Bee In My Bonnet: Home Town Sew Along - Week Five

Monday, October 16, 2023

Home Town Sew Along - Week Five - Sheep House Block Tutorial!!

"SHEEP HOUSE BLOCK"

Welcome to week five of the

"HOME TOWN"

Sew Along!

Do you have all of your "tools"

together for building a house today?

Together we are making the

Home Town Quilt

75" x 84"

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...

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

Here's the Beehive House Block
that I showed you
how to make last time:)
CLICK HERE
for that tutorial

Today we are building the

Sheep House!!

Here is a list of the

Home Town

Sew Simple Shapes

needed for this block:

1 - Q-2

1 - Q-7

1 - Q-8

1 - Q-12

6 - Q-16

5 - Q-21

2 - Q-22

1 - Q 46

1 - Q-47

You will need 4 prepared

1/4" cut straight bias strips

for the sheep legs

each measuring 1" long

after you've pressed one end under

You will also need 2 prepared

1/2" straight bias strips for the

window boxes.

Each should measure 2 1/2" long

after pressed both ends under.

You will need a prepared 1/2"

straight bias strip for the tree trunk.

It should measure 11" long after

pressing one end under.

Lastly you will need a 1" prepared

straight bias strip for the front porch.

It should measure 2 1/2" long

after both ends are pressed under.

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

pinning and glue basting your block:)

Let's sew our shapes!

After trimming and before turning
you will need to clip the cleavage
in both of the shrubs...
the sheep's head and body too.

All are turned...shaped and pressed
and ready for construction:)

First thing I did was glued the sheep.
Then I glued the house together
before pinning them to the background.
I also glued the chimneys to the roof
.
The chimney is 1 1/4"" up from the roof.
Together from the top of chimney
to bottom of house it's 8 1/2" tall.

I glued the door and front porch
together in the center of the house
and glued the
half window 1/4" above the door.

I glued the window boxes onto
two of the windows.
I placed these two windows 1 3/4"" up
from the house bottom and 1/2"
in from the sides of the door.
The windows are 1/2" apart
from top and bottom rows.

Here's a closer view of the sheep.
I used my ruler to make sure
that all of the legs
were even at the bottom.

Back view:)

Next place the house onto your background.
This house is NOT in the center
of the block so use your center pressed
crease to line up the inside lines
of the windows on the left side
with the center crease as in photo.

Place the bottom
of house 3/4" into the grass.

Now place the sheep onto the roof top:)
Measurement is 11 3/4" from
top of sheep to bottom of house.

Now plant the pine tree:)
Place it 3/4" into the grass and
1 3/4" away from left side of house.
Use your ruler to plant it straight!

Now place the top triangle onto the
trunk center so that the bottom of
triangle to the top of grass measures 10"

Continue by gluing the triangles
down the trunk 1/4" apart.

And finally I pinned and glued the shrubs
1/4" down from the house bottom.

Okay!!!
It's time to Sue Glue everything down
and then check your measurements
using the 14 1/2" Trim-It Ruler.
YaY!
My Sheep House is built...
and
it's ready for applique!!!!

Afterwards I'll press from the back and
trim down to 14 1/2" square:)

I just had to include
a house with a sheep in my quilt!

We always raised sheep on our farm
and there are still sheep grazing
in those pastures today!
My dad says he can't imagine
not having sheep:)
I still remember watching my dad
shear the sheep each season.
He was so fast and it's amazing to watch.
If you've ever seen it done
you know exactly what I mean:)

I loved growing up with the gentle
sound of sheep in the pasture.
I often was in charge of herding the
sheep and have very fond memories
of those times.
Mom packed me a lunch and I always
took my latest book that I was reading
and/or my trusty transistor radio:)

Thanks so much for sewing with me again