Welcome to Week 6... Here are the four blocks that we just finished... YaY! Click on these links if you are just joining in: Week 1 Week 2 Week 3 Week 4 Week 5 We used the FRUIT SALAD Sew Simple Shapes and I made 2 more blocks using the same set for this weeks tutorials:) Here are blocks 7 and 8. I had to do them out of order but now here they are!! Let's start with BLOCK SEVEN Here are all of my pieces... sewn and shaped:) The templates from the set used for this block are: 4 - C-1 1 - C-3 8 - C-4 8 - C-7 4 - C-8 1 - C-15 Cut 4 - 2 1/2" long 1/4" wide stems from your spool and sew your pinwheel background block:) Start by centering the large circle and then the circle for the center of that! Now you can arrange the 8 flower petals. Use your ruler for spacing and pin before glue basting:) Use the 12 1/2" Trim-It Ruler to center everything and to see how far in to glue baste your pieces. I placed my heart 3 1/2" in from the corner like this. The circles in-between are 2" in from the edge. All ready to applique! I love this cheerful block with yellow heart flowers and a red daisy in the center:) Now it's time for BLOCK EIGHT Here are the Fruit Salad Shapes that I used for this one: 4 - C-1 5 - C-3 8 - C-4 8 - C-5 4 - C-8 1 - C-14 Cut 4 - 3 1/2" long 1/4" wide stems and 4 - 2 1/2" long 1/4" wide stems from your spool and sew your pinwheel background block. I used my ruler to see where I could place all of the pieces and to see what the finished block size will look like:) Just like block seven... I placed the 2 circles in the center first. I measured 2 3/4" in from the corners and placed my blue flowers. The cleavage in the heart measures 2" from the side edge of the fabric background. Once the flowers and hearts are basted... It's easy to fill in the space with the leaves. The larger leaves go on the bottom and the smaller on top:) Ready for applique! I love the double leaves on this block and how the stems on the hearts make them into flowers:) Okay cute people... that's it for today's tutorial. Next up will be blocks from my fourth set of Sew Simple Shapes...Bee Happy! I just may sneak a tutorial in before next week because I want to get all of my blocks finished before my Autumn Love Sew Along starts on the 20th of August:) See you soon! xx Lori SaveSave