You're Invited!...

I'm "sew excited" because on this coming Monday I will be at a really cute place.

I'll be doing a trunk show and a demo at a brand new and

"oh so darling" quilt shop!

It's called

My Girlfriends Quilt Shoppe  located in Logan, Utah.

(1115 North 200 East) 

I was thrilled when Kris,

who is the cute owner contacted

me and asked me to come for a

"Bee in my Bonnet" day:)

The shop is just adorable...

if you havn't been...

you should go now...

trust me.

If you live in Utah...

or even if you don't...lol...

come on over on Monday

and say howdy!

Oh!...and did I forget to

mention that I just might be giving away...

Some of my "Sew Cherry" fabric???

I hope to see you there!

xx

Lori

Easy Spool Block Tutorial...

Good morning cute bloggy people!

Well...just when I think I have done my

very last easy corners tutorial...

I am flooded with emails thanking me and asking me to do another!...yay!...I just love positive feedback:) 

As I said before, I love to teach but tutorials are a bit different

than when I am in the classroom because...

I can't see you!

But I can hear you when

you talk to me so I thank you

from the bottom of my heart for all of your wonderful comments and emails. 

You are awesome!

Today's tute is really fast and simple.

It's another traditional block that I love ...the Spool.

You could do a spool block using half square triangles...but I like to save even more steps and cut rectangles for the top and bottom row...along with squares for each side that will become triangles.

This not only saves steps, but I think it looks better with less seams to break up the design of the fabric.

First...Cut your pieces:)

I cut a 2 1/2" green square

 for the center (thread:)

2- 2 1/2" x 6 1/2" 

out of aqua for the spools

and

6 - 2 1/2" squares

 from the blue and green print.

Here are my squares and the rectangle that I will be sewing them to.

Place a square on the end of the rectangle and stitch from corner to corner.

Never guess on the line, either mark an accurate line with a ruler and a mechanical pencil (on the wrong side of the square)...

or have a straight line marked on your

machine that comes straight out from your needle...(this line needs to be absolutely accurate also).

Or...you can do what I do and use an

 Angler 2.

I keep it on my machine at all times.

I stick it there with clear scrapbooking glue so that it stays in place well...

but can still be removed.

See what the other side of the

rectangle looks like after stitching:)

One side of each rectangle stitched.

Now for the other side.

I made sure that I stitched going the opposite direction so that it

turned out correctly.

I gave them the usual quick press to set the stitches and cut off the excess leaving an approximate 1/4" seam allowance.

I pressed towards the triangle and laid

them back out on my

mini design board

for sewing together.

Yay!…a 6 1/2" unfinished spool block:)

Fabrics Used;

Aqua = Grandmothers Flower Garden

Green = ?  (from my stash) 

Print = DS Quilts

I hope you enjoyed this fast and simple

block tutorial.

I would love to hear from you if my

easy corner tutorials are

helping you in any way:)

xx

Lori

More Easy Corners on a Quilt Block Tutorial...

 Hello again!...It's time for another tutorial using Easy Corners.

I drafted my block for rotary cutting

 just like I showed you in

this tutorial.

I cut - 5 - 2 1/2" 

squares of brown

I cut 2 - 1 1/2" x 4 1/2" 

and 

2 - 1 1/2" x 6 1/2"

of green

and 

2 - 1 1/2" x 2 1/2" 

and 2- 1 1/2" x 4 1/2" 

of the white background…

And I laid it out on my

mini design board

after cutting.

And sewed it together like this...

As you can see...the block still needs the triangles in the corner...

But they are easy to add by simply cutting

2 1/2" squares...one square for each triangle.

And by stitching from corner to corner

on the square...

Like this...

It becomes a triangle!

If you're worried that you might cut off the points when sewing...you can place a pin in the square and the block at the exact point that you would like them to line up...

Like this.

Remove the pin when sewing without moving the fabrics and you can still see the pin hole to use as a guide.

I repeated the process for all four corners.

Then trimmed off the excess leaving an approximate 1/4" seam allowance...

Then pressed them open towards the triangle.

And I have a complete block that was completely rotary cut and

so easily pieced together!

6" finished block

Fabrics Used = Sew Cherry

Have a quilty kind of day my friends!

xx

Lori