"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 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 As per the sew along guide cutting instructions you should have everything for your Block Four all cut and ready to go! Here is my Block Four Kit Everything is all cut... all traced and ready:) You can also sew 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 Four: 4 - N-10 4 - N-12 4 - N-27 8 - N-31 8 - N-45 1 - N-49 4 - N-55 4 - N-58 You will need to cut 4 - 2 1/2" long and 4 - 3 1/2" long of prepared 1/4" straight bias strips for the stems Here are all of my Block Four shapes sewn...trimmed and clipped. Before turning... you will need to clip the cleavage of the stars and the inner curves in the flowers:) All turned...shaped and pressed... I just need to cut my stems:) I pre-glued the circles onto the flowers and onto the stars as well. I glued the four leaf shapes around the outside of the center circle before laying them out onto the background for pinning. You know the drill by now! I pinned this circle first in the center onto the background. I pinned it down but made sure not to glue the outer edges down yet because I wanted to be able to tuck all 8 stems underneath first. Next I did the stems for the star flowers. Remember to use your sewn seams from the background to line these up! The stems measure 2" long from the center circle to the bottom cleavage of the star. The tips of stars is 1 1/2" from the edge of the background. I placed the leaves on each side at the bottom of the stem 1/4" away from the bottom star points. I measured 3 1/2" diagonally from the corners of the background and placed to the inner curve of the flower. The stems measure 2 3/4" long from the center circle to the bottom inner curve of the flower. I placed the tall leaves at the bottom of each side of the stem and centered them between the flowers and star leaves. Then I glued everything!! I love the tall leaves with the flowers and the shorter leaves with the stars:) This is really a fun block to make! YaY!! That is my BLOCK FOUR tutorial:) BLOCK FOUR 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. And now we have four Prairie Meadow Blocks completed... and I'm kind of in love!! Thanks for joining me on this Prairie journey once again this week for the Prairie Meadow Sew Along I'll meet you right back here next week for the Block Five tutorial... xx Lori Other Places to find me: @Beelori1 Instagram Lori Holt/YouTube Bee in my Bonnet Company