Sew Simple Shapes - More Easy Patchwork Flowers!!!

I'm continuing my tutorials 

about making 

easy patchwork flowers 

with my 

BLOOM 

Sew Simple Shapes

CLICK HERE

to get yours 

if you want to play along!

Look how cute this patchwork flower is:)

It's also a mini dresden!

I'm going to show you

 how to make it and 

I think you will be surprised

 how easy it is using

 just a little patchwork ...

And my A-22 Sew Simple Shape.

You will need 8 - 2 1/2" squares

from your scrappy stash.

Pair them up and sew from corner to corner like this.

Trim off an approximate

1/4" seam allowance...

And press your seams open:)

Arrange them on your

 design board like this.

Notice that the center seams 

are in the shape of an "X" 

or in other words...

like a pinwheel setting.

Sew them together and 

press those seams open as well;

Now lay the A-22 onto 

the wrong side

 and line up the markings 

with the seams like this.

Trace around the

 A-22 Sew Simple Shape 

to mark your stitching line.

Pair it up with a square of

 Sew-In Lightweight Pellon 

cut into a square of the same size.

Stitch directly onto your marked line like this...

all the way around ...

securing your stitches 

when you stop and start.

Trim about 1/4" past your stitching line.

You can trim a little off each 

seam allowance point to reduce bulk...

but just a little!

***TIP- you will need to 

clip each "cleavage" 

right up to the stitching... 

but not into the stitching... 

or past it.

This will allow your flower to

 lie flat when turned right side out.

You will be clipping 

through the Pellon

 at the same time:)

Now pull the Pellon away 

from the flower front and cut...

an "X" like this.

Turn right side out.

You can use the 

Clover Turning tool

 to "gently" press out the points.

Press your flower flat

 on the front side...

not the back.

Isn't it cute?

I can think of 

all kinds of things 

to do with this flower.

It looks like it 

took a lot of time 

but as you just saw...

it was super fast and simple:)

It looks cute with a

 center made with 

the A-1 Sew Simple Shape...

or even the 

A-2 Sew Simple Shape:)

I also want to show you 

another flower that 

you  can make with the

 8 - 2 1/2" scrappy squares

 and the

 A-3 Sew Simple Shape

Look how cute!

And then make a bigger one using the

A-4 Sew Simple Shape

and cut your 8 scrappy squares

 3" instead of 2 1/2".

These little

 "pie circles"

 are fun!

Add a circle for the center:)

Tomorrow I'll show you 

even more patchwork flowers

 that you can make using my 

Sew Simple Shapes.

I hope you're 

having fun with them...

I sure am:)

xx

Lori

New Tutorial - Great Granny Circled Table Runner and the Great Granny Twist Blog Hop!!

Good morning cute people!

Today is the first day of our

Great Granny Twist Blog Tour

Where we use my book 

Great Granny Squared

and put a twist on one

 or more of the projects inside.

Kimberly and I used my 

Modern Minis fabric and the

 "Mama Block" 

from page 17 of the book...

to create our

"Great Granny Circled"

table runner!

CLICK HERE

to watch Kimberly's tutorial 

on our easy peasy 

Great Granny Circled block.

I hope you are inspired to

 get your squares out 

and play along!

You will need 21 Mama Blocks

 to make our runner:)

After our Mama blocks were completed...

we "circled" them by 

using the

 6" size from the

 Bee in my Bonnet 

Circle Ruler

A quick way to turn 

square blocks 

into circle blocks!

They are fun... 

fast...

 and sew easy!

I love how scrappy happy the 

circles look when appliquéd 

onto background squares.

 To finish...

simply sew the blocks together

 in a 3x7 setting!

The runner measures  

25" x 53" when completed:)

We cut our borders;

2 - 2 1/2" x 49 1/2" 

for the sides

2 - 2 1/2" x 25 1/2" 

for the ends

For the binding we cut;

 4 - 2 1/2" strips 

I hope you enjoyed 

"our twist" 

on the Mama Block!

Be sure and 

CLICK HERE 

to see all of the 

amazing bloggers who are

 participating 

and adding their own 

 "twist" 

from the blocks in my book

 Great Granny Squared.

Here a few 

of my favorite photos

 from the book:)

Vintage Happy fabric 

in my studio!!!

All of the photo shoots

 for my books 

take place in my home:)

I love the simplicity 

of the blocks!

CLICK HERE

and watch the trailer 

we filmed for the 

release of the book.

In it I talk about 

creating the book and

 about how the inspiration 

for the blocks 

came from crochet.

By the way...

see my Stitchy Fun Sampler

that is in above photo? 

the pattern is available

HERE

I used 6 easy stitches

 to complete it and I

 have a 4 part step by step

 beginning embroidery tutorial 

on YouTube that you

may find helpful.

You can find all four

of my embroidery videos  

HERE HERE HERE and HERE 

We also did another sew along

 when the book came out called the

Great Granny Squared Sew Along

We used the Mama blocks 

to make my quilt that I named ...

"Mama's Crochet"

The basket and the

 yarn with crochet hook blocks

 are in the book

 and used for labels...

but I used them for the

 front and center of this quilt!

And yes! 

I did a label for it as well:)

I used a scrappy

 12" Great Granny block 

from the book

and simply used the

 background fabric for the

 center square embroidery:)

Adding a label to a 

finished quit makes it 

even more special 

to the maker and 

also to the receiver!

If you didn't play along 

the first time around...

it's never too late! 

CLICK HERE

to see the original schedule

 and get the free PDF downloads

 to make the Mama's Crochet Quilt.

And...if you don't 

have a copy of 

Great Granny Squared

CLICK HERE 

to get one!

You can also get the single

 6" Bee in my Bonnet Ruler

 HERE

and the new 

Bee in my Bonnet

"just take one stitch at a time" 

T-shirt that Kimberly is 

wearing in the video 

HERE

And you can get the

Pellon Sew-In interfacing 

HERE

Thanks for joining me 

on the first day 

of the blog hop:)

I'm excited to see 

what "twist" the other 

guest bloggers 

have come up with!

xx

Lori