Bee In My Bonnet: Prairie Meadow Sew Along

Monday, September 12, 2022

Prairie Meadow Sew Along - Block Three!!

"BLOCK THREE"

Welcome to week three 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

to read my blog tutorial for

BLOCK TWO

As per the sew along guide

cutting instructions

you should have everything for your

Block Three

all cut and ready to go!

Here is my Block Three Kit

Everything is all cut...

all traced and ready:)

Here is a list of the

Prairie Meadow

Sew Simple Shapes

needed for

Block Three:

1 - N-13

8 - N-25

8 - N-42

1 - N-50

12 - N-55

You will need to cut

8 - 3" long

of prepared 1/4" straight

bias strips for the stems

Here are the squares and rectangles

for my Block Three background

all sewn together:)

With the help of Miss Betty...

here are all of my Block Three shapes

sewn...trimmed and clipped.

Before turning...

you will need to clip all of the

shapes except for the circles:)

All turned...shaped and pressed
and stems are cut:)

I pre-glued the flower
and center circle together
before laying them out
onto the background for pinning.

Place your background onto
a design board and let's get started!!

First I pinned the flower
centered 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 the stems underneath first.

Next I did the stems and the tulips.
The stems measure 2 1/4" long from the
center flower cleavage to the
bottom of the tulips...
the center tip of tulip is 1 1/2"
from the edge of the background.
I placed the leaves 1/2" down
from the tulip bottom
across the center of the stem.

The circles on each side of the tulips
are 1 1/2" from edge of background fabric
and touching the seam on outsides.

I measured 1 1/2" from both side edges
of the corners
of the background
(not diagonally) and placed
the denim circles.

This block was fun to pin baste...
I just kept turning and pinning.
It was like going on a merry go round!
After pinning everything I glue basted:)

I'm loving this sweet block...

I really love the large denim flower
with little yellow tulips
coming out!!

Here's my BLOCK THREE

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.

Okay!!
Block Three tutorial is complete...
and this is what the first three
blocks look like all together
on my design wall.
I'm sew excited about this quilt!!
I can't wait to make another block:)