Bee Vintage Sew Along - Week Seven - Vintage Kitty Block!!

"VINTAGE KITTY BLOCK"

Welcome to week seven 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"

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 the

VINTAGE APPLE BLOCK

CLICK HERE

for the tutorial on the

VINTAGE CHERRIES BLOCK

CLICK HERE

for the tutorial on the 

VINTAGE BUTTERFLY BLOCK

CLICK HERE

for the tutorial on the

VINTAGE MAPLE LEAF BLOCK

CLICK HERE

for the tutorial on the

VINTAGE SCOTTY DOG BLOCK

CLICK HERE

for the tutorial on the 

VINTAGE UMBRELLA BLOCK

CLICK HERE

for the tutorial on the 

VINTAGE FLOWER BLOCK

CLICK HERE

for the tutorial on the

VINTAGE TEAPOT BLOCK

CLICK HERE

for the tutorial on the 

VINTAGE DAHLIA BLOCK

CLICK HERE

for the tutorial on the

VINTAGE SPRING BASKET BLOCK

CLICK HERE

for the tutorial on the

VINTAGE COTTAGE BLOCK

CLICK HERE 

for the tutorial on the

VINTAGE CORSAGE BLOCK

CLICK HERE

for the tutorial on the

VINTAGE SUNBONNET SUE BLOCK

CLICK HERE

for the tutorial on the

VINTAGE SONGBIRD BLOCK

CLICK HERE

for the tutorial on the 

VINTAGE TULIP POT BLOCK

CLICK HERE

 for the tutorial on the

VINTAGE OVERALL BILL BLOCK

 Last time we made the 

VINTAGE PENNSYLVANIA DUTCH BLOCK

CLICK HERE

for that tutorial:)

Today we are making a kitty!!

Here is my Vintage Kitty 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-3 

1 - P-15

1 - P-16

1 - P-17

1 - P-18

2 - P-21

 2 - P-25  

Cut your background  

12" x 12"

***TAKE NOTE***

That you will need to 

trace the P-3 shape 

for the tail in reverse.

Because we do not 

need to use the entire shape

I measured 5" up from the bottom

 of the shape and drew a line.

This is my new stitching line

when sewing across the bottom.

After sewing and trimming up the

 seam allowances you will need to 

clip each cleavage area 

in the kitty front body and head.

 Clip the inner curves 

in the body and the bow shapes

and her cute kitty tail:)

 

Miss Kitty is shaped...

pressed and ready for layout:)

But first I'll embroider her face.

I also grabbed two - 3/8"

Cute Little Buttons

from my stash.

 I decided to give my kitty blue eyes

but there are lots of choices 

so you can decide

what color you want your

vintage kitty eyes to be:)

I used my 10 1/2" Trim-It Ruler

in-between each step of my 

layout process just to make sure 

my kitty stayed within the 

aqua 1/4" seams that are 

around the edges of the ruler:)

This measures about 8 1/2" wide

across the bottom corners of her bow.

And measures about 7 1/4"

 from the top corners of the bow.

She measures about 9 1/4" tall... 

And about 7 1/2" across the bottom.

Pinned and glued...

And now ready for applique:)

After you have appliquéd...

 press your block from the back 

and trim down to 

10 1/2" square to sew into the quilt.

VINTAGE KITTY BLOCK

Thanks so much for sewing your 

Vintage Kitty Block 

with me today and for joining me 

 for week seven of the 

Bee Vintage Sew Along

I'll meet you right back here

 next time for the very last block! 

Vintage Daisy Chain Block...

xx

Lori

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