"CORN, LEAVES and FACE BLOCKS"
Welcome to week four of the
"How to Build a Scarecrow"
Sew Along!
Are you ready to sew with me?
I hope that you will join me here
each week when I will be
doing tutorials every Monday!
Of course because we are all sewing
from all around the world
we all have different time zones...
But I will be posting each Monday
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
How to Build a Scarecrow Quilt
74" x 86"
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The quilt is made with my fabric
collection called AUTUMN:)
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
"How to Build a Scarecrow
Quilt Kit"
to find shops who still have some left.
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
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 Guide
to download the sew along guide
if you have not downloaded yet.
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
I have posted the
Crow 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...
click on subscribe and click on the bell
to be notified whenever
I post another tutorial:)
these border blocks to get us started!
if you haven't watched it yet:)
"MOON and STARS BLOCK"
for that tutorial
"GLOVES - SUNFLOWER and
SCARECROW WORD BLOCKS"
for the tutorial
"TOOLS- BANDANA and
GUNNY SACK BLOCKS"
for that tutorial
Remember that cutting each block is easy
because of the sew along guide
that is provided for you.
detailed for you in the
sew along guide for your convenience!
CORN Block
all cut and traced:)
There are two different shapes
for the corn husks...
and some are traced in reverse.
I took a close up photo of each shape
on my design boards as I
laid them out individually...
READY - SET - SEW!!
After sewing... trim the seam allowances.
You will need to clip cleavage areas
and inner curves in all of the
corn husk shapes before turning.
Turned - shaped and pressed:)
Whoops!
I found these two hiding under a clapper
lol
Pinned and Sue Glued:)
I used several design boards for this one!
Because you will be
trimming it to 9 1/2" wide...
use your 9 1/2" Trim-It Ruler
when laying it out to make sure
that your appliqués stay within the
window of the ruler width wise.
If you leave at least an inch
of background at the top of the
highest ear of corn you will
be good to go when it comes to trimming
your block height after applique.
My tall corn is all ready for applique:)
Afterwards I'll press from the back and
then trim it down to
32 1/2" tall x 9 1/2" wide
so that it can be sewn into the quilt:)
Now let's make the Leaves Block.
Mine is cut and traced and ready to sew.
I prepped my 1/4" stems the same way
that I prepped the 1/4" x's
in the gunny sack last week.
Each stem measures 1 3/4" long
AFTER pressing each end under:)
Let's sew them!
After sewing...
trim the seam allowances.
You will need to clip the inner curves
in each leaf before turning.
Turned - shaped and pressed...
Pinned and Sue Glued:)
These little blocks are easy
to layout using the
3 1/2" Trim-It Ruler.
Use it when laying out each leaf like this.
My fall leaves are ready to be appliquéd.
Afterwards I'll press each one
of them from the back and
then trim them down to
3 1/2" square using the ruler
so that they can be sewn together
and then into the quilt:)
Next up...
I'm ready to do my Scarecrow Face Block.
I went ahead and used my
Easy Trace Lightbox
and the pattern in the guide
to trace the embroidery lines
for the mouth and the button
placement for the eyes.
My nose and cheeks are
sewn-trimmed-turned and pressed!!
My buttons are sewn on and
my appliqués are Sue Glued:)
When laying out my block
I used the 9 1/2" Trim-It for width
and the 4 1/2" for the height.
Hello cute face!
After I applique your cheeks and nose
I'll trim you down to 4 1/2" x 9 1/2"
and sew you into my quilt:)
I hope that you enjoyed week four and
my tutorial for these blocks:)
Now we have 11 applique blocks completed
and all of the border blocks done!!
Only 20 of the border blocks are shown
here on my design wall because
I'm running out of room:)
All of these blocks are looking
sew happy together on my design wall!
I'm loving every minute of sewing
this quilt with you...
thank you sew much for joining me
for week four of the...
How to Build a Scarecrow
Sew Along
I'll meet you right back here
on my blog next Monday for the
Overalls and
Boots Blocks...
xx
Lori
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