SWEET LAND SEW ALONG - Week Two!!

  Welcome to Week Two 

of the Sweet Land Sew Along!!

If you are just joining us and would

like to know more about this sew along

and how it works

CLICK HERE

to read my blog post called 

"Bee Prepared" 

where I tell you all about it:)

CLICK HERE

if you still need to download

the sew along guide.

We are making the 

Sweet Land Quilt 

which finishes at

 88" x 88"

It consists of 5 pieced blocks 

and 4 applique blocks

as well as a scrappy pieced border!

 

To make the appliqué blocks, 

 we will be using my 

Sew Simple Shapes called of course...

Sweet Land Sew Simple Shapes!

 

The collection that we are using 

for the quilt is...

AMERICANA!!

 Last week's tutorial was for the

Sweet Land Applique Block #1

CLICK HERE

to go to that blog post and tutorial:)

This week I'm going to show you how 

I make the Sashings and the 

cornerstone blocks for the quilt.

Let's start with the cornerstone blocks first!

Use the sew along guide to prep 

for each of your cornerstone blocks.

There are 16 blocks but once again 

I only need to show you how to make

 one or two because all of

the cornerstone blocks

 are done the exact same way and just

 have different fabric.

You will know which fabric for which block

from the details in the sew along guide.

I cut all the fabrics and traced the 

Sew Simple Shapes for all 16 blocks...

Took them to my machine (Sweet Baby James)

and sewed directly on the lines as per usual.

Trimmed all the seam allowances...

And clipped the cleavage in all of 

the star base shapes like this:)

This is how I cut the back of the 

interfacing on these shapes for turning.

Shaping and pressing...

Pairing a few up and glueing:)

I chose four of the blocks from the guide

when pairing up...

And glue basting to the background.

I have not appliquéd the 

stars yet but after I do, 

I'll press from the back and 

then trim each block down to

 4 1/2" x 4 1/2" 

using the 4 1/2" Trim-It Ruler.

I'll use all of the lines 

on the ruler for centering and 

keeping things straight before I trim!

Four done...

I'll finish up the rest later

 but for now 

I'm anxious to move onto the sashing! 

I wanted to my plan of making four

 of these blocks too because I wanted

 to put them on the design wall

 with four of the cornerstone blocks

 all surrounding an applique block:)

 I used the guide and paired up two red 

strips with a center background strip...

And sewed them together using the

 Seams Sew Easy Guide

 for an accurate 1/4" seam allowance.

I pressed all of the seams open like this:)

And just like that 

I have four sashing blocks...

And four cornerstone star blocks:)

Now for the design wall photos!

When I layed out my block

 I did a little bit of overlapping

 because obviously I haven't 

trimmed down any of my applique blocks...

But you get the idea!!

I am sooo excited to be finally 

sewing this quilt:)

As I've said before, 

my design schedule

 is woking quite far ahead and 

I've had this quilt drawn up

 for a few years now!

I love how the sashings borders the blocks!

I think even just one of the blocks

 with the sashing borders and

the star corners would make an 

adorable pillow or even 

a mini quilt for a wall hanging.

It would work great for either

 the applique block

 OR

 the pieced block which we 

will be doing next week!

I'll be right back here

next Monday for that tutorial:)

Thanks for sewing on the 

Sweet Land Quilt

with me 

again this week:)

I hope you have fun making your blocks!

xx

Lori

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