"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...
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
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
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!!
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
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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Bee in my Bonnet
Vintage 1966
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