Home Town Sew Along - Week Three - Bird House Tutorial!!

"BIRD HOUSE BLOCK"

Welcome to week three 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

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 I post another tutorial:)

 Topiary House Block 

CLICK HERE

for the tutorial!

Pineapple House Block

CLICK HERE

for that tutorial:)

Here's the Sunflower House Block 

that I showed you 

how to make last time:)

CLICK HERE

for that tutorial

Today we are building the 

Bird House!!

Here is a list of the

  Home Town 

Sew Simple Shapes 

needed for this block:

1 - Q-1

1 - Q-4

1 - Q-7

1 - Q-9

1 - Q-14

5 - Q-17

1 - Q-19

1 - Q-20

1 - Q-22

1 - Q-23

1 - Q-50

1 - Q-51

1 - Q-63

You will need prepared 

1/4" straight bias strips: 

*2 - for the bird legs - 1 1/2" long

*2 - for tree branches - 1 3/4" long

after one end is pressed under.

You will need a prepared 3/8"

straight strip for above

 the side addition roof trim

it should measure 5 1/2" long

after one end is pressed under.

You will need prepared 

1/2" straight bias

*2 - for the tree trunks

one should measure 5" long 

and the other should measure 3" long

after just one end is pressed under.

*1 for the chimney top

it should measure 2" after

 both ends are pressed under 

You will need a 1" prepared 

straight bias strip for the front porch.

Press both ends under and

it should now measure 2 1/2" long after.

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:)

Okay let's get started!!

Before you sew the Q-50 Bird shape

 you will need to sew these fabrics together.

Use a 1/4" seam allowance and sew the 

square for the beak on the top left side.

Press the seams open.

You can tell exactly where 

the beak needs to go...

now sew the shape as per usual! 

Sew all the rest of the shapes and trim.

Before turning clip the cleavage areas

 in the trees... shrubs... 

chimney and the bird.  

All turned...shaped and pressed:)

I glued some of the shapes together 

before pinning them to the design board.

I glued the strip on top of the chimney

and the roof on top of the side addition.

I glued the short trunk behind the

left tree and it measures 2 1/4" long.

I glued the tall trunk 3" down from

the top of the right tree and tucked the 

side branches underneath the trunk. 

I also glued the bird wing and legs.

I glued the roof onto the house

and together they measure 9 1/2" tall.

I glued the chimney on top of the house 1 /2" in from the right and it 

measures 2 1/2" above the roofline.

 

I glued the topper onto the door and

I also glued the front porch about

1/4" up onto the bottom of the door.

Together it now measures 6" tall.

I used my ruler to keep everything straight.

Back view:)

Next place the house onto your background.

This house IS NOT in the center

but the left side of the chimney is! 

 Use your center pressed crease

 to line it up...and place the bottom 

of house 3/4" into the grass.

Now it's time to build a 

side addition to our house!

It should measure 3" wide after

tucking it under the side right side

and be even with the house bottom. 

I tucked the tree trunk under the top

 of the new addition so that the top 

of the tree is 1/4" taller than the roof

and the left side of tree trunk is

 1 3/4" away from the right side of house.

 

 Next I placed the door 5/8" in

 from the left side of house.

The bottom of the DOOR (not porch)

lines up with the bottom of the house. 

Now let's install the windows!

I placed the windows 2" up from the bottom of the house and 1/2" in from the 

right side of house and the 

right side of the door.

 Top row of windows are spaced 3 /4" 

apart from the bottom row.  

I measured up 2 1/4"

from the bottom of the addition and

 1/2" in from the right side of house

 and installed the last window.

I planted the shrubs 1/4" 

down on the bottom of the house:)

Now let's plant the other tree 

on the left side of the house!

The tree trunk is planted 1 1/4" 

 from the side of the house

and is 1/4" down into the grass.

Now it's time for the bird 

to fly up on the rooftop!

Tuck his legs underneath the roof 

and about 1/2" in from edge.

Sunbonnet Sue says that it 

should measure 12" tall

from the tip of the wing to the

TOP of the front porch:)

Now you can Sue Glue everything down

and then check your measurements 

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

YaY!

My Bird 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 included a house with trees and 

a bird because that was simply my childhood:)

We had lots of trees to climb in my yard

and climb them I did!!

When you have a lot of trees...

you have a lot of birds

and I loved watching them and feeding them

and listening to their songs...

(and I still do)

Thanks so much for sewing with me again

 today and for joining me 

 for the third week of the 

Home Town Sew Along

5" Home Town Pieced Blocks

#2 - #15 - #28 - #35

I did the second tutorial

for the 5" Home Town Pieced Blocks

on my Youtube channel yesterday.

These are the four blocks made with the

 called for prints in the guide 

that you will need to make for our quilt.

These blocks are easy and fun to make 

and in this video I talk about 

how I'm cutting the fabric to 

make the quilt for my bed 

that I told you about in the

 first pieced block video.

I also explain exactly how many blocks

 I'll be making and what size

 my bed quilt will be.

CLICK HERE

to watch the video:)

And I also did another

 10" bonus block as well 

for my table runner project:)

I will continue the tutorials twice 

weekly during the sew alongs that we 

can be making our pieced blocks 

in-between the applique blocks!

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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 Friday for the 

Tulip House Block tutorial...

xx

Lori

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