Bee Vintage Sew Along - Week Two - Vintage Butterfly Block!!

"VINTAGE BUTTERFLY BLOCK"

Welcome to week two 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

CLICK HERE

for the tutorial on

VINTAGE APPLE BLOCK

Last time we made the

VINTAGE CHERRIES BLOCK

CLICK HERE

for that tutorial

Today we are making a butterfly!

Here is my Vintage Butterfly 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-22

1 - P-48

2 - P-49

***TAKE NOTE***

That you will need to TRACE ONE 

of the P-49 shapes in reverse.

To trace in reverse...

simply turn the Sew Simple Shape 

over so that the right side 

(you can tell from the printing on the shape)

 is facing down and then trace!

Easy Peasy:)

Cut your background  

12" x 12"

and press it in half for centering 

the butterfly when 

pinning and glue basting:)

I thought you might like to sew 

what the back of my shapes look like

 after sewing...turning and pressing!

Take note that for this block

each shape has cleavage areas to clip and the 

bottom wings also have inner curves:) 

Ready for layout!

This block is pretty straight forward to 

lay out and here is your Trim-It Ruler photo

for easy peasy placement!

And we have 8" tall...

And 9 1/2" wide:)

Sue Glued and pinned.

And yes...

I used the Easy Trace Light Box

and the embroidery pattern from the 

guide to trace on the butterfly antennae...

 

I used 3 strands of the floss 

and a backstitch and embroidered.

Ready for applique!

You know the drill...

after applique press from the back

 and trim down to 10 1/2" square 

before sewing it into your quilt.

VINTAGE BUTTERFLY BLOCK

Here is another quilt 

that I colored for you!

CLICK HERE

to print of view the 

high res printable photo

Thanks so much for sewing a butterfly 

with me today

 and for joining me for the first 

block tutorial of week two in the 

Bee Vintage Sew Along

I'll meet you right back here

on my blog in a few days for the 

Vintage Maple Leaf Block tutorial...

xx

Lori

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