"STRAWBERRY HOUSE BLOCK"
Welcome to week six 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
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
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
I have posted the
Flag House Block
Tutorial there.
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:)
for the tutorial!
Tulip House Block
for that tutorial
Tea House Block
for that tutorial
Strawberry House!!
Here is a list of the
Home Town
Sew Simple Shapes
needed for this block:
1 - Q-1
1 - Q-7
1 - Q-11
1 - Q-12
4 - Q-16
1 - Q-23
1 - Q-24
1 - Q-26
5 - Q-31
5 - Q-39
1 - Q-59
1 - Q-63
You will need prepared
1/4" cut on bias strips for
the strawberry stems.
1 - 14" long
4 - 3" long
You will not need to press ends under
but will need to press them curvy
like I showed you in the week one video.
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 the shapes:)
After trimming and before turning
you will need to clip the cleavage
in the strawberry tops and shrub...
the planter...roof and the chimney.
Let's build our last house!
I started by gluing the
strawberry tops to the strawberries
like this:)
Next thing I did was the house.
And just like last time
I was able to build this one entirely
before I glued it to my background!
First I glued the house and roof together.
I also glued the
chimney to the roof
.
The chimney is about 2 1/4" up from roof.
Together from the top of chimney
to bottom of house it's 11 1/4" tall
I glued the door and front porch
together and glued it 1" in from
the right side
of the house.
I glued the half window
centered 1/4" above the door.
Let's install the windows!
I placed the bottom row
of windows 1 1/2" up
from the house bottom and
3/4" in from the left side of
the house and the left side of door.
The windows are 1/2" apart
from top and bottom rows.
I also planted the shrub 1/2" down
from the house bottom and 1/2"
in from the left side of house.
Now to place the house onto the background!
This house is NOT directly in the
center of the block.
I placed my long ruler on the
center pressed line(left side of ruler)
and placed my house so that the
left side of the ruler is 1/2" into
the two windows on the left of the house.
The house is placed 1/2" down
into the grass.
Use your rulers to keep it all straight.
Now to plant the strawberries!
Place the top of the planter
1" above the grass.
I placed the stem 2" in from the
top left side of planter and
2 1/4" away from the left side of house.
I just pinned my stem about
3/4" of the way up at this point
(leaving the top unpinned)
and after I pin the strawberries
on and also tuck the
shorter stems underneath it
before I will glue all stems down.
Again...
Always use your rulers
to keep things straight.
Next I placed the leaves.
Large leaf is 1/4" past
the left side of planter and the
small leaf is 1/4" away from house.
The four bottom strawberries
are close to the stem...
approximately 1/8" away.
Here is how I placed them:
I placed the red floral strawberry
just above the small leaf
and then another strawberry
1/4" above that one.
I placed the top strawberry
3" above the roofline.
The right side of this strawberry
is 3/4" to the right of
the top left corner of roof.
That takes care if the strawberries
on the right side of stem...
now let's place the two on left side.
I put the pink strawberry 3/8" up
from the top of the large leaf
and the remaining red strawberry
1" above the pink one:)
Whew!
That was a lot of measuring instructions
lol
I tucked the short stems to each
strawberry underneath the main stem
and curved and pinned the
main stem at the top
so that
all would form a natural curve
into and underneath the strawberry tops.
At this point I glued down the parts
of those stems that you
see pinned in the photo.
*Pinning close together at the top
of the stem really helps
to form a smooth curve.
Now you can pin the
rest of the stem ends after
tucking them under strawberry tops.
I trimmed off a bit of each stem
end as necessary:)
Now my strawberries are planted
and growing high above my house!
Okay!!!
It's time to Sue Glue everything down
and then check your measurements
using the 14 1/2" Trim-It Ruler.
YaY!
My Strawberry 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 strawberries in my quilt!
We had a very large patch of
strawberries in the front side yard
of our house...and yes its still there:)
Strawberries warmed from the sun and
picked fresh taste extra sweet!
We also made fresh jams...syrups and pies
as well as strawberry shortcake.
We added them to our homemade
lemonade as well.
YUM!
Thanks so much for sewing with me again
today and for joining me
for the sixth week of the
Home Town Sew Along
5" Home Town Pieced Blocks
#22 - #9 - #38 - #13
I did the ninth 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 for our quilt.
And of course I also did another
10" bonus block as well
for my table runner project:)
I have continued to film the tutorials
twice weekly during this sew along
and I'll talk about the
tenth tutorial on Monday here on my blog.
Hopefully you have been able
to do your pieced blocks
in-between the applique blocks!
If you are subscribed to my channel
and have hit the notification bell
you will be notified immediately
as soon as each video tutorial is
published and on my way from my
sewing room to yours!!
I'll meet you right back here
on my blog this Monday
and I'll give you the link to
our Home Town #10 pieced block
and talk about finishing our quilt!!
xx
Lori
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