Thanksgiving at Grandma's Sew Along - Checkered Tablecloth Blocks!!

     

Welcome Quilty friends!!

Are you ready to sew 

two more blocks for our quilt?

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:)

Next up are the 

Checkered Tablecloth Blocks.

Cutting is on page 44 of the guide.

I will continue sewing the pieced blocks

 in the order that they are in the 

SEW ALONG GUIDE

My 2 Checkered Tablecloth Blocks 

are cut and ready to sew!

This is a super easy and fun block to make...

Let's start by making the 

9-patch for the center of the block.

Use the 3 1/2" Trim-It Ruler...

And press the seams open of course!!

Set it aside... 

And now let's make the 4-patch's

for the corners of the block.

Use the 2 1/2" Trim-It Ruler for these:)

Make four of these:)

Now let's sew these strips together

 for the sides and the top and the bottom.

I used both the 2 1/2" and the 3 1/2"

Trim-It Rulers to square these

up to measure 2 1/2" x 3 1/2".

I use two rulers when I don't have the

 exact same size of ruler 

for the finished segment...

However I will have a 

2 1/2" x 3 1/2" Trim-It Ruler coming soon!

Lay your block out on your 

Bee in my Bonnet Design Board

like this and sew it together

into three rows and then sew 

those three rows together:)

Easy Peasy!!

Use the

 7 1/2" Trim-It Ruler for this block:)

Sew Cute:)

And now we have two!

Have fun making your 

Checkered Tablecloth Blocks:)

I'll be back on Wednesday

to show you how I make Shoo-fly Blocks

a quick and easy way!

Until then...

have a Quilty kind of day:)

xx

Lori

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