Honey Bee Garden Sew Along - WEEK TWO!!

 

Welcome to week two of the 

HONEY BEE GARDEN SEW ALONG!

CLICK HERE

to download the free sew along guide

 for this quilt.

CLICK HERE

to read my Bee Prepared blog post

and find out how my sew along works!

We are making the 

Honey Bee Garden Quilt 

which finishes at

 72" x 86"

To make the appliqué blocks, 

 we will be using my 

Sew Simple Shapes called of course...

Honey Bee Garden!

 

The collection that we are using 

for the quilt is...

GENTLER TIMES!!

For week one I did a video tutorial

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to watch the video.

I also did a tutorial here on my

block for the flying geese

in all of the borders.

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to visit my week one blog post:)

Today for Week Two,

 we are doing 6 more flower blocks!

Here are my blocks #5-#6-#7-#8-#9-#10

all cut traced according to the

directions in the Sew Along Guide. 

Miss Dolly and I are ready to sew!

I sew all of the shapes for 

all six blocks at the same time

 to be efficient as possible!

I am using the two large

 Gentler Times Design Boards 

to hold 3 flower blocks.

After I sew all of my shapes 

I like to separate the shapes that

 need inner curves and cleavage areas

 clipped from those that do not. 

The shapes that do not need clipping

 are placed to the left and I keep the ones 

to the right that need it.

Next step is trimming all of the seam allowances on every shape... 

and then clipping those shapes 

that need it and cutting

the interfacing for turning. 

Three blocks are shaped... 

And three more!

Now it's time for glue basting:)

I'll show you each individual block under 

the 8 1/2" x 10 1/2" Trim-It Ruler...

This is the best and most efficient way

 to show you the measurements 

and exactly how each block is laid out.

Remember all of the tips that 

I showed you in my week one video

because they apply to each and every block!

I'll show them all to you in order so

Flower Block #5 is up first! 

Flower Block #5 is ready for applique.

Flower Block #6 Layout

Flower Block #6 ready for applique

Flower Block #7 Layout

Flower Block #7 ready for applique

Flower Block #8 Layout

Flower Block #8 ready for applique.

Flower Block #9 Layout.

Flower Block #9 ready for applique.

And the last block for this week!

Flower Block #10 Layout.

Flower Block #10 ready for applique.

After you applique each block,

Press it from the back and then

use the 8 1/2" x 10 1/2" Trim-It Ruler

to trim your block down

before you sew it into your quilt:)

Here are all six of this weeks Flower blocks:)

These are sew fun to make and 

may I say they are also addicting 

because I can't wait to make the next one 

and add it to the design wall.

Here are the first ten Flower Blocks...

Our Honey Bee Garden is 

beginning to bloom and grow!

Thank you for sewing with me today

and I'll meet you right back here 

next week to plant 6 more flowers!

xx

Lori

Other Places to find me:

@Beelori1 Instagram

Lori Holt/YouTube

Honey Bee Garden Sew Along - WEEK ONE!

 

Welcome to week one of the 

HONEY BEE GARDEN SEW ALONG

I'm sew excited to get started!!

CLICK HERE

to download the free sew along guide

 for this quilt.

CLICK HERE

to read my Bee Prepared blog post

and find out how my sew along works!

We are making the 

Honey Bee Garden Quilt 

which finishes at

 72" x 86"

To make the appliqué blocks, 

 we will be using my 

Sew Simple Shapes called of course...

Honey Bee Garden!

 

The collection that we are using 

for the quilt is...

GENTLER TIMES

Today we are making the 

Flower Blocks 1 thru 4

I have a video on my YouTube Channel

about making the flowers, so please 

click on the following link to watch.

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And pretty please with a cherry on top

leave me a comment 

and also a like on my video 

because it helps me to be able to 

get my tutorials out to everyone

 who would like to view them!

Flower Block #1

Flower Block #2

Flower Block #3

Flower Block #4

Now that I have shown you 

how to make the shapes and how to 

prepare them for applique...

I want to be sure to help you

during the layout process by 

showing you the blocks under the 

Trim-It Ruler:)

Seeing all of the lines 

from the center out going both ways 

is very helpful:)

Have fun planting your first four

Honey Bee Garden Flowers!  

I talked about the flying geese

 for the pieced borders in my video

 and said that I would be showing 

how I make them four at a time.

There are several methods to

 make these little cuties and of course

 "you are the boss of your own quilt"

 so it's totally fine for you to 

feel free to use your favorite!

My advice is that whatever way you choose

 to make yours, always make sure that you do

 a test block or two and that will

 help you to decide.

This is something that I always do

 and it has served me well:)

Okay...here we go!

I use a mechanical pencil and my

 Marking Ruler to draw two lines 

 (both sides of the ruler)

 onto the background squares...

Use the center line on the ruler to 

center from point to point and draw...

Like this!

These are your sewing lines.

Make sure that the corners and sides of

 all 3 fabrics are lined up correctly:)

Sew on the line or just a 

scant or needle width inside the the line.

If you sew outside the lines your 

little geese may be too small.

It's always better to be 

a little larger and trim down.

Speaking of that,

You could always cut your fabric pieces

 a bit larger and trim them down for accuracy.

Okay...with that being said,

 back to the sewing!

Cut apart in the middle

 of your two sewn lines,

And press towards the background 

just like this.

They look like little hearts!

Place the next two background squares 

lining up the corners and side seams...

and use the ruler again for 

marking those two sewing lines.

Sew on the lines again...

And cut apart...

Press towards the background triangles.

Now for the trim up!

I use my 2 1/2" Trim -It Ruler.

You will need to trim each one to measure

 1 1/2" x 2 1/2"

Make sure that you are leaving a 

1/4" seam above the point of the triangle 

so that you don't sew into the points

 when you sew the borders.

All trimmed up and super cute:)

You don't need to sew yours together yet 

but I sewed some of mine together 

so that I could show you that 

I press my seams open.

I use my Quilty Water Brush and 

apply water onto the 

bulkiest part of the seam

where all of my fabric seams meet up

(where my finger is pointing)

And then press and use the clapper.

 Now my seams lie super flat...yay!!!

You can choose to make all of your geese

 at the end of the sew along 

after all of your applique id complete,

but I wanted to talk about it during 

week one for the simple reason that 

when I'm making a quilt and there is

 a lot of border piecing to do, 

I like to do some of it each week

so that I can get a little ahead 

 and I thought you may want to do the same.

Thanks so much for joining me

 for week one...I'm sew excited

that we have started to make

our Honey Bee Garden Quilt together:)

I'll join you right back here next week

and we will continue our gardening!! 

xx

Lori

Other Places to find me:

@Beelori1 Instagram

Lori Holt/YouTube