RebsFabStash brings you Lori Holt's Prairie Meadow Sew Along Guide in a simplified format! Lori Holt's Sew Along starts August 29, 2022. We will keep this blog updated with easy links to her weekly sew along blogs. We have all the Lori Holt fabric & supplies you need to get started on Prairie Meadow!
"The Big Finish!" Welcome to the final post of the "PRAIRIE MEADOW" Sew Along! Even though this sew along is over you may be just getting ...
Lori Holt of Bee in my Bonnet has created 58 Prairie Meadow templates for an endless variety of designs using your applique method of choice. They are used with the Prairie Meadow Quilt Sew Along Made of sturdy plastic, they have center marks and are see-through for fussy cutting.Pick up some of Lori's Sew Cute Rulers, they come in pink, blue, and green, they would be perfect for using with the Sew Simple Shapes. Click here to follow the Prairie Meadows Sew Along. To get started be sure to watch the first video installment for block one.
"BLOCK TWELVE" Welcome to week twelve of the "PRAIRIE MEADOW" Sew Along! Join me here each week when I will be doing tutorials on the blo...
"BLOCK SEVEN" Welcome to week seven of the "PRAIRIE MEADOW" Sew Along! Join me here each week when I will be doing tutorials on the blocks for the quilt. Of course because we are all sewing from all around the world we all have different time zones... But I will be posting each Monday right here on my blog and you can follow my tutorials any time each week that is convenient for you. We are making the Prairie Meadow Quilt 68" x 85" The quilt is made with my newest fabric collection called Prairie... I hope that you all have all received your fabric kits by now... and that we are all ready to begin!! If you still need one ... just do a quick google search for "Prairie Meadow Quilt Kit" to find shops who still have some left. We are also using the Prairie Meadow Sew Simple Shapes I have already posted the "BEE PREPARED" post which details all of the supplies for the sew along and how it works. I have also given the link there for the free PDF Download of the Sew Along Guide CLICK HERE to download the sew along guide. It's important to watch my Week One/Block One video tutorial because everything I show you in block one pertains to all the rest of the blocks. Things such as tips on sewing... shaping and turning all of your appliqués as well as the entire process of laying out the block. I also explain about sewing the scrappy background. If you have not watched it please CLICK HERE CLICK HERE to read my blog tutorial for BLOCK TWO CLICK HERE to read my tutorial for BLOCK THREE CLICK HERE to read my tutorial for BLOCK FOUR CLICK HERE to read my tutorial for BLOCK FIVE CLICK HERE to read my tutorial for BLOCK SIX As per the sew along guide cutting instructions you should have everything for your Block Seven all cut and ready to go! Here is my Block Seven Kit Everything is all cut... all traced and ready:) You can also see above the squares and rectangles that I used for the background. Here is a list of the Prairie Meadow Sew Simple Shapes needed for Block Seven: 4 - N-3 12 - N-36 8 - N-46 1 - N-53 12 - N-58 You will need to cut 4 - 7 1/2" long and 8 - 2 1/2" long of prepared 1/4" straight bias strips for the stems Block Seven shapes sewn...trimmed and clipped. Before turning... you will need to clip the four cleavage areas in-between each of the flower petals. Remember to clip ALL the way to your stitched line but not into it. If you do not clip far enough it will be hard for it to lie flat. Use the seam roller in these kind of areas just as I showed you in the week one video. The other shapes do not need any clipping:) All turned...shaped...pressed and ready:) I pre-glued the center circles onto the 12 flowers before pinning onto the background. I pinned the circle and the four N-3 shapes onto the center of the background first. Measure 1 1/2" from the edge of your background to the tip of the N-3 shapes and pin. I did not glue the circle until after the stems were tucked underneath. First I pinned a flower by measuring 3 1/2" in diagonally from the corner to the edge of the center circle in the flower. Don't glue yet...just pin into place. I glued down the long stems (7 1/2") on the diagonal and tucked ends under the circle about 1/2"... but only glued to about 1/4" away from the intersection of the sewn seams of the background. Before I finish glueing them I will need to tuck the short stems underneath. I worked with one corner at a time from this point on. I pinned the two side flowers by measuring in 1 1/2" from edge of background and lining up the centers with the background seams. I cut two short stems (2 1/2") on the diagonal at the bottom going opposite ways... And glued them centered on the sewn seams and tucked under side flower like this. Using these sewn sewn seams from the background for placement makes it sew easy! Now repeat for the short stem on the other side. Now you can go ahead and glue down the rest of the long stem and all 3 flowers. I then pinned and glued the leaves into place. I measured 2 1/2" up from the center circle and pinned the bottom leaf points and then I placed them 1/2" away from N-3 shapes on each side. One corner is completed and I continued in the same way for the remaining three. After a few minutes I removed my pins and let my block lie flat to continue drying the glue:) That is my BLOCK SEVEN tutorial:) It's one of my favorites... of course I say that about every one of these blocks lol but I really love these sweet little triple flowers in each corner:) BLOCK SEVEN all ready for applique:) Afterwards I will press from the back and then I will use my 16 1/2" Trim-It Ruler to trim down the block. Thanks for joining me again this week for the Prairie Meadow Sew Along... we are over halfway through our Prairie journey!! I'll meet you right back here next Monday for the Block Eight tutorial... happy sewing!! xx Lori Other Places to find me: @Beelori1 Instagram Lori Holt/YouTube Bee in my Bonnet Company
"BLOCK NINE"Welcome to week nine of the "PRAIRIE MEADOW"Sew Along!Join me here each week when I will be doing tutorials on the blocks for the quilt. Of course because we are all sewing from all around
Item Number: STT-25504 Release Date: July 2022 Item Description: Lori Holt of Bee in my Bonnet has created 58 Prairie Meadow templates for an endless variety of designs using your applique method of choice. They are used with the Prairie Meadow Quilt Sew Along Made of sturdy plastic, they have center marks and are see-through for fussy cutting.
"BLOCK SIX" Welcome to week six of the "PRAIRIE MEADOW" Sew Along! Join me here each week when I will be doing tutorials on the blocks for the quilt. Of course because we are all sewing from all around the world we all have different time zones... But I will be posting each Monday right here on my blog and you can follow my tutorials any time each week that is convenient for you. We are making the Prairie Meadow Quilt 68" x 85" The quilt is made with my newest fabric collection called Prairie... I hope that you all have all received your fabric kits by now... and that we are all ready to begin!! If you still need one ... just do a quick google search for "Prairie Meadow Quilt Kit" to find shops who still have some left. We are also using the Prairie Meadow Sew Simple Shapes I have already posted the "BEE PREPARED" post which details all of the supplies for the sew along and how it works. I have also given the link there for the free PDF Download of the Sew Along Guide CLICK HERE to download the sew along guide. It's important to watch my Week One/Block One video tutorial because everything I show you in block one pertains to all the rest of the blocks. Things such as tips on sewing... shaping and turning all of your appliqués as well as the entire process of laying out the block. I also explain about sewing the scrappy background. If you have not watched it please CLICK HERE CLICK HERE to read my blog tutorial for BLOCK TWO CLICK HERE to read my tutorial for BLOCK THREE CLICK HERE to read my tutorial for BLOCK FOUR CLICK HERE to read my tutorial for BLOCK FIVE As per the sew along guide cutting instructions you should have everything for your Block Six all cut and ready to go! Here is my Block Six Kit Everything is all cut... all traced and ready:) You can also see above the squares and rectangles that I used for the background. Here is a list of the Prairie Meadow Sew Simple Shapes needed for Block Six: 4 - N-16 4 - N-26 8 - N-30 4 - N-37 1 - N-52 5 - N-57 You will need to cut 4 - 4 1/2" long and 4 - 3" long of prepared 1/4" straight bias strips for the stems Here are all of my Block Six shapes sewn...trimmed and clipped. Before turning... you will need to clip the cleavage areas in the flowers and the tulip outsides shapes... the shapes that are on my design board do not need any clipping:) All turned...shaped...pressed and ready:) I pre-glued the center circles onto the four denim flowers... the centers onto the tulips and the two center circles together before pinning onto the background. I pinned these two circles first in the center onto the background. I glued down the corner stems (3") and glued down the 4 1/2" stems... lining up with the center of the sewn seams of the background. I tucked all 8 stems about 1/4" underneath the center circle and then went ahead and glued it down as well. I started by pinning the corner tulips. I measured 3 1/2" from the corner of my background fabric diagonally to the tip of the tulip center and pinned. Next I did the denim flowers. I measured 1 1/2" down from the edge of my background and pinned. I pinned so that the the center stem goes into a cleavage area on the flowers:) Remember to use your sewn seams from the background to line these flowers exactly in the center! Last but not least... I pinned and glued the leaves into place. I measured 1/2" up from the center circle and placed the one end and then I placed them 1/4" away from the long denim flower stems. I then glued everything down after pinning each applique piece into place. After a few minutes I removed my pins and let my block lie flat to continue drying the glue:) That is my BLOCK SIX tutorial:) I love this block and when I designed it I thought that it would look fabulous to make a patriotic quilt just from 12 of these blocks and display it in the summer!! BLOCK SIX all ready for applique:) Afterwards I will press from the back and then I will use my 16 1/2" Trim-It Ruler to trim down the block. Thanks for joining me again this week for the Prairie Meadow Sew Along I've finished Block Seven for next week and pre-posted because I'll be out of town... so here's a little sneak peek. I love how these two blocks look together:) So come on back here next Monday for the Block Seven tutorial... happy sewing!! xx Lori Other Places to find me: @Beelori1 Instagram Lori Holt/YouTube Bee in my Bonnet Company
"The Big Finish!" Welcome to the final post of the "PRAIRIE MEADOW" Sew Along! Even though this sew along is over you may be just getting ...
"BLOCK TWELVE" Welcome to week twelve of the "PRAIRIE MEADOW" Sew Along! Join me here each week when I will be doing tutorials on the blo...
"The Big Finish!" Welcome to the final post of the "PRAIRIE MEADOW" Sew Along! Even though this sew along is over you may be just getting ...
"The Big Finish!" Welcome to the final post of the "PRAIRIE MEADOW" Sew Along! Even though this sew along is over you may be just getting ...
"BLOCK EIGHT" Welcome to week eight of the "PRAIRIE MEADOW" Sew Along! Join me here each week when I will be doing tutorials on the block...
"BLOCK TWO" Welcome to week two of the "PRAIRIE MEADOW" Sew Along! Join me here each week when I will be doing tutorials on the blocks fo...
Prairie (Teal) wide quilt backing by Lori Holt of Bee in my Bonnet for Riley Blake Designs is 107"-108" wide. The print features sprigs of flowers.
"BLOCK FIVE"Welcome to week five of the "PRAIRIE MEADOW"Sew Along!Join me here each week when I will be doing tutorials on the blocks for the quilt. Of course because we are all sewing from all around
"BLOCK TWO" Welcome to week two of the "PRAIRIE MEADOW" Sew Along! Join me here each week when I will be doing tutorials on the blocks for the quilt. Of course because we are all sewing from all around the world we all have different time zones... But I will be posting each Monday right here on my blog and you can follow my tutorials any time each week that is convenient for you. We are making the Prairie Meadow Quilt 68" x 85" I've been sew excited to begin... This is going to be fun!! The quilt is made with my newest fabric collection called Prairie... I hope that you all have all received your fabric kits by now... and that we are all ready to begin!! If you still need one ... just do a quick google search for "Prairie Meadow Quilt Kit" to find shops who still have some left. We are also using the Prairie Meadow Sew Simple Shapes I have already posted the "BEE PREPARED" post which details all of the supplies for the sew along and how it works. I have also given the link there for the free PDF Download of the Sew Along Guide CLICK HERE to download the sew along guide. It's important to watch my Week One/Block One video tutorial because everything I show you in block one pertains to all the rest of the blocks. Things such as tips on sewing... shaping and turning all of your appliqués as well as the entire process of laying out the block. I also explain about sewing the scrappy background. If you have not watched it please CLICK HERE As per the sew along guide cutting instructions you should have everything for your Block Two all cut and ready to go! Here is my Block Two Kit Everything is all cut... all traced and ready:) Here is a list of the Prairie Meadow Sew Simple Shapes needed for Block Two: 1 - N-1 1 - N-2 1 - N-20 4 - N-21 4 - N-24 4 - N-33 4 - N-39 8 - N-57 You will need to cut 4 - 2 1/2" long of prepared 1/4" straight bias strips for the stems Here are the squares and rectangles for my Block Two background all sewn together:) Here are all of my Block Two shapes sewn... trimmed and clipped. You will need to clip all of the shapes except for the two that I am holding in my hand:) All turned...shaped and pressed:) I usually pre-glue the shapes together that are layered before laying them out onto the background for pinning. The above are the shapes that I pre-glued for Block Two. The dark orange center in the plaid orange flowers sticks out 3/4" The 3 teal pieces are simply centered on top of each other. Okay...now to start pinning the block onto the background. Place your background onto a design board and let's get started!! Remember what I said to you last week in my video for block one... I will always start forming each block in this quilt from the center out:) So first I pinned the layered teal appliqués onto the center of the background. I pinned them down but made sure to glue the outer edges down last because I wanted to be able to tuck the stems and corner leaves underneath first. Next I did the stems and the orange flowers. The stems measure 1 1/2" long from the teal center shape to the bottom of the orange plaid flowers... that means each end is tucked under 1/2" The dark orange tip of the flower measures 1 1/2" from your background edge (before trimming up after applique of course) I then pinned the double leaf shape centered on the stem. The circles also measure 1 1/2" from the edge of fabric and are 5/8" away from the side points of the orange plaid flower. I measured 3 1/2" in diagonally from the corner of the background and placed the top of the gold leaf. The bottom end of the leaf tucks under the teal center shape. I used my ruler to make sure that it was centered exactly on the diagonal. I love this pretty "fall flowers on the prairie block"... These color and print combo makes me happy!! Here's my BLOCK TWO all ready for applique:) Just like I said in the video... Afterwards I will press from the back and then I will use my 16 1/2" Trim-It Ruler to trim down the block. I do not trim away any fabric or any interfacing. My grandma used to do that back in the day when they hand quilted all of their quilts and it was hard to needle all the layers and get tiny stitches. Although she trimmed because it was necessary for hand quilting... grandma didn't like to do it because she felt that it weakened the appliques and also distorted them over time. Now a days of course that is not the case as we have wonderful quilting machines that quilt over/and around the appliqués very well! Sew...there you have it! That's how I made Block Two:) Thanks so much for jumping on the wagon train and for joining me today for week two of Prairie Meadow Sew Along I hope that you will enjoy every step of this journey and that you will have fun making your Blocks!! I'll meet you right back here next week for the Block Three tutorial... xx Lori Other Places to find me: @Beelori1 Instagram Lori Holt/YouTube Bee in my Bonnet Company
"BLOCK FIVE" Welcome to week five of the "PRAIRIE MEADOW" Sew Along! Join me here each week when I will be doing tutorials on the blocks for the quilt. Of course because we are all sewing from all around the world we all have different time zones... But I will be posting each Monday right here on my blog and you can follow my tutorials any time each week that is convenient for you. We are making the Prairie Meadow Quilt 68" x 85" The quilt is made with my newest fabric collection called Prairie... I hope that you all have all received your fabric kits by now... and that we are all ready to begin!! If you still need one ... just do a quick google search for "Prairie Meadow Quilt Kit" to find shops who still have some left. We are also using the Prairie Meadow Sew Simple Shapes I have already posted the "BEE PREPARED" post which details all of the supplies for the sew along and how it works. I have also given the link there for the free PDF Download of the Sew Along Guide CLICK HERE to download the sew along guide. It's important to watch my Week One/Block One video tutorial because everything I show you in block one pertains to all the rest of the blocks. Things such as tips on sewing... shaping and turning all of your appliqués as well as the entire process of laying out the block. I also explain about sewing the scrappy background. If you have not watched it please CLICK HERE CLICK HERE to read my blog tutorial for BLOCK TWO CLICK HERE to read my tutorial for BLOCK THREE CLICK HERE to read my tutorial for BLOCK FOUR As per the sew along guide cutting instructions you should have everything for your Block Five all cut and ready to go! Here is my Block Five Kit Everything is all cut... all traced and ready:) You can also see above the squares and rectangles that I used for the background. Here is a list of the Prairie Meadow Sew Simple Shapes needed for Block Five: 1 - N-11 1 - N-14 4 - N-16 8 - N-45 1 - N-54 16 - N-57 You will need to cut 4 - 5" long and 4 - 3" long and 8 - 1 1/2" long of prepared 1/4" straight bias strips for the stems Here are all of my Block Five shapes sewn...trimmed and clipped. Before turning... you will need to clip the cleavage in the star and the inner curves in the 5 flowers:) All turned...shaped...pressed and ready:) I pre-glued the center circles onto the four small flowers. I glued the star onto the large flower and the larger circle onto the center before pinning onto the background. I pinned this first in the center onto the background. I glued down the corner stems (5") and glued down the 3" stems underneath the star points only on the ends because the shorter stems will be tucked underneath them later. Then I went ahead and glued the large flower down ... now that my stems were underneath:) I First started by doing two of the corner flowers. I measured 3 3/4" from the corner diagonally to the top cleavage of flower and pinned. I pinned the leaves 1/2" up from the bottom of the stem and then placed the inside of each leaf on the seam and pinned. Next I did the circle flowers. I measured 2" down from the edge of my background and pinned. I pinned the center stem underneath to make sure everything was straight but did not glue yet because of the side stems needing to go underneath. Remember to use your sewn seams from the background to line these up in the circle and stem exactly in the center! For the side circles I measured down 3 1/2" from the edge of my background fabric and then centered them between the leaf and stem of the taller circle flower. Then I cut the bottom of the side stems at an angle to fit underneath the center stem. I pinned and glued the side stems into place (tucking top ends underneath the circles) and then glued the center stem down last. I then glued the three circle flowers and continued around each side of the block...measuring... pinning and the the Sue Glue! After about 10 minutes I removed my pins and let my block lie flat to continue drying the glue:) I love these colors together:) That is my BLOCK FIVE tutorial:) BLOCK FIVE all ready for applique:) Afterwards I will press from the back and then I will use my 16 1/2" Trim-It Ruler to trim down the block. Thanks for joining me again this week for the Prairie Meadow Sew Along I'll meet you right back here next week for the Block Six tutorial... xx Lori Other Places to find me: @Beelori1 Instagram Lori Holt/YouTube Bee in my Bonnet Company
"BLOCK ELEVEN" Welcome to week eleven of the "PRAIRIE MEADOW" Sew Along! Join me here each week when I will be doing tutorials on the blo...
"The Big Finish!" Welcome to the final post of the "PRAIRIE MEADOW" Sew Along! Even though this sew along is over you may be just getting ...
"BLOCK FOUR" Welcome to week four of the "PRAIRIE MEADOW" Sew Along! Join me here each week when I will be doing tutorials on the blocks ...
"BLOCK THREE" Welcome to week three of the "PRAIRIE MEADOW" Sew Along! Join me here each week when I will be doing tutorials on the block...
"The Big Finish!" Welcome to the final post of the "PRAIRIE MEADOW" Sew Along! Even though this sew along is over you may be just getting ...
"The Big Finish!" Welcome to the final post of the "PRAIRIE MEADOW" Sew Along! Even though this sew along is over you may be just getting ...
"BLOCK THREE" Welcome to week three of the "PRAIRIE MEADOW" Sew Along! Join me here each week when I will be doing tutorials on the block...
"The Big Finish!" Welcome to the final post of the "PRAIRIE MEADOW" Sew Along! Even though this sew along is over you may be just getting ...
"BLOCK TWO" Welcome to week two of the "PRAIRIE MEADOW" Sew Along! Join me here each week when I will be doing tutorials on the blocks for the quilt. Of course because we are all sewing from all around the world we all have different time zones... But I will be posting each Monday right here on my blog and you can follow my tutorials any time each week that is convenient for you. We are making the Prairie Meadow Quilt 68" x 85" I've been sew excited to begin... This is going to be fun!! The quilt is made with my newest fabric collection called Prairie... I hope that you all have all received your fabric kits by now... and that we are all ready to begin!! If you still need one ... just do a quick google search for "Prairie Meadow Quilt Kit" to find shops who still have some left. We are also using the Prairie Meadow Sew Simple Shapes I have already posted the "BEE PREPARED" post which details all of the supplies for the sew along and how it works. I have also given the link there for the free PDF Download of the Sew Along Guide CLICK HERE to download the sew along guide. It's important to watch my Week One/Block One video tutorial because everything I show you in block one pertains to all the rest of the blocks. Things such as tips on sewing... shaping and turning all of your appliqués as well as the entire process of laying out the block. I also explain about sewing the scrappy background. If you have not watched it please CLICK HERE As per the sew along guide cutting instructions you should have everything for your Block Two all cut and ready to go! Here is my Block Two Kit Everything is all cut... all traced and ready:) Here is a list of the Prairie Meadow Sew Simple Shapes needed for Block Two: 1 - N-1 1 - N-2 1 - N-20 4 - N-21 4 - N-24 4 - N-33 4 - N-39 8 - N-57 You will need to cut 4 - 2 1/2" long of prepared 1/4" straight bias strips for the stems Here are the squares and rectangles for my Block Two background all sewn together:) Here are all of my Block Two shapes sewn... trimmed and clipped. You will need to clip all of the shapes except for the two that I am holding in my hand:) All turned...shaped and pressed:) I usually pre-glue the shapes together that are layered before laying them out onto the background for pinning. The above are the shapes that I pre-glued for Block Two. The dark orange center in the plaid orange flowers sticks out 3/4" The 3 teal pieces are simply centered on top of each other. Okay...now to start pinning the block onto the background. Place your background onto a design board and let's get started!! Remember what I said to you last week in my video for block one... I will always start forming each block in this quilt from the center out:) So first I pinned the layered teal appliqués onto the center of the background. I pinned them down but made sure to glue the outer edges down last because I wanted to be able to tuck the stems and corner leaves underneath first. Next I did the stems and the orange flowers. The stems measure 1 1/2" long from the teal center shape to the bottom of the orange plaid flowers... that means each end is tucked under 1/2" The dark orange tip of the flower measures 1 1/2" from your background edge (before trimming up after applique of course) I then pinned the double leaf shape centered on the stem. The circles also measure 1 1/2" from the edge of fabric and are 5/8" away from the side points of the orange plaid flower. I measured 3 1/2" in diagonally from the corner of the background and placed the top of the gold leaf. The bottom end of the leaf tucks under the teal center shape. I used my ruler to make sure that it was centered exactly on the diagonal. I love this pretty "fall flowers on the prairie block"... These color and print combo makes me happy!! Here's my BLOCK TWO all ready for applique:) Just like I said in the video... Afterwards I will press from the back and then I will use my 16 1/2" Trim-It Ruler to trim down the block. I do not trim away any fabric or any interfacing. My grandma used to do that back in the day when they hand quilted all of their quilts and it was hard to needle all the layers and get tiny stitches. Although she trimmed because it was necessary for hand quilting... grandma didn't like to do it because she felt that it weakened the appliques and also distorted them over time. Now a days of course that is not the case as we have wonderful quilting machines that quilt over/and around the appliqués very well! Sew...there you have it! That's how I made Block Two:) Thanks so much for jumping on the wagon train and for joining me today for week two of Prairie Meadow Sew Along I hope that you will enjoy every step of this journey and that you will have fun making your Blocks!! I'll meet you right back here next week for the Block Three tutorial... xx Lori Other Places to find me: @Beelori1 Instagram Lori Holt/YouTube Bee in my Bonnet Company
"BLOCK TWELVE" Welcome to week twelve of the "PRAIRIE MEADOW" Sew Along! Join me here each week when I will be doing tutorials on the blo...
"BLOCK NINE"Welcome to week nine of the "PRAIRIE MEADOW"Sew Along!Join me here each week when I will be doing tutorials on the blocks for the quilt. Of course because we are all sewing from all around
"BLOCK FIVE"Welcome to week five of the "PRAIRIE MEADOW"Sew Along!Join me here each week when I will be doing tutorials on the blocks for the quilt. Of course because we are all sewing from all around
Aurifil 50wt Cotton Italian Thread on 220 yards spools. Comes in a set of 10 different colors: 2230 - 2437 - 2562 - 2318 - 2325 - 2850 - 5008 - 2847 - 2840 - 2888Lori will be having a Prairie Meadow Sew Along featuring her Prairie Line. It will be hosted over on Lori Holt's blog, A Bee in my Bonnet. The Sew Along will officially begin on August 29, 2022. The following information was provided by www.aurifil.com. Machine Appliqué Ideal when a very fine finish is desired. This weight disappears so your fabric is the feature. Use for a straight stitch, small zig zag , Blind hemming stitch , and Blanket stitch. Machine Embroidery Great results every time. Use 50wt in the bobbin as well, or your regular bobbin thread – in which case tighten the top tension a little. Use a Microtex 80/12 needle. Machine piecing Gives a great result with a nice flat seam every time. Machine quilting Use for very detailed machine quilting with a lot of back tracking such as feathers and heavy background quilting . Perfect for quilting that creates texture when you don’t necessarily want to see the quilting lines. Use the same thread in the bobbin and a Sharp/Microtex, quilting or even denim needles 80/12. Longarm quilting Perfect for creating texture where you don’t want the thread to be a feature. Backgrounds, stitch in the ditch, basting quilts, whole cloth quilting, micro quilting for dense background designs. Match bobbin thread. Hand Appliqué Ideal for all types of hand applique. From needle turning to using prepared shapes, the 50wt is thin and with all the colors available you can match your shape perfectly. Hand Piecing A great weight for hand piecing. Lace 50wt is a wonder for both Bobbin lace & Machine lace. NOTE: If you're going to use a finer thread when sewing with your Featherweight, be sure to use the same thread for both your upper thread and bobbin thread. Bobbin tension might need to be adjusted ever so slightly.
"BLOCK NINE"Welcome to week nine of the "PRAIRIE MEADOW"Sew Along!Join me here each week when I will be doing tutorials on the blocks for the quilt. Of course because we are all sewing from all around
"BLOCK FIVE"Welcome to week five of the "PRAIRIE MEADOW"Sew Along!Join me here each week when I will be doing tutorials on the blocks for the quilt. Of course because we are all sewing from all around
"The Big Finish!" Welcome to the final post of the "PRAIRIE MEADOW" Sew Along! Even though this sew along is over you may be just getting started so no worries because you will find everything that I posted weekly right here on my blog and you can follow my tutorials any time each week that is convenient for you. Simply scroll down and click on the links for each post. Prairie Meadow Quilt 68" x 85" The quilt was made with my fabric collection called Prairie... I hope that you all have all received your fabric kits by now. If you still need one ... just do a quick google search for "Prairie Meadow Quilt Kit" to find shops who still have some left. We are also using the Prairie Meadow Sew Simple Shapes I first posted the "BEE PREPARED" post which details all of the supplies for the sew along and how it works. I have also given the link there for the free PDF Download of the Sew Along Guide CLICK HERE to download the sew along guide. It's very important to watch my Week One/Block One video tutorial because everything I show you in block one pertains to all the rest of the blocks. Things such as tips on sewing... shaping and turning all of your appliqués as well as the entire process of laying out the block. I also explain about sewing the scrappy background. If you have not watched it please CLICK HERE CLICK HERE to read my blog tutorial for BLOCK TWO CLICK HERE to read my tutorial for BLOCK THREE CLICK HERE to read my tutorial for BLOCK FOUR CLICK HERE to read my tutorial for BLOCK FIVE CLICK HERE to read my tutorial for BLOCK SIX CLICK HERE to read my tutorial for BLOCK SEVEN CLICK HERE to read my tutorial for BLOCK EIGHT CLICK HERE to read my tutorial for BLOCK NINE CLICK HERE to read my tutorial for BLOCK TEN CLICK HERE to read my tutorial for BLOCK ELEVEN CLICK HERE to read my tutorial for BLOCK TWELVE There you go! All of the links to each and everything that I posted during this sew along Now onto the finished quilt:) Okay! Now that the backing fabric is here and my dear friend Juli Stubbs did her magic and quilted my quilt so beautifully... I can finally show you my finished quilt as it hangs in my quilty cottage home! I finally had some decent natural lighting to take photos... so I'm going to let the photos do the talking! But first I just wanted to let you know that I took a close up of each block and the borders so that you could see the lovely quilting:) I hope that you enjoy the many photos that I'll be showing you. I'm completely in love with this quilt! Here we go!... Thanks so much for coming along with me on this Prairie journey! I just can't tell you how happy I am that my quilt is finished and hanging on my wall:) My next Sew Simple Shapes Sew Along is Calico Garden made with my newest collection CALICO You can find my BEE PREPARED post for that on next Monday January 9th, 2023 I'll tell you all about it then!! xx Lori Other Places to find me: @Beelori1 Instagram Lori Holt/YouTube Bee in my Bonnet Company
