Prairie Meadow Sew Along - Block Four!!

"BLOCK FOUR"

Welcome to week four of the 

"PRAIRIE MEADOW"

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.

We are making the 

Prairie Meadow Quilt

68" x 85"

The quilt is made with my newest fabric

 collection called Prairie...

I hope that you all have all 

received your 

fabric kits by now...

 and that we are all ready to begin!!

If you still need one ...

just do a quick google search for 

"Prairie Meadow Quilt Kit"

to find shops who still have some left.

We are also using the

Prairie Meadow

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 download the sew along guide.

It's important to watch my 

Week One/Block One video tutorial

 because everything I show you in 

block one pertains to all 

the rest of the blocks.

Things such as tips on sewing...

 shaping and turning all of your

 appliqués as well as the entire 

process of laying out the block.

I also explain about sewing 

the scrappy background.

If you have not watched it please 

CLICK HERE

CLICK HERE

to read my blog tutorial for

BLOCK TWO

CLICK HERE

to read my tutorial for

BLOCK THREE

 

As per the sew along guide 

cutting instructions

 you should have everything for your

  Block Four 

 all cut and ready to go!

Here is my Block Four Kit

 Everything is all cut...

all traced and ready:)

You can also sew above the squares

 and rectangles that

 I used for the background.

Here is a list of the

  Prairie Meadow 

Sew Simple Shapes 

needed for  

 Block Four:

4 - N-10

4 - N-12

4 - N-27

8 - N-31

8 - N-45

1 - N-49

4 - N-55

4 - N-58

You will need to cut

4 - 2 1/2" long

and 

4 - 3 1/2" long

of prepared 1/4" straight 

bias strips for the stems 

 

Here are all of my Block Four shapes

 sewn...trimmed and clipped.

Before turning...

you will need to clip the cleavage

 of the stars and the 

inner curves in the flowers:)

 

All turned...shaped and pressed...

I just need to cut my stems:)

I pre-glued the circles onto the flowers

and onto the stars as well. 

I glued the four leaf shapes around 

the outside of the center circle 

 before laying them out

 onto the background for pinning.

You know the drill by now!

 I pinned this circle first in the 

center onto the background.

I pinned it down but made sure not to 

glue the outer edges down yet because 

I wanted to be able to 

tuck all 8 stems underneath first.

Next I did the stems for the star flowers.

Remember to use your sewn seams from 

the background to line these up!

The stems measure 2" long from the

  center circle to the 

bottom cleavage of the star.

The tips of stars is 1 1/2"

from the edge of the background.

I placed the leaves on each side at the

 bottom of the stem 1/4" away 

from the bottom star points.

I measured 3 1/2" diagonally from

the 

corners

 of 

the background

 and 

placed 

to the inner curve of the flower.

The stems measure 2 3/4" long

 from the center circle to the

 bottom inner curve of the flower.

I placed the tall leaves at the

 bottom of each side of the stem 

and centered them between the 

flowers and star leaves.

Then I glued everything!!

I love the tall leaves with the flowers

and the shorter leaves with the stars:)

This is really a fun block to make!

YaY!!

That is my BLOCK FOUR tutorial:) 

 BLOCK FOUR 

all ready for applique:)

Afterwards I will 

press from the back and then 

I will use my 

16 1/2" Trim-It Ruler

to trim down the block.

And now we have four

Prairie Meadow Blocks completed...

and I'm kind of in love!!

Thanks for joining me

on this Prairie journey 

once again this week for the 

Prairie Meadow Sew Along

I'll meet you right back here

next week for the 

Block Five tutorial...

xx

Lori

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