Sweetie Pie Sew Along - Bee Prepared Post - Cutting Instructions!!

Hello cute people!

 Let's get ready to play 

with my latest fabric collection 

Sew Cherry 2!

In just two weeks the

 sew along to make my

 Sweetie Pie Quilt

will begin right here on my blog:)

I've already posted  

about all of the supplies needed...

CLICK HERE 

to go back to that post 

if you are just joining us:)

Today is all about cutting the fabric

 from your kit so that you can

 "Bee Prepared"

You will need to download my free 

Sweetie Pie Quilt pattern first. ...

 because it has all of the cutting information!

In this post I will explain what 

each piece of fabric 

in your kit will be used for.

CLICK HERE

to download my pattern from the 

Riley Blake Designs website:)

We will be using all three 

pin dot background prints in the quilt.

The pink will be used 

for the appliquéd daisy backgrounds.

The cutting is on page 2...top left:)

The aqua will be used for the 

fruit appliqués in the

 center of each pie!

Cutting is on page 1...bottom right.

The rest of the quilt background 

will be the green pin dot.

All of the cutting is on page 1 as well.

The red daisy print will be used for

 the postage stamp inner pieced border.

Looky how perfect this 

Cute Cuts Ruler 

works for that:)

It's one in my new collections

 of rulers that

 will be available 

in just a few short weeks!

The aqua cherries will be the border...

it's one of my favorites!

Okay! 

After you have all of that cut...

what you have left

 are the pie slices 

and the appliqués.

(oh yes...and the interfacing:)

It's time to open your 

fat quarter bundle...

YaY! 

The six gingham prints will be 

used for the 

appliquéd daisies only...

not for pie slices.

There are 20 daisies total...

I snapped a photo of my

 daisy petal cutting checklist for you:)

Set aside these 6 prints from your fat quarter bundle.

We will not use these 

to cut pie slices 

for obvious reasons...

(meaning the light ones

 would not show up...

 and the red would take away

 from the fruit appliqués)

We will be using these for

 other fun things 

during the sew along:)

Next...

cut the three fat quarter panels

 in your kit 

apart on the dotted lines...

We will use all 12 of these prints

 to cut slices for the pies:)

Variety is the spice of life!

Here are all of the prints

 together that we will

 be using to cut slices 

for the 12 pies in the quilt.

There are 30 total...

the 12 fat quarters from the panels 

plus the fat quarter bundle...

 minus the ginghams and

 the 6 prints that I showed you.

Okay!

I used 1" Stick-its and put them

 on the back of my 

Pie Ruler

Of course you don't need to ...

but I like to use them 

on the back of my 

specialty rulers 

when cutting multiple pieces.

CLICK HERE 

if you want to purchase

 a package or two:)

These are also 

what I use for my 

Seams Sew Easy Guide

I grabbed one of the fat quarters

 to show you how I cut the slices.

First I cut a

 7" x Width of fat quarter strip ...

which is about 21" wide.

*Take note that my strip is folded in half 

in this photo and that you can see

 the selvedges are on the right.

Ignore the bottom 1" of the ruler

 for this particular quilt...

you won't need it!

Lay the top edge of the ruler even

with the top edge of the fabric 

as far to the right as you can

 without cutting into the selvedge...

and make your first cut like this.

(if you are left-handed work from the opposite side)

Turn the fabric strip and 

continue cutting like this...

flipping the ruler each time

 to save fabric.

So far you have 6 slices cut 

because you are 

cutting 2 at a time.

You can see that 2 more

 cannot be cut from the end...

So press the end piece open

 and cut one more slice...

For a total of seven! 

*Quilty Math: 

You will need to cut 

192 slices total.

If you cut 7 from 

each of the 30 prints 

you will have 

210 slices. 

You will have 18 leftover ...

and you can make an 

extra block for a pillow.

YaY!

Next are the 

8 solids in your kit.

These are all from the

 Riley Blake 

Confetti Cottons

From the top down:

Beehive

Nutmeg

Waterfall

Bear Lake

Granny Smith Apple

Holly

Peony

Riley Red

These are used for the 

fruit appliqués

 as well as the daisy centers.

Use this page in the pattern 

to identify your appliqué pieces...

and the handy dandy 

cutting guide page 

included in the pattern  

for the sizes to cut:)

Don't forget to cut the 

daisy centers from the 

Riley Red, Peony, Beehive, Waterfall, 

Granny Smith Apple and Nutmeg.

Use my daisy petal cutting chart  

from above to determine

 how many of what color:)

Last but not least is the

 Bee in my Bonnet

Sew-In Interfacing

It's my favorite with just 

the right amount of 

strength and thickness:)

Each package contains 

3 yards of 20" wide interfacing. 

You will need 2 packages because

 4 1/2 yards are needed 

for the Sweetie Pie Quilt. 

Of course I used a checklist

for cutting all of my 

interfacing pieces

 and took a photo for you.

I hope you find it useful!!

*TIP* from Miss Bee-

Always cut your pieces from 

largest to small 

for very little waste.

*After all of my pieces were cut...

I wrote the number on the top 

of each stack of the 

Fruit Salad 

Sew Simple Shapes 

that they go with. 

I'll use the labeled piece last

 so that I will always know 

which piece it is:)

YaY!

Doesn't it feel good to 

"Bee Prepared?"

Next Monday I'll be showing you

 just a few things that 

I'm doing with the 

leftover fabrics...

just in case you 

want to do the same!

See you then!

xx

Lori

Cozy Christmas Sew Along - Sew Simple Shape Dresden Star Tutorial!!

I LOVE sewing Christmas decorations...

and I LOVE dresdens...

and Six Pointed Stars!

So...

I've been making these little 

Dresden Stars...

do you want to make some too?

YaY!

Grab your Cozy Christmas fabric...

And your B-14 

Sew Simple Shape

My 2 1/2" x 4 1/2"

rectangles leftover from making the 

Cozy Christmas quilt for this sew along 

work perfectly for one star point.

Place the triangle upside down

 and even with the top edge...

 trace down both sides...

Like this.

Cut on your traced line.

Six of these make one cute little dresden.

To sew the point on top

 of each dresden blade...

fold like this with right sides together.

And sew 1/4"...

I like to chain piece mine:)

Open the seam like this 

and give the seam only a little press 

with just the tip of your iron....

Then flip it right side out and use your 

Clover Turning Tool 

and gently push out for a nice point.

Lay out on your design board...

 and stitch them together

 using a 1/4" seam allowance.

Cute!!!

It's super important to

 press your seams open 

so that they will lie nice and flat.

You could make fabric circle centers 

for a more traditional dresden 

if you want and that would be super cute!

But I thought it would be fun to

 use the largest size in my 

Cute Little Buttons

 jar for the centers of these:)

 I made a few more 

because they're so fun!!

After cutting...

 I separated them 

into sets of 6.

And sewed them together!

(This is BEFORE pressing the seams open)

They look like cute little 

Christmas Cookie Stars!

They would make super cute coasters...

all you would need to do is back them with felt or wool...

or appliqué each one on

 a square or a circle:)

I just love these cozy stars...

they're so fun to play with:) 

You could even hang them on your tree! 

I decided to use 5 of them to make a pillow.

I grabbed 16 - 3" squares 

that were leftover from the sew along 

and laid out the pillow like this.

(I sewed one four patch 

using four squares:)

I chose 5 different buttons 

but didn't sew them on yet 

until after appliqué and trimming.

I decided to appliqué mine onto 6" squares...

then I trimmed them down to 5 1/2" using one of my new 

Bee in my Bonnet Trim-It Rulers!

(available in January)

     It's super easy to make sure that

 your star is centered before trimming 

by using the centering lines on the ruler:)

After trimming...

 I sewed each button on

 using the matching

 Aurifloss

I laid it out on the design board and sewed the blocks together.

I had a 20" pillow form on hand

 so I added borders and I love how it turned out!

I hope you enjoyed this "cozy" tutorial 

and are inspired to make some 

of your very own

Cute Little Stars:)

xx

Lori

Cozy Christmas Sew Along - Cozy Bunting Tutorial!!

Good morning and welcome to

 another tutorial during my 

Cozy Christmas Sew Along!

Today I'm showing you how I made my 

#CozyBunting

Once again...

I used the B-14 from my 

Cozy Christmas

Sew Simple Shapes 

for this weeks tutorial.

It's the perfect size for a cute bunting!

You will need two - 4" squares

 of the same print for each bunting piece.

I cut 38 sets... 

for a total of 

38 bunting triangles.

Or you can use two sets of 

Cozy Christmas 5" Stackers:)

I used these plus some of the prints 

in the Cozy Christmas fat eight panels.

I used one 4 yard package of

 1/4" double fold bias tape.

I placed 2 matching prints

 with right sides together like this.

I traced all the way around the

 B-14 Sew Simple Shape 

on one of the squares only 

and then pinned together.

When using the 5" squares ...

I traced in the bottom corner so that 

after sewing and trimming I could 

use the leftover fabric 

for something else:)

Waste not want not!

I sewed on the two traced lines

 down both sides only...

and backstitched where I 

stopped and started on both ends.

I traced the top line even though

 I did not sew on it because 

I cut right on that line after trimming 

so that each bunting piece

 will be exactly the same size...

Just like this.

Again...

I cut right on the top traced line

 but trimmed about

 1/4" past the sewn lines.

I also cut the tip off just a bit:)

I turned each piece right side out 

and used the Clover turning tool

 to gently push out the point.

I pressed it flat...

And trimmed the little triangles

 off on each corner....

Like this.

Now it's ready to sew into the bias tape.

Unfold the bias tape with the short fold on top and place a bunting piece inside.

I left about an 8" tail on each end for tying.

Start sewing on the end of the bias tape...

backstitch when starting and stopping and when you get to each bunting piece...

Sew across the bias tape and the top of each piece at the same time like this.

I sew one piece at a time and then place the next one in and continue sewing. 

I do not find it necessary to pin but you could pin if you wanted:)

Here is what the other side looks like.

I sewed 38 bunting pieces because

 that's how many fit on one 4 yard package of bias tape

 with an approximate 8" tail on each end:)

I love how it turned out and after finishing one 4 yard length ...

I immediately cut more 4" squares to make more!

It's super easy and addicting...

Bunting can be hung anywhere and it

 always makes a fun and festive addition to any decor.

I love it!

It even looks cute on my aqua piano:)

I hope you have fun making your own Cozy Christmas Bunting!

 Add it to your holiday decor and make your home cozy:)

Next time I'll show you something else

 that I made using B-14 Sew Simple Shape 

so stay tuned!

xx

Lori