Mercantile Sew Along - Week Four - Soda Pop Star Block!!

"SODA POP STAR BLOCK"

Welcome back to week four 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.

We are making the 

Mercantile Sampler Quilt

88" x 88"

The quilt is made with my fabric

 collection called Mercantile:)

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...

click on subscribe and click on the bell

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 I post another tutorial:)

 

ANGEL STAR BLOCK

CLICK HERE

for the tutorial and blog post

MAPLE LEAF BLOCK

CLICK HERE

For the tutorial and blog post

  

GRANDMA'S QUILT BLOCK

CLICK HERE

for the tutorial and blog post

PUZZLE BLOCK

CLICK HERE

for the tutorial and blog post

 

DUCK AND DUCKLINGS BLOCK

CLICK HERE

for the tutorial and blog post

 

SPOOL AND BOBBINS BLOCK

CLICK HERE

for the tutorial and blog post

Today we are making the 

SODA POP STAR BLOCK

Here's mine all cut and ready to sew!

Cutting each block will be easy peasy

 because of the sew along guide

that is provided for you.

Let's begin with easy corner triangles:).

Mark a line on the back 

of the "D" squares

and then sew them onto

 the "B" rectangles...

Like this.

Trim off excess and press the seams open.

These should still measure 

2 3/4" x 5"

which is size that you

 originally cut the rectangle.

Now sew the "A" squares to the "C" squares.

Press them open and 

then sew them to the rectangles...

Like this:)

Now we are going to add 

easy corner triangles using the 

8 remaining "A" squares.

Mark a line on the wrong sides

and sew them like the photo:)

Trim excess...

And press open.

All four segments should

 now measure 5" square.

Let's sew them together into a star!

Place them on the design board like this

and sew together just like a 4-patch:)

Back of my block:)

Add the borders so that 

we can make our cute quilty circle:)

Make the 4-Patch background block too.

Let's make the circle!

That was sew fun!

Now we are ready to

 prepare our block for appliqué!

Line up the center seams like this.

Keep in mind that the star is rotated

from the direction that we sewed it.

If it helps...the denim pinwheels now

look like flying geese 

instead of half square triangles. 

Pin into place and glue baste:)

All ready for applique!

As per usual...after applique

trim it down to 14 1/2" square 

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

Continue to line up the seams 

in the block 

with the lines on the rulers that 

go both ways...straight and diagonal 

for easy peasy centering!

And now we have 8 blocks completed.

YaY!

I hope that you will love 

sewing YOUR eighth sampler block

for our sampler quilt...

and then turning it into a circle!

I'll meet you right back here

on my blog next Monday for the 

Shopping Basket Block tutorial...

xx

Lori

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