Cozy Christmas Sew Along - Cute Little Trees Tutorial!!

Good morning cute people...

I'm excited to share a new

 Cozy Christmas tutorial for you:)

Look at these Cute little Trees!

I know we have finished our quilt...

 but I'm having fun making my home

 "Cozy for Christmas" 

and I thought I'd share with you 

some of the things that I'm making.

Today I'm showing you how I made these fun and easy 

Cute Little Trees:)

First I decided to use a mix of these 

Cozy Christmas prints for the tree block backgrounds.

I cut them 5 1/2" square.

I cut 16 of them:)

Then I grabbed these two 

Cozy Christmas 

Sew Simple Shapes

I cut interfacing according to the cutting guide...

4" square for the B-14

and 

2" square for the B-1

I traced the shapes onto the interfacing:)

I chose 16 - 4" squares for the trees...

And paired them up with the background squares.

I chose 16 squares for the trunks.

I had some 2 1/2" squares already so I decided to use them.

Then I paired up the trunks with the trees.

I sewed the trunks like this...

leaving the top open for turning.

I backstitched when I stopped and started.

However...

I sewed all the way around

 the traced lines on the trees like normal. 

I trimmed around my sewn lines...

and cut an "X" in the interfacing only 

on the back of the trees for turning.

And pressed them after turning and shaping.

16 cute little triangles...

For 16 Cute Little Trees:)

Now for the appliqué!

I placed the trunk in the center 1" up from the bottom.

The tree goes in the center

and 3/4" down from the top...

Although I pinned and machine appliquéd all of the trunks first.

I just used white thread and a tiny zig-zag stitch.

Then I went ahead and pinned the trees 

and appliqued them in the same way.

I layed all of the blocks out 

and did a final audition for placement.

At this point it would be a great idea

 to sew one of the larger 

Cute Little Buttons

on top of the tree...

or decorate the tree by sewing 

several of the tiny ones on each one.

I didn't do that yet...

because I ran out of time...lol

but I will probably add them later!

I sewed all of my blocks together like this...

to measure 20 1/2" square at this point

 because each block finishes at 5" square.

I had a 22" pillow form so I added 1 1/2" strip borders

 all the way around and made an envelope pillow back.

I like to use envelope pillow backs a lot  

so that I can easily slip it off the form

and use it as a mini quilt as well.

(and also making it easy to

 sew on the buttons later)

I put in on the sofa in my family room to cozy it up for the holidays...

and added my Cozy Snowman Pillow too!

I hope you have fun making your own 

#CuteLittleTrees

Stay tuned for more 

cozy project tutorials

 because they're coming your way!

xx

Lori

Sew Cherry 2! ...and Announcing the Sweetie Pie Sew Along!!

I'm super excited to

 announce my next sew along!

I know we are still making 

fun things for my 

Cozy Christmas Sew Along

(I'll have a new tutorial up tomorrow)

but I've been getting a ton of emails

 asking me what's next...

 so I thought I would 

give y'all a heads up

 about what we are making 

and the supplies needed:)

This is my 

Sweetie Pie Quilt

and it's what we will be making!

I'm so excited about it...

it's going to be the

 perfect spring/summer quilt:)

CLICK HERE 

to download my free pattern

You're invited to join me

 and I hope you do

 because this is really

 going to be a fun one:)

Here are my new Sew Simple Shapes called

Fruit Salad

for obvious reasons:)

 I designed this set especially for the 

Sweetie Pie Quilt

 but there are so many other things

 that we will be doing with them.

YaY!!!

CLICK HERE 

to get them:)

This is my Pie Ruler.

I also designed it to 

make the "pies" in my 

Sweetie Pie Quilt

I can't wait to show you how!

These blocks really make a statement 

and because of that...

 some think they are super hard...

but guess what?

They really are 

super fast and easy peasy.

CLICK HERE

to get your ruler

We will also be using my 

Sew-In Interfacing

and I just want to say thank you 

for all of your wonderful feedback about it.

It really does make my

 easy appliqué method even easier!

CLICK HERE 

to get a package:)

We will also be using my Aurifloss for the touches of embroidery:)

CLICK HERE 

to purchase my Aurifloss set.

I also have a new set of

 Aurifil coming out 

especially for my 

Sew Cherry 2 fabric!

I will use it for both 

machine and hand appliqué:)

CLICK HERE

to purchase:)

Here is my Sew Cherry 2 fabric 

that will be here 

in just a few short weeks.

YaY!

You can get your

 Sew Cherry 2 fabric kit 

for the sew along by 

checking with 

your favorite quilt shop:)

Of course I put cherries on the selvedge!

These prints are in the fat quarter panels.

These are a few of the prints

 available as yardage...

These are also fat quarter panels.

I drew these from my memory of 

what the vintage wallpaper in my 

grandma's downstairs bedroom looked like:)

There are 6 ginghams prints

 in my new Sew Cherry 2 collection...

and you know how happy that makes me!

I know that I keep saying this 

but I'm sew excited!

For those of you who may not know...

Sew Cherry 2 is a reprint from my 

very first fabric collection 

Sew Cherry 

that I designed 8 years ago.

I kept everything pretty much the same

 as the original with just a few color and 

scale changes here and there.

The print above is my kitchen curtains which are now faded so I can't wait to sew more when it gets here:)

I also added several more prints 

as well as the fat quarter panels.

These are just a few of the prints that I'm showing you now...

trust me...

there is so much more to play with!

So now you know why 

this collection is 

so close to my heart ...

and why I hope that 

you'll join me in

 celebrating it...

 all through the sew along:)

xx

Lori

Cozy Christmas Sew Along - Week 13 - The Big Finish!!

Today is the big finish

 after finishing our 

Cozy Christmas Quilt:)

I took a lot of close up photos of my quilt  just in case you needed any ideas for quilting.

My super sweet and talented friend 

Juli Stubbs quilted my 

Cozy Christmas Quilt

 for me and I love how it turned out!!

Here is a closer look at some of the blocks...

Stocking...

Snowman...

Wreath...

***NOTE***

Juli said it was completely fine 

to leave all of the buttons on

 and she would quilt around them...

but you will need to check with your

 quilter to see if thats okay with them:)

Gingerbread Man...

Holly...

Rudolph...

Borders...

Binding and Backing!!!

***NOTE*** 

If you want your stripes

 to be diagonal like a candy cane...

you will need to cut it on the bias:)

AND...

If you are just getting started 

with your Cozy Christmas Quilt...

remember that each one 

of my tutorials will remain on my blog.

Simply scroll down here

 and look on the right side 

until you see each block 

and click on the one that 

you are working on!!

Of course I'm not finished playing with my

Cozy Christmas fabric yet...

and I'm excited to show you even more projects that I'll be making.

A few weeks ago I showed you

 my tutorial for this 

#CozyBlock

And made a table runner using it.

CLICK HERE 

to go to my tutorial:)

Next week I'll show you 

something fun I'm doing with my 

Cozy Christmas 

Sew Simple Shapes

See you then!!!

xx

Lori