Home Town Sew Along - The BIG Finish!!

Home Town Quilt

Welcome to the BIG FINISH of the 

"HOME TOWN"

Sew Along...

get ready for the photo bombing!!

Together we made the 

Home Town Quilt

75" x 84"

The quilt is made with my fabric

 collection called Home Town:)

If you are just beginning

and you still need a kit ...

just do a quick google search for 

"Home Town Quilt Kit"

to find shops who still have some left.

We used the

Home Town

Sew Simple Shapes

I 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.

Even though the sew along is now 

over it doesn't mean that 

you cannot make this quilt.

All of my tutorials are here on

 my blog and on my YouTube channel

and will remain for your convenience.

Just come back to this post

because it's the BIG FINISH

post where you will find a link

 to everything that you need 

to follow my instruction 

for making the Home Town Quilt.

That goes for all of my other 

Sew Simple Shape sew along quilts too!

You will always find them here on my blog.

Just look at the right sidebar

and scroll down and click 

onto what quilt you would like to make.

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...

click on subscribe and click on the bell

 to be notified whenever

 I post another tutorial:)

 Topiary House Block 

CLICK HERE

for the tutorial!

Pineapple House Block

CLICK HERE

for that tutorial:)

Sunflower House Block

CLICK HERE

for that tutorial

Bird House Block

CLICK HERE

for that tutorial

Tulip House Block

CLICK HERE

for that tutorial

Fireworks House Block

CLICK HERE

for that tutorial

Beehive House Block

CLICK HERE

for that tutorial

Sheep House Block

CLICK HERE

for that tutorial

 Cherry House Block 

CLICK HERE

for that tutorial

 

Tea House Block

CLICK HERE

for that tutorial

 

Strawberry House Block

CLICK HERE

for that tutorial

Now that my tutorials are

 finished and my blocks are done

I'm going to walk you through the 

steps I do to finish up my quilt.

First of all above you will see

a few close up photos

of what the machine applique 

on my Flag House looks like.

I have already given you the

 link to my applique video tutorial

 so refer to that if you need it 

to help decide if you will

 do yours by hand or by machine.

As I explained in my week one video

make sure that when you 

trim up your blocks after applique

you place your grass line on the 2" line

of the 14 1/2" Trim-It Ruler.

I trimmed up all of my house blocks

 at the same time and then ...

I put them on my design wall

and took a BUNCH of photos for you!!

Now my houses are all ready to sew

into my quilt:)

Next...

I used my 5 1/2" Trim-It Ruler

to trim up the 40 pieced blocks:)

I laid them out on a design board

into 4 stacks of the four rows

in order that they will be sewn together.

Next up is the fabric...

sashing...border and binding.

All of the cutting is of course

in the sew along guide.

And don't forget the large

 Sea Glass Vintage Trim to tuck

into the binding!

I did a tutorial years ago here on

 my blog showing how I 

bind a quilt and add trim.

I still do it exactly the same way...

CLICK HERE

if you want to read it!

Next I cut and pressed my 

wideback print for the quilt back.

I think these four fabrics

 look so pretty together!

I used this label from my

latest label panel

(this is my second one)

and wrote my information directly onto

 the fabric using a fabric pen.

I cut it out on the dotted lines.

I press the seam allowances under

to the print which is about 1/4"

and applique it by hand or

by machine to the back of my quilt.

You can leave your writing as is

or you can do embroidery over

 the lines if you want to!

I have done it both ways.

This is the brand of fabric pen 

that I always use and 

I have done so for years.

Pigma MICRON .05

And that's how I

 prepare to finish my quilt:)

Follow the instructions and diagram

in the sew along guide to sew

your blocks, sashings and borders!

My quilt is currently at quilt market

in Houston and here are 

a plethora of photos for you!

As you can see...

 edge to edge quilting works

 just as well as custom quilting

and right over the appliqués.

I always get questions about that

and my answer is always the same...

you are the boss of your own quilt

and so you get to choose what you love!

I know that I sure love how my quilt

 turned out and I sure loved making each

 and every block along the way with you!

Here is my quilt hanging in the

 Riley Blake Designs booth at market.

It's hanging with some of the 

projects from MERCANTILE that will

be here in December...

And the sew along for the

 MERCANTILE SAMPLER QUILT

will begin the end of January.

In this quilt all of the blocks 

(and the borders) are pieced 

and then you use my 12" Circle Ruler

 to make them into a circle...

then appliqué onto the 

pieced 4-Patch background.

This is going to be a fun one

and I hope you will join me

 for this one as well!

Thanks so much

for joining me for 

the big finish post while I 

show and tell about my quilt for my 

Home Town Sew Along

And don't worry I haven't forgotten

 about pieced block #10:)

5" Home Town Pieced Blocks

#10 - #21 - #33 - #17

I did the tenth tutorial

for the 5" Home Town Pieced Blocks

on my YouTube channel as per usual.

These are the four blocks made with the

 called for prints in the guide 

that you will need to make 

to finish up your quilt.

Remember that the directions 

for all of the pieced blocks

are on my YouTube channel

CLICK HERE

to view all of my videos and

 click on the one that you need!

CLICK HERE

to watch the video

for #10 Home Town Block:)

And of course I also did another

 10" bonus block as well 

for my table runner project:)

As I have said in these videos...

I am going to continue to film four

more tutorials with four new block designs

 and I'll be making a king sized quilt

for my bed from the 5" blocks...

and a table runner from the 10" blocks.

Hopefully you have been 

enjoying the tutorials and will 

continue to follow along 

that series with me!

If you are subscribed to my channel

 and have hit the notification bell

you will be notified immediately

as soon as each new video tutorial is 

published and on my way from my

sewing room to yours!!

Again...thank you sew much

from the bottom of my heart

and I'll chat with you next time:)

xx

Lori

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