Prairie Meadow Sew Along - Block Two!!

"BLOCK TWO"

Welcome to week two 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"

 

I've been sew excited to begin...

This is going to be fun!!

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

As per the sew along guide 

cutting instructions

 you should have everything for your

  Block Two 

 all cut and ready to go!

Here is my Block Two Kit

 Everything is all cut...

all traced and ready:)

Here is a list of the

  Prairie Meadow 

Sew Simple Shapes 

needed for  

 Block Two:

1 - N-1

1 - N-2

1 - N-20

4 - N-21

4 - N-24

4 - N-33

4 - N-39

8 - N-57

You will need to cut

4 - 2 1/2" long

of prepared 1/4" straight 

bias strips for the stems 

 

Here are the squares and rectangles

 for my Block Two background

all sewn together:)

Here are all of my Block Two shapes sewn... 

trimmed and clipped.

You will need to clip all of the

shapes except for the two 

that I am holding in my hand:)

 

All turned...shaped and pressed:)

I usually pre-glue the shapes together

 that are layered before laying them out

 onto the background for pinning.

The above are the shapes

 that I pre-glued for Block Two.

The dark orange center in the plaid 

orange flowers sticks out 3/4"

The 3 teal pieces are simply 

centered on top of each other. 

Okay...now to start pinning the block

onto the background.

Place your background onto

 a design board and let's get started!!

Remember what I said to you last week

in my video for block one...

I will always start forming each block 

in this quilt from the center out:)

So first I pinned the layered teal

 appliqués onto the center

 of the background.

I pinned them down but made sure to 

glue the outer edges down last because 

I wanted to be able to tuck the stems

 and corner leaves underneath first.

Next I did the stems and the orange flowers.

The stems measure 1 1/2" long from the

 teal center shape to the 

bottom of the orange plaid flowers...

that means each end is tucked under 1/2"

The dark orange tip of the flower

 measures 1 1/2" from your background edge

(before trimming up after applique of course)

I then pinned the double leaf shape

centered on the stem.

The circles also measure 1 1/2" from 

the edge of fabric and are

 5/8" away from the side points

 of the orange plaid flower.

I measured 3 1/2" in diagonally from the

 corner of the background and placed

 the top of the gold leaf.

The bottom end of the leaf tucks 

under the teal center shape.

I used my ruler to make sure that 

it was centered exactly on the diagonal.

I love this pretty 

"fall flowers on the prairie block"...

These color and print combo makes me happy!!

Here's my BLOCK TWO 

all ready for applique:)

Just like I said in the video...

Afterwards I will 

press from the back and then 

I will use my 16 1/2" Trim-It Ruler

to trim down the block.

I do not trim away any fabric

 or any interfacing.

My grandma used to do that 

back in the day when they 

hand quilted all of their quilts

 and it was hard to needle all 

the layers and get tiny stitches.

Although she trimmed because it was

 necessary for hand quilting...

grandma didn't like to do it

because she felt that it weakened 

the appliques and also distorted

 them over time.

Now a days of course that is not

 the case as we have wonderful

quilting machines that quilt 

over/and around the appliqués very well!

Sew...there you have it!

That's how I made Block Two:)

Thanks so much for jumping on the

 wagon train and for joining me 

 today for week two of 

Prairie Meadow

Sew Along

 

I hope that you will enjoy

every step of this journey

and that you will have fun

making your Blocks!!

I'll meet you right back here

next week for the 

Block Three tutorial...

xx

Lori

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