Home Town Sew Along - Week One - Flag House!!

"FLAG HOUSE BLOCK"

Welcome to week one of the 

"HOME TOWN"

Sew Along!

Do you have all of your "tools"

together for building a house today?

I hope that you will join me here each week 

when I will be doing two tutorials

 weekly...every Monday and Friday.

Of course because we are all sewing 

from all around the world  

we all have different time zones...

But I will be posting 

one block tutorial each 

Monday and 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 

Home Town Quilt

75" 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

 building my neighborhood with you!!

The quilt is made with my fabric

 collection called Home Town:)

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 

"Home Town Quilt Kit"

to find shops who still have some left.

We are also using the

Home Town

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 

 Flag House 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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 I post another tutorial:)

Here's the Flag House Block 

that I showed you 

how to make in my video:)

Here is a list of the

  Home Town 

Sew Simple Shapes 

needed for this block:

1 - Q-1

2 - Q-3

1 - Q-7

2 - Q-9

1 - Q-13

4 - Q-16

4 - Q-17

1 - Q-22

2 - Q-27

1 - Q-32

1 - Q-41

1 - Q-56

1 - Q-57

1 - Q-62

You will need 2 prepared 3/8" straight

bias strips for the front porch roof.

One should be about 3"long after

pressing both ends under.

One should measure 2 3/4" long

after one end is pressed under.

You will need a 1/4" straight

bias strip for the flag pole.

Press both ends under.

It should now measure 11 3/4" long.

 

You will need one more

 1/4" straight bias strip for this block

and it is for the flower stem

and should measure 4" long.

 

Cut your background  

14" x 16"

and sew it to the 3 1/2" x 16" grass

pressing the seams open.

Now press in half for centering 

the house when pinning and glue basting:)

I took a top shot photo of my 

sewing table right before 

we starting filming:)

In my Home Town every house flew the flag

 on USA and State holidays and the 

cemetery was always decorated with 

beautiful flowers and a 

row of flags all around:)

During the parade in our annual 

Town Days Celebration every float

 AND rider on horseback...

(or sheep or cattle or bikes) lol

 flew the flag.

I grew up in a very patriotic town

 and of course I just had to design a

 Flag House for my Home Town Quilt:)

Hooray for patriotism!!

My Flag House is built...

with flag flying high and 

ready for applique!!!!

Afterwards I'll press from the back and

 trim down to 14 1/2" square:) 

Thanks so much for sewing with me today

 and for joining me 

 for the very first week of the 

Home Town Sew Along

 

I hope that you are going to love 

building your first house block...

and then we can be neighbors!

Sew Fun!

I'll meet you right back here

on my blog next time for the 

Topiary House Block tutorial...

xx

Lori

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