GO! Ahead and Show Some Love Blog Hop ***Giveaway CLOSED****

The Blog hop starts today, and Marjorie and I are the first ones up.
Don't forget to visit all the others blogs this week too!

Here is the line up!!!

February 13th

Marjorie (Marjorie Busby, quilter)

Ariane (Ariane's Crafts)

February 14th

Connie (Quilting by the River)

Linda (Living 4 Quilting)

February 15th

Lisa Marie (Scraps of Life)
Marilyn (North Hills Quilters)

February 16th

Alicia (Heirloom Quilting)
Marjorie (Marjorie's Busy Corner)

February 17th

Sharon (Crazee Corners)
Jacque (Lilypad Quilting)

February 18th

Stacey (Driving Miss Stacey)
Tracey (The Peony Teacup)
Paulette (Sweet P Quilting and Creations)

I've prepared this for a few weeks now.

I wanted to use Accuquilt GO! dies that a lot of you might already have.

You will need the circle die,

and the 5 inch square die.

I'm going to show you a very simple block that can be made with any of the circles on the circle die.

It's the half-circle pinwheel appliqued block.

This block can be used to make many different items.

Let's start!!!


Take your red and white/cream scraps out.

Instruction for the 5 inch unfinished block.

1) You will need to cut 2, 2.5 inch squares of the same red fabric.

You can also use the value die to cut the 2.5 inch red blocks.

 Iron fusible web on the back of the two red squares.

You can see in the image that I have 2 pairs of red squares.

2) Once you have ironed the fusible web to the red squares,

align your red squares over the smallest 2 inch circle on the circle die.

Cover the die with your cutting mat and crank the die through the machine.

3) You will have some nice perfectly cut circles.

4) Now take these circles to your cutting board and cut them in half.

Next Step......

1) Cut your 5 inch background squares using the 5 inch square die.

2) Bring a cut square to your ironing board.

You will iron you square in half with wrong sides together.

3) Then, fold in half again and iron without going over your first ironed crease.

4) When you open up your square, you should have the creases showing like in image #4.

Next.....

You will then take your half circles, remove the paper backing from them and lay them out on you block using the creases as guides.

Your blocks should look like the ones above.

Iron the half circles to your background fabric.

Then take these blocks to your sewing machine and zig-zag stitch all around the edges.

You can also use a button hole stitch or some other decorative stitch.

Now....what to make with these blocks.

A simple needle case would be so handy.

1) Sew your pinwheel block to another plain 5 inch background square.

Iron the seam open

2) You should now have a piece 9.5 X 5 inches.

3) For the inside of your needle case you need to cut a main piece 9.5 X 5 inches in background fabric,

Then a red piece of fabric for the pockets 9.5 X 6.5 inches.

You will iron the red fabric in half to form the pocket.

4) Lay the red pocket fabric over the background fabric and stitch a pocket line in the centre, then one 2 inches from the centre. Then baste stitch 1/8 th inch around the outer edge of the pocket.

5) Lay your inside piece over a piece of batting. 

The batting should be just a bit bigger then you inner piece.

Cut a 3 inch piece of ribbon and baste stitch it to the centre of the left side.

6) Lay the outer piece right sides together over the inside piece.

Pin in place.

7) Sew a 1/4 inch seam all around the edge of your fabric.

Leave about a 2 inch opening to allow for turning.

Make sure you back stitch at the beginning and ending stitches.

8)Trim your batting off and clip the corners.

9) Turn you needle case through the opening.

10) Iron your needle case and the opening to prepare for top stitching.

11) Top stitch using a scant 1/8 inch seam.

12) Cut an 4 X 8 inch piece of felt.
 Center the felt on the inside of the needle case.
Pin in place.
Flip over the needle case,
 and using the seam between the outer blocks stitch down the centre seam to secure the felt.

13) Add a matching button to the back.


You are now done!!!!!


I hope you like this tutorial.
If you have any questions, please let me know.

I'll have more ideas for this block in the next few days.
So please keep coming back.

Now, if you have made it this far down, you are in luck.
I'm giving away the above needle case to one lucky person.


Just leave a comment for a chance to win!!!


The giveaway winner will be announced on Friday!!


Winner is....

Jan said...

How cute is that, and you make it so simple! Thanks much!

February 13, 2012 11:38 AM 

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