Bee Vintage Sew Along - Week One - Vintage Strawberry!!

"VINTAGE STRAWBERRY BLOCK"

Welcome to week one of the 

"BEE VINTAGE"

Sew Along!

Join me here each week 

when I will be doing 3 tutorials

 on three 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 - Wednesday - Friday 

right here on my blog 

and you can follow my tutorials 

any time during the week that 

 is convenient for you.

We are making the 

Bee Vintage Sampler Quilt

71" x 84"

 

I've been getting ready for

when it was time to begin...

and now that time is here

and I'm going to have sew

much fun making this quilt with you!!

The quilt is made with my fabric

 collection called Bee Vintage...

and a few other prints from my basics collections as well!

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 

"Bee Vintage Quilt Kit"

to find shops who still have some left.

We are also using the

Bee Vintage

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

if you have not downloaded yet.

*A note about fabric prep before cutting:

Of course this is all personal preference

 but I often get asked the same 

two questions

 so I thought I would answer them

 here again for you.

1. Do you pre-wash your fabrics?

Answer - No...I don't.

I used to years ago 

(I have been sewing for a long time lol)

but these days we have such 

good quality fabrics available to us 

that I don't find it necessary

 to pre-wash and I've never had any

 problems by not doing so.

2. How do you starch your fabric?

Answer - I lightly starch my fabrics

before I cut them for 

piecing or for applique.

I use Mary Ellens Best Press

and mix it with a little water in my 

spray bottle and spray my fabric 

right before I iron it flat to cut it. 

So in other words all of my starching

 takes place during my ironing process

 right before cutting.

And yes...

I always use vintage irons.

If you would like to know why and

 how I find them and use them...

CLICK HERE

to watch my YouTube Video

where I tell you all about it!

As per usual for the first block in my 

Sew Simple Shape Sew Alongs

 that FIRST tutorial is a video.

Because I now have my own  

YouTube Channel

 I have posted the 

 Vintage Strawberry Block

Tutorial there.

Click Here

to visit my channel and watch the 

tutorial and I hope that you love it!

Pretty please leave me a comment

over there and let me know:)

If you like what you see 

and my other videos there...

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Here's my Vintage Strawberry Block 

that I showed you 

how to make in my video:)

Here is a list of the

  Bee Vintage 

Sew Simple Shapes 

needed for this block:

1 - P-2

1 - P-11

1 - P-14

1 - P-32

1 - P-64

I took a top shot photo of my 

sewing table right before 

we starting filming:)

Sew sweet!

My Vintage Strawberry

 is now all ready for applique

and the extra one that I made 

during filming will more than likely 

become a pillow!

I know I talked all about this 

Vintage Strawberry Quilt

in my video but I wanted to remind you

that you can download a printable image

 of this quilt to help you 

with your fabric placement.

CLICK HERE

to download and/or you can also just

view it as you are sewing and

 simply enlarge the photo on your screen

 as large as you need it 

to make sure of each print!

Thanks so much for sewing with me today

 and for joining me 

 for the very first week of the 

Bee Vintage Sew Along

 

Congratulations on 

making your first block:)

YaY!

I'll meet you right back here

on my blog next time for the 

Vintage Apple Block tutorial...

xx

Lori

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Lori Holt/YouTube

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