Let's Make a SNOWMAN Sew Along - Week One!!

 

Hat - Branches - Poinsettia

 and Letter Blocks

Welcome Quilty Friends!!

Today is Week One for the 

LET'S MAKE A SNOWMAN

 SEW ALONG

and I'm so excited for it to start!

If you are just joining us

and want to know everything 

about this sew along and

 making this quilt

CLICK HERE

for my "BEE PREPARED" blog post.

We are making the 

LET'S MAKE A SNOWMAN Quilt 

which finishes at

 75" x 87"

It consists of 22 pieced quilt blocks

for the border which surrounds

the applique blocks in the center

of the quilt.

(There are a few other blocks

 that are also pieced)

To make the applique blocks

 we are using my 

Sew Simple Shapes called of course...

Let's Make A Snowman!

 

The collection that we are using 

for the quilt is...

HOME TOWN HOLIDAY!!

Home Town Holiday was designed by me... 

and produced and distributed 

to quilt shops everywhere 

by the amazing 

Riley Blake Designs

If you would like to know everything about

 HOME TOWN HOLIDAY 

CLICK HERE

to view the entire storyboard...

to see all of the fabrics close up

 and to view the notions and ALL of 

the patterns that coordinate with it:)

As per usual I did a video tutorial

 on my YouTube channel for week one:)

I showed you how to make the hat

and one of the letters and 

gave you tips along the way.

I also chatted about stitching the 

appliqués by machine or hand 

and about quilting over the 

Sew Simple Shapes.

CLICK HERE

to watch the video and please 

leave me a comment and a like!

Of course all of the cutting is 

in the guide and also because 

all of the shapes 

are sewn the same way

 I don't need to detail each block

 but I would like to talk about

squaring each one up after applique

and how I do that when they 

are rectangle blocks instead of square.

After applique you will trim the 

HAT Block to 4 1/2" x 8 1/2"

and I do that by using BOTH

of those sizes of Trim-It Rulers.

I trim the height first and use the

 4 1/2" for that moving it across 

the block as needed and 

then trimming the width to 8 1/2" last.

It works like a charm and your blocks are centered because you are able to 

use the centering lines on both rulers

during each step of trimming.

I do the exact same thing for the

 POINSETTIA Block.

Trim to down to 5 1/2" wide 

using the 5 1/2" Trim-It Ruler 

and to 4 1/2" tall using

the 4 1/2" Trim-It Ruler.

All of the LETTER Blocks are 

trimmed to 7 1/2" tall...

And these five are trimmed to 4 1/2" wide

And finally these two letters

 are trimmed to 6 1/2" wide:)

Before I talk about trimming the 

BRANCHES Block

I wanted to show you that when I

 laid them out for glue basting 

onto the background I used my

 measuring tape and made them 12" wide.

I used my 4 1/2" Trim-It Ruler 

to check for height to make sure that 

I didn't make them too far apart

 between each other.

After I applique I'll use that same ruler

 and trim 4 1/2" across the top...

And because I don't have a 

13 1/2" Trim-It Ruler for the width

I'll use my 12 1/2" and add 

one of my marking rulers on each side

(they each measure 1/2" wide)

so that I can still use the center

lines on the ruler.

Hope this makes sense!

These come in handy not only for marking

 but when you just need to add a 1/2" 

onto the side of something:)

Well okay! 

We are well on our way to making 

our quilt and that makes me happy!

I'll continue working on the border

blocks until all are completed

in time to sew the quilt together.

Remember that I did a tutorial 

on how to make my Snow Star Blocks

 a few weeks ago so if you

 haven't watched it yet...

CLICK HERE

Thank you for sewing with me today!

I must say that I have been sew excited

 to start this quilt and have a

 good play with Home Town Holiday.

I'm looking forward to using this quilt

 in my winter decor and displaying it 

with my snowman collection:)

I'll meet you right back here next Monday

for the tutorial on making the

Mugs Block, Bucket Block and Heart Block.

Sew with you soon!

xx

Lori

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