My Happy Place Sew Along - Quilt Label!!

"MY QUILT LABEL"

Welcome to week twelve 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"

The quilt is made with my newest fabric

 collection called STITCH...

Along with several Bee Backgrounds:)

If you are just joining us 

and need a fabric kit...

 just do a quick google search 

to find out which quilt shops 

may have one left for you.

Simply type in 

"My Happy Place Quilt Kit"

to find one!

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.

When you have all of your

 blocks for the quilt completed...

Remember that everything that 

you need to know about

 cutting and trimming up your blocks...

and putting them all together with 

the borders and sashing...  

is of course in the sew along guide.

It's not anything tricky just basic

adding on borders:)

But something that is NOT 

in the guide is my quilt label!

I usually do a blog post at the end 

of my sew alongs showing you 

how I made a label for my quilt.

Sew...are you ready?

Remember when I did this tutorial

 on block seven a few weeks back?

Well I thought that it would be

sew perfect to use one of my 

quilt labels from my panel.

It's called of course

"My Happy Place"

Multi Label Quilt Panel

The center yellow square 

in this block is cut 4 1/2"...

And so I simply grabbed one of the labels...

And used my 4 1/2" Trim-It Ruler

 to center it and fussy cut!

I like to use the 

Micron Pigma Pens 

when writing on my labels.

Easy Peasy!

I cut the pieces for the block...

(remember that the measurements

 are in the guide)

I sewed my block together and

 added the borders just like in the tutorial.

I love how it turned out!

Because I like to appliqué my labels

 onto the back of my quilt 

when I'm using my widleback fabric 

like for this quilt...

I just cut my Sew-In Interfacing 

the same size as my block...

place them right sides together 

just like I do when sewing my

 Sew Simple Shapes

and then sew 1/4" seam allowance 

around my block.

I cut an X in the back of 

my interfacing for turning...

I shape and press:)

Now that I've got blocks and

 my label finished ...

this is everything that I need 

to finish it up!!

I'll be back here next week 

with the Big Finish post 

and lots of pictures 

of my finished 

"My Happy Place Quilt"

xx

Lori

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Click on the links below 

to visit each week of this sew along:

"Week One"

 "Week Two"

 

Week Three

Week Four

Week Five

Week Six

Week Seven

Week Eight

Week Nine

Week Ten

Week Eleven

Bee in my Bonnet

Vintage 1966

My Happy Place Sew Along - Week Eleven!!

"BLOCKS NINE and TEN"

Welcome to week eleven 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"

The quilt is made with my newest fabric

 collection called STITCH...

Along with several Bee Backgrounds:)

If you are just joining us 

and need a fabric kit...

 just do a quick google search 

to find out which quilt shops 

may have one left for you.

Simply type in 

"My Happy Place Quilt Kit"

to find one!

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.

Can you believe that

 this week we are making 

the last of the blocks ...

two pieced blocks

and two appliqué blocks...

 The Button Jar...Seam Ripper

 and 

 pieced Blocks Nine and Ten.

Grab your block kits that you 

have already cut

as per the sew along guide!!

First let's start with Block Nine

Start by using these pieces...

And make the center segment of the block.

Next up are the 4 checkerboard 

sections in the corners.

Last are the 4 flying geese.

Along the way I used my 

2 1/2" and 4 1/2" Trim-It Rulers 

to make sure that each segment

 is measuring up correctly.

This is how I pressed.

Now time to sew it together:)

I super love this block 

and I hope you do too!

It should measure 8 1/2" 

square at this point...

And 10 1/2" square

 after sewing on the borders:)

Now for Block Ten!

Start by adding the 

easy corner triangles 

onto the red rectangles.

These will be the pinwheels

 in the star center:)

This is how I make the 

half square triangles in the star...

This is how I pressed.

Stack these 4 sections like this

 and sew them together...

like this:)

Now add the easy corner triangles

 with the remains squares.

And press those seams towards the triangles

and sew your block together!

Sew cute and sew simple

 with my easy peasy methods!!

Add the borders so that it 

measures 10 1/2" square.

Fun and done!!

Okay now let's make the

 last two appliqué blocks.

You will need the

 L-30 Sew Simple Shape 

to make the jar.

I've already shown you how to

 make the jar on my YouTube Channel

during my

Sew Simple Shapes 

ReMix Series #6 August 

CLICK HERE

if you did not happen to watch it:)

I laid out all of my buttons

 and fell in love!!!

I decided right then and there 

to make another block 

with a jar full of buttons...

  and frame it for my sewing room wall!

I just may have an obsession with buttons 

LOL

My grandma used to let me play

 with her button jars

 and I have such good memories of that:)

This is what the button jar block

 looks like with buttons...

you would of course sew 

this many buttons onto the 

jar block AFTER it's quilted.

And you know that I 

always want to give you options...

So of course you can add a heart

 instead of buttons...

 like the ones I showed you in the video.

And because I decided to make

 a framed Button Jar... 

that's exactly what I did.

I sewed up a heart and glue basted it:)

After applique trim your block to measure

 6 1/2" x 10 1/2"

Now for the Seam Ripper Block...

this block is easy peasy 

and I showed you how to do the 

L-23 Sew Simple Shape in the 

Crochet Hooks Block during Week Two.

Remember like we talked about before...

If you don't like to sating stitch 

you can use a piece of

 the leftover gray 1/4" strip.

I traced mine on using my 

Easy Trace Light Box and the

 embroidery pattern on page 14 of the guide.

Satin stitched and button added!

After applique trim this block down

 to measure 2 1/2" x 6 1/2"

Oh my goodness!!

That is the last of the blocks 

for the quilt.

I'm happy and sad at the same time!

All that is left for me this week

is finishing up the appliqué 

and trimming up the blocks....

And then next week I'm going to

 show you how I made the label 

 for the back of my quilt...

 and then the next week 

I'll show you my quilt

 all quilted and bound!!

***FYI***

Because we started 3 weeks later

 than planned my schedule 

as well as my quilters schedule 

is off a little bit and so the 

BIG FINISH POST

 will be posted one week later 

than it says on the guide:)

I'll meet you right back here next Monday

with my label tutorial!!

xx

Lori

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Click on the links below 

to visit each week of this sew along:

"Week One"

 "Week Two"

 

Week Three

Week Four

Week Five

Week Six

Week Seven

Week Eight

Week Nine

Week Ten

Bee in my Bonnet

Vintage 1966