"BIRD HOUSE BLOCK"
Welcome to week threeof the
"HOME TOWN"
Sew Along!
Do you have all of your "tools"
together for building a house today?
Together we are making the
Home Town Quilt
75" x 84"
The quilt is made with my fabric
collection called Home Town:)
I hope that you all have all
receivedyour
fabric kits by now...
and that we are all ready to begin!!
If you still need one ...
just do a quickgoogle search for
"Home Town Quilt Kit"
to find shops who still have some left.
We are also using the
Home Town
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
to download the sew along guide
if you have not downloaded yet.
As per usual for the first block in my
Sew Simple Shape Sew Alongs
that FIRST tutorial is a video.
Because I now have my own
I have posted the
Flag House Block
Tutorial there.
to visit my channel and watch the
tutorial and I hope that you love it!
Pretty please leave me a comment
over there and let me know:)
If you like what yousee
and my other videos there...
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CLICK HERE
for the tutorial!
Pineapple House Block
CLICK HERE
for that tutorial:)
Here's the Sunflower House Block
that I showed you
how to make last time:)
CLICK HERE
for that tutorial
Today we arebuilding the
Bird House!!
Here is a list of the
Home Town
Sew Simple Shapes
needed for this block:
1 - Q-1
1 - Q-4
1 - Q-7
1 - Q-9
1 - Q-14
5 - Q-17
1 - Q-19
1 - Q-20
1 - Q-22
1 - Q-23
1 - Q-50
1 - Q-51
1 - Q-63
You will need prepared
1/4" straight bias strips:
*2 - for the bird legs - 1 1/2" long
*2 - for tree branches - 1 3/4" long
after one end is pressed under.
You will need a prepared 3/8"
straight strip for above
the side addition roof trim
it should measure 5 1/2" long
after one end is pressed under.
You will need prepared
1/2" straight bias
*2 - for the tree trunks
one should measure 5" long
and the other should measure 3" long
after just one end is pressed under.
*1 forthe chimney top
it should measure 2" after
both ends are pressed under
You will need a 1" prepared
straightbias strip for the front porch.
Press both ends under and
it should now measure 2 1/2" long after.
Cut your background
14" x 16"
and sew it to the 3 1/2" x 16" grass
pressing the seams open.
Now press in half for
pinning and glue basting your block:)
Okay let's get started!!
Before you sew the Q-50 Bird shape
you will need to sew these fabrics together.
Use a 1/4" seam allowance and sew the
square for the beak on the top left side.
Press the seams open.
You can tell exactly where
the beakneeds to go...
now sew the shape as per usual!
Sew all the rest of the shapes and trim.
Before turning clip the cleavage areas
in the trees... shrubs...
chimneyand the bird.
All turned...shaped and pressed:)
I glued some of the shapestogether
before pinning them to the design board.
I glued the strip on top of the chimney
and the roof on top of the side addition.
I glued the short trunk behind the
left tree and it measures 2 1/4" long.
I glued the tall trunk 3" down from
the top of theright tree and tucked the
side branches underneath the trunk.
I also glued the bird wing and legs.
I glued the roof onto the house
and together they measure 9 1/2" tall.
I glued the chimney on top of the house 1 /2" in from the right and it
measures 2 1/2" above the roofline.
I glued the topper onto the door and
I also glued the front porch about
1/4" up onto the bottom of the door.
Together it now measures 6" tall.
I used my ruler to keep everything straight.
Back view:)
Next place the house onto your background. This house IS NOT in the center but the left side of the chimney is! Use your center pressed crease to line it up...and place the bottom of house 3/4" into the grass.
Now it's time to build a
side addition to our house!
It should measure 3" wide after
tucking it under the side right side
and be even with the house bottom.
I tucked the tree trunk under the top
of the new addition so that the top
of the tree is 1/4" taller than the roof
and the left side of tree trunk is
1 3/4" away from the right side of house.
Next I placed the door 5/8" in
from the left side of house.
The bottom of the DOOR (not porch)
lines upwith the bottom of the house.
Now let's install the windows!
I placed the windows 2" up from the bottom of the house and 1/2" in from the
right side of house and the
right side of the door.
Top row of windows are spaced 3 /4"
apartfrom the bottom row.
I measured up 2 1/4"
from the bottom of the addition and
1/2" in from the right side of house
and installed the last window.
I planted the shrubs 1/4"
down on the bottom of the house:)
Now let's plant the other tree
on the left side of the house!
The tree trunk is planted 1 1/4"
from the side of the house
and is 1/4" down into the grass.
Now it's time for the bird
to fly up on the rooftop!
Tuck his legs underneath the roof
and about 1/2" in from edge.
Sunbonnet Sue says that it
should measure 12" tall
from the tip of the wing to the
TOP of the front porch:)
Now you can Sue Glue everything down
and then check your measurements
using the 14 1/2" Trim-It Ruler.
YaY!
My Bird House is built... and
it's ready for applique!!!!
Afterwards I'll press from the back and
trim down to 14 1/2" square:)
I included a house with trees and
a birdbecause that was simply my childhood:)
We had lots of trees to climb in my yard
and climb them I did!!
When you have a lot of trees...
you have a lot of birds
and I loved watching them and feeding them
and listening to their songs...
(and I still do)
Thanks so much for sewing with meagain
todayand for joining me
for the third week of the
Home Town Sew Along
5" Home Town Pieced Blocks
#2 - #15 - #28 - #35
I did the second tutorial
for the 5" Home Town Pieced Blocks
on my Youtube channel yesterday.
These are the four blocks made with the
called for prints in the guide
that you will need to make for our quilt.
These blocks are easy and fun to make
and in this video I talk about
how I'm cutting the fabric to
make the quilt for my bed
that I told you about in the
first pieced block video.
I also explain exactly how many blocks
I'll be making and what size
my bed quilt will be.
to watch the video:)
And I also did another
10" bonus block as well
for my table runner project:)
I will continue the tutorials twice
weeklyduring the sew alongs that we
can be making our pieced blocks
in-between the applique blocks!
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and have hit the notification bell
you will be notified immediately
as soon as each video tutorial is
published and on my way from my
sewing room to yours!!
I'll meet you right back here
on my blog this Friday for the
Tulip House Block tutorial...
xx
Lori
