Bee Vintage Sew Along - Week One - Vintage Cherries Block!!

"VINTAGE CHERRIES 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!!

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. 

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:)

CLICK HERE

to read my blog post too

Last time we made the

VINTAGE APPLE BLOCK

CLICK HERE

for that tutorial

Today we are making Vintage Cherries!

Here is my Vintage Cherries Block 

 All cut...traced and ready to go!

Here is a list of the

  Bee Vintage 

Sew Simple Shapes 

needed for this block:

1 - P-14

2 - P-29

1 - P-32

2 - P-60

1 - P-64

You will also need 2 prepared 1/4"

bias strips pressed with a slight curve.

Each one should be about 4" - 5" long

***NOTE***

You can either cut your strips 

on the bias or straight across 

your fabric like I did.

The stems have such a slight curve 

in them that when I pressed the curve

 (as I showed in THIS VIDEO)

they held their curve just fine 

even though they were not cut on the bias.

Take note that this info goes for

 ALL of the bias strips

 in this quilt...but as always

YOU are the boss of your own quilt

 so you can decide how you want to do it:) 

Cut your background  

12" x 12"

and press it in half for centering 

the design when pinning and glue basting:)

After sewing your shapes...

trim the seam allowances and then 

clip the inner curve in the stem 

and the cleavage areas in the flower...

And then turn and shape and press!

Now let's go lay out the block.

Here is the photo with all of the layout measurements that you will need to know:)

Cherries from side to side measure 7 1/2"

And the entire design together is about 

9 1/4" tall.

Pin and Glue:)

Ready for applique!

Then trim it down to 10 1/2" square

 after pressing from the back.

VINTAGE CHERRIES BLOCK

Thanks so much for 

sewing cherries with me today!!

 We have now finished the

 very first week and the 

first three blocks in the 

Bee Vintage Sew Along

I'll meet you right back here

on my blog next time for the 

Vintage Butterfly Block tutorial...

xx

Lori

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