Sweetest Things Sampler Block 1 Cherish Tutorial by Michelle Roberts from Creativeblonde Designed for the Sweetest Things Sampler Block 1-10 ½ square finished appliqued Sampler block Please read through all the instructions, before starting on your block x
Materials Moda Bella Solids Off White 9900 200 Bespoke Blooms Fat Quarter Bundle Honeybee Cloths 14 square of H200 Vilene interlining or fusible webbing (bondaweb) Gutermann threads colours; 1120, 802, 7012 (If you plan to Quilt As You Go, you ll also need an 11 square of wadding, and depending on which QAYG method you use, an 11 square of backing fabric please read through Quilt Construction notes for more info.) Cutting 10 ½ square* - Off white (*If you plan to Quilt As You Go, cut 11 square) 2-5 squares from the Pink flowers on Ivory 1-3 square from the Pink flowers on Pink 1-5 square from the Green 1-7 x3 rectangle for the Green checked Haberdashery items Hearts and banner templates (on page 8) Friction erasable marker pen Iron Basic sewing supplies Temporary basting glue 505 basting spray or pins Quilting ruler, rotary cutter/scissors, cutting mat Assembly Take the small pieces of cut fabrics, and fuse them to the interlining. Using the friction erasable marker, draw around each template, on the corresponding fabric please see photo below for placement
Carefully cut out these appliques, and press again, to ensure the interlining has fused, and to remove any pen markings. With a small dab of glue, baste these in place onto the 11 Ivory square, see photo below for placement
Blanket stitch each applique, using Gutermann Sulky thread, colour 1120, and thread colour 802 in the bobbin. Length of stitch 2.5, and width 3.0. Sew all loose ends through to the reverse, secure and trim.
For the smallest hearts, that fit inside the green hearts reduce your blanket stitch length to 2.0, and the width to 2.5 To embellish the banner, with the wording Cherish and to add the extra details use your friction erasable marker pen. You can either hand sew over the top of this, or use free motion quilting. To free motion quilt, drop the feed dogs on your machine, and replace the walking foot, with a quilting foot. Thread up your machine with the Gutermann metallic thread, colour 7012. Sew all the loose ends through to the reverse.
remember to use an extra piece of fabric, when pressing, to avoid your metallic thread getting too hot. Congratulations you ve finished Block 1 - Cherish If you plan to Quilt As You Go, please refer to the Quilt Construction section, and layer your quilt as required. If free motion quilting, use an open toe foot, and ensure the feed dogs on your machine are down. For straight line quilting as in the block below, a walking foot is used and feed dogs engaged. Using an erasable marker, draw a 10 centralised square onto your Off-white fabric. Mark diagonal lines, starting from bottom left to top right corner, at 2 intervals. Thread up your machine with Gutermann thread 802, stitch length 4.0.
A couple of things to bear in mind if you Quilt As You Go Quilting the more quilting on a block, the more potential for it to shrink from it s original size, so quilt evenly. If you use the 2 nd method of joining blocks, you ll need to leave a 1 margin un-quilted around the edge of your block. In preparation for joining Sampler to Irish Chain blocks, trim a sliver of each side of the Sampler square, till it measures 10.5 square. Please share your gorgeous blocks on Instagram using the hashtag #sweetestthingssampler, both myself and Dawn are so excited to see your blocks. You can find me on Instagram @creativeblonde66 and on Facebook @creativeblonde66. Come on over and visit my blog for more sewing tutorials at www.creativeblonde.co.uk Thanks for joining in with our exciting quilt-a-long Happy sewing x creativeblonde x
p.8 1 square Hearts and banner template