Thanksgiving at Grandma's Sew Along - ShooFly Blocks!!

      

Welcome Quilty friends!!

Let's make some cute little blocks today:)

We are making the 

Thanksgiving at Grandma's Quilt 

which finishes at

 80" x 96"

It has a pieced flying geese border,

several machine pieced blocks 

and several applique blocks!

 

To make the appliqué blocks, 

 we will be using my 

Sew Simple Shapes called of course...

Thanksgiving at Grandma's!

 

The collection that we are using 

for the quilt is...

BAKED WITH LOVE!!

Baked With Love 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

 Baked With Love

CLICK HERE and HERE

to view both storyboards...

to see all of the fabrics close up

 and to view the notions and ALL of 

the patterns that coordinate with it:)

So let's chat about the

Thanksgiving at Grandma's

 Quilt Fabric Kit.

Several shops are stocking the kit...

both brick and mortar shops

 as well as online quilt shops.

Just do a quick online search

"Thanksgiving at Grandma's Quilt Kit"

to find one.

The start date is October 12th 

for the applique block tutorials

but as I promised you in my 

BEE PREPARED blog post

I am beginning with

 the pieced block tutorials today:)

Last Monday I did the tutorial for the 

FALL FLOWER BLOCKS

CLICK HERE

to read my tutorial:)

Last Wednesday I did the tutorial for the

 LOG CABIN BLOCKS

CLICK HERE

to read my tutorial:)

Last Friday I did the tutorial for the

 BROKEN DISHES BLOCKS

CLICK HERE

to read my tutorial:)

On Monday I did the tutorial for the

CHECKERED TABLECLOTH BLOCK

CLICK HERE

to read my tutorial:)

Next up are the 

ShooFly Blocks.

Cutting is on page 45 of the guide.

I will continue sewing the pieced blocks

 in the order that they are in the 

SEW ALONG GUIDE

My ShooFly Blocks 

are cut and ready to sew!

This is a traditional quilt block 

that I use often in my designs...

I like to sew it a certain way that I think

 is easier, faster and more accurate.

Instead of sewing half square triangles

for the corners I start by sewing the

 block together this way first,

just like you would a 9-patch.

Press seams open...

And use the 4 1/2" Trim-It Ruler 

to check for accuracy and or 

trim it up if needed:)

Now is the time that I 

add the easy corner triangles.

Add one to each corner stitching from 

corner to corner like this.

You can use the Seams Sew Easy 

center line as a guide.

 If you prefer drawing your sewing line

you can use the marking rulers.

Trim an approximate 1/4" seam allowance

and press the seams open.

Use the 4 1/2" Trim-It again...

Fun and done!!!

I chain pieced the rest of my blocks into the "9-patch step"...

Then I added all of the background squares

 for the easy corner triangles.

I love these cute little blocks!!

They're sew fun to make:)

I'll be back on Friday to show you

how I am making the flying geese

blocks for this quilt.

Until then...

have a Quilty kind of day:)

xx

Lori

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