you all have your 

fabric kits by now...

 and that we are all ready to begin

after the delay that we have experienced:)

We are also using the

My Happy Place

Sew Simple Shapes

I have already posted the

 "BEE PREPARED"

 post which details all of the supplies

 for the sew along and how it works.

I have also given the link there 

for the free PDF Download 

of the Sew Along Guide

CLICK HERE

to read that post.

As per the sew along guide 

cutting instructions

 you should have everything for your

 Tomato Pincushion Blocks 

 all cut and ready to go!

As usual for week one in my 

Sew Simple Shape Sew Alongs

 the first weeks tutorial is a video.

Because I have my very own brand new 

YouTube Channel

 I have posted the 

Tomato Pincushion Block 

Tutorial there.

CLICK HERE

to visit my channel and watch the 

tutorial and I hope that you love it!

Leave me a comment there and let me know:)

If you like what you see 

and my other videos there...

click on subscribe and click on the bell

 to be notified whenever I post another tutorial for this sew along:)

I will be doing all of the 

pieced blocks in the quilt 

as a video tutorial there on my channel.

Here is a list of the

  My Happy Place 

Sew Simple Shapes 

needed for the 

Tomato Pincushion Blocks:

4 - L18

4 - L19

4 - L20

You will also need to cut 

each background 8" x 8"

as it says in the guide:)

When I did my blocks for the quilt

 I took a few photos so I thought I would 

post them here for you even though

 I have done the video:)

If you are trying to decide 

if you will be doing hand applique

 or machine applique... 

I did a video on my channel 

 where I demonstrate how I do both.

It may help you decide!

CLICK HERE

to watch it:)

"TOMATO PINCUSHION BLOCKS" 

Make 4

Trim down to 6 1/2" square

before sewing them together

to go into your quilt:) 

I hope you enjoy making your blocks 

for this week

 and that you enjoyed my video tutorial!

Next week I'll be doing these three block tutorials right here on my blog:)

1. Sewing Scissors

2. Knitting

3. Crochet Hooks

One of the things that I really love 

about doing my sew alongs 

is that we all have the opportunity 

to get to know each other 

and see each others progress through 

INSTAGRAM 

where we can post pictures.

When you post a picture...

use the hashtag

#MyHappyPlaceSewAlong 

and then everyone who is following 

that hashtag page (including yourself and me) 

will be able to see your post!

Then everyone can chat back and forth 

by commenting on each others post.

It's a really fun way to

 interact with each other:)

Okay...with that being said 

I think we are all ready now 

to get this sew along started!!

I'll meet you right back here next Monday:)

xx

Lori