Mercantile Sampler Sew Along - Week One - Birthday Cake Block!!

"BIRTHDAY CAKE BLOCK"

Welcome to week one of the 

"MERCANTILE SAMPLER"

Sew Along!

Are you ready to sew with me?

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 

Mercantile Sampler Quilt

88" x 88"

The quilt is made with my fabric

 collection called Mercantile:)

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 

"Mercantile Sampler Quilt Kit"

to find shops who still have some left.

We are piecing all 25 blocks 

and then turning them into a 

12" circle to applique onto a

 4-Patch Block background!

I detail all of the supplies 

that you need to make the quilt in my

 Bee Prepared post right here on my blog.

I have already posted the

"BEE PREPARED"

 post which not only details

 all of the supplies needed but

 explains how this sew along works.

I have also given the links there 

for the free PDF Download 

of the Sew Along Guides

CLICK HERE

to download the sew along guide

if you have not downloaded yet.

CLICK HERE

to download the sampler block

 sew along guide.

As per usual for the first block in my 

new fabric collection Sew Alongs

 that FIRST tutorial is a video.

Because I now have my own  

YouTube Channel

 I have posted the 

 Birthday Cake 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:)

I have been "busy as a bee"

cutting all of the blocks:)

I'm sew excited to make this quilt!

You can see the first block cut here

before I sewed it together in the video.

The remaining 24 blocks are 

each on a design board and 

stacked up and ready to sew!!

And of course each of the 25 blocks 

need a traced circle

onto the Sew-In Interfacing...

So I went ahead and traced 

the remaining 24 circles just

 how I showed you n the video.

Cutting each block should be 

"easy as pie"

or should I say cake lol

because of the sew along guide

that is provided for you.

For the Birthday Cake Block 

we will be using the 

2 1/4" and the 4" Trim-It Rulers

along with the marking rulers:)

I took a photo of my 

sewing area right before 

we starting filming:)

READY - SET - SEW!!

And just like that...

my Birthday Cake is made... 

and all ready for applique!!!!

Afterwards I'll press from the back and

 then trim it down to 14 1/2" square

so that it can be sewn into the quilt:) 

I hope that you enjoyed 

my video tutorial on block one and

 I especially hope that you will 

enjoy my teaching you a few

of my "SAMPLER SEWING METHODS"

as I explained in the video:)

Thanks so much for sewing with me today

 and for joining me here 

 for the first week of the... 

Mercantile Sampler Sew Along

I hope that you love 

sewing YOUR first sampler block...

and then turning it into a circle!

Sew Fun!

I'll meet you right back here

on my blog next time for the 

Angel Star Block tutorial...

xx

Lori

P.S. Below are a few pics 

of my cutie patootie grandson Reid 

on filming day...

look at that curly hair!

He always wants to "get up" and see what's 

happening on top of my sewing table:) 

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@Beelori1 Instagram

Lori Holt/YouTube

Bee in my Bonnet Company