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Autumn Love Sew Along - Week Nine - House Block - Part One!! from Bee In My Bonnet

Hello again Autumn Lovers

and welcome to week nine

of our sew along!!

We are nearing the end...

Today we are starting on the

center of the quilt...

The house block!

We are splitting this block up

into two weeks and this is the

portion that we will do this week:)

Let's get started!

Autumn Love

Sew Simple Shapes

that you will need

for this week:

5 - F14

2 - F15

1 - F22

1 - F28

Cutting for 2 house pieces

(gunny sack print)

and all of the background pieces

(nutmeg gingham)

are of course...

in the sew along guide.

From ...

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Autumn Love - Turkey Pillow and Plaid Block Tutorial!! from Bee In My Bonnet

Hi there:)

If you are doing the

Autumn Love Sew Along

with me and are wondering

what the F30

Sew Simple Shape is for...

this tutorial is for you!

I included it in the

Autumn Love

Sew Simple Shapes

set so that you could make a

fun Turkey Block..or two!

I made a pillow with

one of the Turkeys...

I'll show you how I made two projects.

I used two different backgrounds

and cut them each 12" x 12" square.

The Autumn Love

Sew Simple Shapes

that I used for

ONE TURKEY BLOCK:

1 - F30 - Turkey

6 or ...

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Autumn Love Sew Along - Week Eight - Sunflower and Maple Leaf Blocks!! from Bee In My Bonnet

Hello again Autumn Lovers!

It's week eight:)

If you are just joining us...

CLICK HERE

for all sew along info:)

We are working on the

right side of our quilt today:)

Grab your Sew Simple Shapes...

And your Autumn Love fabric...

and let's make the Sunflower Block!

Here are the Autumn Love prints

used for this block:)

Autumn Love

Sew Simple Shapes

that you will need are:

5 - F1

1 - F2

4 - F8

4 - F23

Subcut the 1/4" green pumpkin print into:

4 -1 1/2" strips

Cut 4 - 2" long strips from the

1/4" bias ...

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Autumn Love Sew Along - Week Seven - Milk Can Block!! from Bee In My Bonnet

Hi there and welcome to week seven:)

If you are just joining us now...

CLICK HERE

for all of the information

on this fun sew along:)

Today we are starting on the

right side of the quilt...

YaY!

I'm having sew much fun

playing with Autumn Love

and I hope that you are too:)

Let's make the Milk Can Block today!

These are the Autumn Love prints

used in this week's block.

Autumn Love

Sew Simple Shapes needed:

4 - F4

2 - F9

1 - F15

3 - F16

3 - F20

1 - F34

Cut your background block 12" x 22 ...

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Autumn Love Sew Along - Week Six - Oak Leaf and Fall Flowers Blocks!! from Bee In My Bonnet

Welcome to Week 6 cute people:)

If you are just joining us...

CLICK HERE

for all the info:)

We are doing two applique blocks today...

and working on the left side of the quilt.

Let's start with this cute little

Oak Leaf Block:)

*NOTE*

Originally I wanted to put the

bias strip on top of the leaves

like in my virtual mock up of the quilt.

When the fabric was produced

I didn't think there was enough contrast

so I put the vines underneath.

You can put yours on top if you like!!

These are the Autumn Love ...

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Autumn Love Sew Along - Week Five - Scarecrow Block!! from Bee In My Bonnet

Well hello again Autumn Lovers!

It's already week five of our sew along:)

I hope you all have been having fun making a few

Harvest and 4" Stars from last weeks tutorials:)

Todays tutorial is another applique block!

Grab your

Autumn Love

Sew Simple Shapes...

And your Autumn Love fabric...

And let's get started on this little guy!

Here are the Sew Simple Shapes

that you will need for

the Scarecrow Block:

1 - F2

6 - F17

1 - F27

1 - F31

1 - F32

You will also need to trace the

Ruler Work pieces for this block

directly onto the ...

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Autumn Love Sew Along - Week Three!! from Bee In My Bonnet

Welcome to Week Three!

If you are just joining us...

CLICK HERE

for info on this sew along:)

We are working our way

across section one of the

Autumn Love Quilt

Todays block tutorial is for the

Bucket Block

And here are the

Autumn Love prints

that we are using today:)

You should have all of

the fabric cut and these

Sew Simple Shapes cut and traced:

2 - F-1

3 - F-5

2 - F-6

1 - F15

1 - F-18

3 - F-22

1 - F-33

Because this is week three..

y'all are now experts in the

cutting-tracing-sewing-turning-shaping-pressing process!

Also...

Just like I showed ...

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Autumn Love Sew Along - Week Two - Wagon Block Tutorial!! from Bee In My Bonnet

Hi there cute people:)

Today we are going to make

another block because its week two!

If you are just joining us...

CLICK HERE

for more info on this sew along!

Today's block is in the top row middle...

WAGON BLOCK

Here are all of the

Autumn Love prints that we are

using in the Wagon Block:)

Grab your precut block and your traced pieces...and let's begin!

All Sew Simple Shapes for this block are:

4 - F-1

2 - F-2

3 - F-5

2 - F-6

1 - F-14

1 - F-18

3 - F-21

1/4" wide green cut on the bias- ...

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Autumn Love Sew Along - Week One!! from Bee In My Bonnet

Welcome to week one of the

Autumn Love Sew Along

I'm super excited to make my

Autumn Love Quilt with you...

and to play

with my Autumn Love fabric!

Today's block tutorial is the

Crow and Pumpkin Block

This print from the fabric kit

is what we will be using

for the background for this block

(as well as all of

the other applique blocks)

And here are all of the prints

used for the shapes in this block.

Of course ALL of the cutting for

each one is in the

Sew Along Guide

CLICK HERE

if you ...

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Sew Simple Shapes Series - The Big Finish!! from Bee In My Bonnet

Okay you guys...

I got my quilt back from the quilters.

YaY!!

The quilt finishes at

74" x 88"

I'm so happy with how it

turned out and

I know I'm going to

LOVE this quilt forever:)

I sewed my 20 blocks together in

5 rows of four blocks across.

I cut 49 - 2 1/2" x 12 1/2"

sashing strips for in-between the blocks.

I cut them out of all of my

Bee Backgrounds Collection

that I used in the blocks.

Before sewing the blocks together ...

I of course used my

12 1/2" Trim-It Ruler ...

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Autumn Love Sew Along - Bee Prepared!!! from Bee In My Bonnet

Hello Autumn Lovers!!

Today is the "Bee Prepared"

post before the

sew along begins next Monday:)

Yippee!!

If you haven't done so yet...

CLICK HERE

to download your free copy of the

Autumn Love Sew Along Guide.

I talked a little about it last week.

If you missed that post...

CLICK HERE

to read it:)

By now hopefully you have

your fabric kit and are

ready to start cutting!

I have found through experience

that if you cut your kit

right from the start

it makes the sew along even more fun!

Play your favorite tunes or

watch your ...

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Sew Simple Shapes Series - Week Eight - Blocks 18 - 19 and 20!! from Bee In My Bonnet

Okay cute people...

here are the last 3 blocks

for this fun quilt!

These are the blocks that started it all:)

I made them with my new

Autumn Love

Sew Simple Shapes

Now that they are here and available...

and you are pro's by making

the first 17 blocks...

Here are the shapes you need to

trace and sew for Block 18:

4 - F-1

1 - F-3

8 - F-5

4 - F-19

1 - F-24

4 - F27

Cut 4 - 2 1/4" long 1/4" wide

stems from your spool.

Sew your pinwheel background square:)

***You will need to clip the cleavage ...

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Sew Simple Shapes Series - Week Seven - Blocks 16 and 17 Tutorials! from Bee In My Bonnet

Here we are at week seven in the

Sew Simple Shapes Series

Click on the previous weeks

if you are just joining in:

Week One

Week Two

Week Three

Week Four

Week Five

Week Six

Week Six 1/2

This week we will be

making 2 blocks using the

Let's Bake

Sew Simple Shapes

For Block 16 you will need to

trace and sew the following shapes:

4 - E-10

5 - E-11

4 - E-12

4 - E-16

Cut 4 - 3" long and 4 - 4 1/2" long

1/4" wide stems from your spool.

Make your pinwheel background square.

The 4 ...

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Sew Simple Shapes Series - Week 6 1/2 - Blocks 13, 14 and 15 Tutorials! from Bee In My Bonnet

Welcome to week 6 1/2 cute people!

Yes...I did say 6 1/2.

I thought we needed one

in-between week 6 and 7...

so here we are!

Above is Block 13 and the

first one that we will be doing today:)

We will be making three blocks

(13...14 and 15)

with my fourth set of

Sew Simple Shapes

Bee Happy

Pieces that you will need to

trace, cut and sew for Block 13 are:

5 - D-2

1 - D-4

8 - D-20

4 - D-23

Cut 4 - 3 1/4" long 1/4" wide

stems from your spool

and sew ...

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Sew Simple Shapes Series - Week Six - Blocks 7 and 8 Tutorials!! from Bee In My Bonnet

Welcome to Week 6...

Here are the four blocks

that we just finished...

YaY!

Click on these links if

you are just joining in:

Week 1

Week 2

Week 3

Week 4

Week 5

We used the

FRUIT SALAD

Sew Simple Shapes

and I made 2 more blocks using

the same set for this weeks tutorials:)

Here are blocks 7 and 8.

I had to do them out of order

but now here they are!!

Let's start with

BLOCK SEVEN

Here are all of my pieces...

sewn and shaped:)

The templates from the set

used for this block are ...

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Sew Simple Shapes Series - Week Five - Blocks 11 and 12 Tutorial!! from Bee In My Bonnet

Hello cute people!

Thanks for tuning in for

episode 5 of the

Sew Simple Shapes Series

Please click on these links

to the previous episodes

if you are just starting

this series now:)

WEEK ONE

WEEK TWO

WEEK THREE

WEEK FOUR

We are still playing with the

FRUIT SALAD

Sew Simple Shapes

and we will be making the last

of the four fruit blocks today:)

Trace and sew the

following shapes from the set:

1 - C-1

4 - C-6

4 - C-8

4 - C-9

4 - C10

Cut 4 - 2" long 1/4" wide

green strawberry stems

Sew your pinwheel background block

These ...

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Sew Simple Shapes Series - Week Four - Block Nine and Ten Tutorials! from Bee In My Bonnet

YaY!

It's time for episode four in the

Sew Simple Shapes Series

If you are just joining us now

click on these links

to the first three weeks

WEEK ONE

WEEK TWO

WEEK THREE

Okie Dokie...

Let's get started on Block Nine!

We are using the

FRUIT SALAD

Sew Simple Shapes

for the next 6

blocks in this series:)

Trace and sew the following

shapes from the set:

5 - C-1

4 - C-4

4 - C-7

4 - C-8

4 - C-12

Sew your pinwheel block

for the background:)

For this block you will need to

prepare brown 1/4" bias for ...

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Sew Simple Shapes Series - Week Three - Blocks Four, Five and Six Tutorials!! from Bee In My Bonnet

Good Morning!!

Are you ready for 3 more blocks in the

Sew Simple Shapes Series?

This week we are moving

onto my second set of

Sew Simple Shapes...

Cozy Christmas

Remember this cute quilt that

we made with the shapes?

Well...

today we are doing 3 new blocks

using this set that

DO NOT

look anything like Christmas...

because I really want to

show you just how truly

versatile these shapes are.

It was really fun to

challenge myself to make 3 blocks

from this set of

mostly Christmas shapes.

I must say that I am

super happy

with how ...

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Sew Simple Shapes Series - Week Two - Block 2 and Block 3 Tutorial!! from Bee In My Bonnet

Good morning cute people!

Today I'm going to show you how to make this block in the

Sew Simple Shapes Series

This is one of the first blocks that I designed with the BLOOM set ...

and because it's also a 12" block I thought it would be fun to add to the quilt.

Grab you BLOOM set and let's get started!

You will need:

1 - A23

9 - A1

1 - A2

8 - A10

4 - A18

And cut 4 -

3" prepared stems from your spool

Choose your fabrics and sew your shapes...

And your block background.

If you are ...

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Let's Bake Sew Along - The Big Finish!! from Bee In My Bonnet

Today is our super happy

big finish day!!!

Isn't it amazing that we can

take a pile of fabric...

Cut it up into pieces...

Add fun notions...

And end up with a beautiful quilt!

I don't know about you...

but when I look at each quilt

that I've ever made...

I remember making it and also

everything else that was happening

in my life during that time:)

It makes me so happy that you

have joined my

Let's Bake Sew Along

and added even more sweet memories

for me...thank you so much!

Now that your ...

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