My Happy Place Sew Along - Week Five!!

"EMBROIDERY SCISSORS"

"FAT QUARTERS"

"One and Two QUILT BLOCKS"

Welcome to week five of the 

"MY HAPPY PLACE"

Sew Along!

Join me here each week 

when I will be doing tutorials

 on the blocks for the quilt.

 I will be posting each Monday 

right here on my blog 

and you can follow my tutorials 

any time during the 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 am having a lot of fun 

with all of the prints in the kit

 and I hope that you are as well:)

As all of my 

Sew Simple Shapes Sew Alongs go...

We are using the shapes

for the pattern of this quilt

and of course the Sew Along Guide and my tutorials each week.

The set of shapes that we are

 using for this quilt are called

MY HAPPY PLACE

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...hopefully

 you were able to have 

everything for this weeks blocks 

 all cut and ready to go.

This weeks tutorials 

are here on my blog

and let's get started on them!

Sew Simple Shapes 

for the Sewing Scissors Block 

you will need:

6 - L6

6 - L5

3 - L22

You will of course need to 

have your fabrics cut 

per the sew along guide

and 

You will need a 3/4"x 21"

strip cut for finished 

3/8" straight strips 

You will need to 

have your background cut:

9" x 14"

and you will trim it to 

7 1/2" x 12 1/2"

AFTER

it is appliquéd:)

Sew your shapes...

And trim them.

There is no clipping seam allowances

 needed for any of these shapes 

so you can just turn and shape...

Like this!

Go ahead and run the 3/4" strip 

through the 3/8" bias tape maker.

The first thing that I did

 before pinning down my shapes

 is to glue the small circles 

onto the larger circles 

and cut 6 - 1 1/2" long strips 

for the scissor handles.

I pressed my background fabric in half

 so that I could center the 

first pair of scissors.

Take note that the circles for 

the handles touch each other 

and together with the scissor sheath 

it should measure 6 1/2" long.

Pin this center pair into place first...

Add the strips for the handles...

And then pin the other handles into place.

It should measure 11" wide and

 to make sure that I had them

 spaced evenly

I placed a ruler on the center pair

 at the 5 1/2" mark on the ruler.

I pinned and glue basted all of the pieces.

All 3 pairs of embroidery scissors

 together should measure 11" wide.

Each pair should measure 6 1/2" tall

"EMBROIDERY SCISSORS BLOCK"

 

After I have appliquéd my block 

I will trim it down to 

7 1/2" x 12 1/2".

It will finish at 7" x 12"

 when it's sewn into the quilt.

Now let's do the Fat Quarters Block!

For the Fat Quarters Block 

you will need 

 Sew Simple Shape:

10 - L7

And your fabrics cut

You will need to 

have your background cut:

12" x 26"

and you will trim it to 

10 1/2" x 24 1/2"

AFTER

it is appliquéd:)

Sewing these shapes are easy peasy...

Before turning and shaping...

 clip a little bit off of 

each corner to reduce bulk:)

All ready to go!!

Layer your squares by starting 

on the bottom row left like you sew here

 (darker green fabric) 

and continue with that row...

It should measure 23" long.

Add the above row by starting with

 the gray fabric on the right side

 and ending with the nutmeg appliqué print.

The squares together 

should measure 9 1/2" wide.

Pin and glue baste:)

I named this block Fat Quarters

 to represent FQ's folded into squares

 like they come in a FQ Bundle...

but of course they could just 

represent pre-cut squares as well!

Take note that this block 

will be thicker of course

 because of all the layers

 but that does not bother me at all

and will not be a problem.

"FAT QUARTERS BLOCK"

 

After I have appliquéd my block 

I will trim it down to 

10 1/2" x 24 1/2".

It will finish at 10" x 24"

 when it's sewn into the quilt.

Now for Quilt Blocks One and Two:)

Last Friday was my regular 

filming day for my YouTube Channel 

and so I did a tutorial there 

on how to make my blocks.

CLICK HERE

to go on over and 

visit with me in my Happy Place!

I give you lots of tips and tricks

 on how I sew my blocks...

And I also talk about the

 "bonus project"

 that I will be making 

during this sew along.

I hope you will join me for that too!

It sure is amazing how quilt blocks 

can look so completely different

 just by making a different size or 

by different color placement.

That is exactly what keeps me passionate

 about quilting and designing 

and that is the basis of my 

video tutorial and I sure 

hope that you enjoy it!

If you do...

please leave me a like on my video 

and leave me a comment there

 on my channel about my video tutorial:)

Here is a look of our blocks so far...

and I'm loving it!

I love having them on the 

design wall in my happy place:)

I'll be right back here 

next week with more tutorials!

xx

Lori

Click on the links below 

to visit each week of this sew along:

"Week One"

 "Week Two"

 

Week Three

Week Four

"Bee in my Bonnet"

Vintage 1966