"WHEEL BARROW BLOCK" Welcome to Week Twelve of the "CALICO GARDEN" 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 Calico Garden Quilt 90" x 90" The quilt is made with my latest fabric collection called Calico... I hope that you all have all received your templates and fabric kits by now... and that we are all ready to begin!! If you still need them ... just do a quick google search for "Calico Garden Quilt Kit" to find shops who still have some left. We are also using the Calico Garden Sew Simple Shapes I have 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. As per the sew along guide cutting instructions you should have everything for your Wheel Barrow block all cut and ready to go! As per usual for week one in my Sew Simple Shape Sew Alongs the FIRST week tutorial is a video. Because I now have my own YouTube Channel I have posted the Blue Coneflower Block Tutorial there. CLICK HERE 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 you see and my other videos there... click on subscribe and click on the bell to be notified whenever I post another tutorial:) Here's my Blue Coneflower Block that I showed you how to make in my video:) CLICK HERE for the tutorial on my PURPLE CONEFLOWER BLOCK CLICK HERE to go to my tutorial for the CALICO STAR FLOWER BLOCK CLICK HERE to go to my tutorial for the Morning Glory Blocks CLICK HERE to go to my tutorial for the PRIMROSE BLOCKS CLICK HERE to go to my tutorial for the RED ROSES and MUMS BLOCK CLICK HERE to go to my tutorial for the Forget Me Not Block CLICK HERE to go to my tutorial for the PICKET FENCE and GRASS BLOCKS CLICK HERE to go to my prepping tutorial for HENS and ROOT VEGGIES CLICK HERE to go to my tutorial on the HOLLYHOCKS and RAKE and SHOVEL BLOCK CLICK HERE to go to my tutorial for the GARDEN GIRL CLICK HERE to go to my tutorial for the BEE SKEP BLOCK CLICK HERE to go to my tutorial for the TOMATOES BLOCK Last week we made the POTTING SHED BLOCK and ROOF and CHIMNEY BLOCK Click on the name of the blocks to go to these tutorials! This week we will be making the WHEEL BARROW BLOCK Here are my fabrics and Shapes for the Wheel Barrow Block all cut... all traced and ready to go! Here is a list of the Calico Garden Sew Simple Shapes needed for this block: 2 - 0-1 1 - O-2 1 - 0-7 1 - 0-8 1 - 0-11 1 - 0-12 2 - 0-16 1 - 0-21 1 - O-37 1 - O-38 1 - O-39 1 - O-45 1 - O-46 1 - O-47 3 - 0-63 For the Flower Pot - You will need a piece of 6" long prepared 1/2" straight bias. Press under both ends so that it measures 4 1/2" wide. You will also need to cut and prepare 1/4" straight bias strips for the spokes: 4 - 5" long You will need a 3 1/2" long strip of 1/2" straight bias from same print Also from this print you will need a 21" long strip of 3/4" prepared straight bias for the long handle and leg. Press one end under and cut it to measure 15 1/2" long for the handle. From the remainder, press one end under and cut the leg to measure 3 1/2" You will also need two 1/4" cut on the bias because they are curved stems for the flowers: 2 - 8" long and pressed on a curve Cut your background 14" x 22" For the flower pot you will trace the top two sections of the shape and leave the bottom section off:) When you trace the pumpkin stems trace one in reverse... And glue the 4 - 5" long strips onto your fabric square for the spokes BEFORE you sew the circle Sew Simple Shape. I used the lines on my mat to center the strips. You could easily use your 4 1/2" Trim It Ruler by placing it on the Easy Trace Light Box. When you glue them down... trim a little less than half off of one of the spokes like this. The circle will cover the raw edge:) Next sew your circle...trim and turn. After shaping and pressing it will look like this:) All of the sewn shapes in the front are the ones that need some clipping before turning. ***NOTE*** The stars will be fussy to turn and look crazy when you do! But no worries...it's do-able. This is what mine looked like before shaping and just after turning. My biggest tip is to clip the interfacing ALMOST to the points... probably 1/4" away. That way you can turn each point by kind of just opening them up if that makes sense. Use the seam roller (like how I showed you in my week one video) to shape ONE point at a time and press one point at a time until you can press the entire star and then use the clapper on them. These are all of my shapes that needed clipping... all turned and shaped and pressed and ready to go! And now the rest:) Let's go to the work table and start the prep! The first step is to glue the stems onto the pumpkins... (the shorter pumpkin has a taller stem) Glue the top onto the flower pot... the centers in the flowers and the circle into the center of spokes (leave half un-glued for handle) and then the spokes onto the wheel! It's actually a very simple layout and I was surprised how quick it was. If you use your 12 1/2" and 20 1/2" Trim-It Rulers when laying out they will help a lot to keep you with those sizes. I took a bunch of measurement pics for you to help along the way! Above pic shows that the end of the handle to end of wheel measures 18" 11" tall from the bottom of wheel to tip of star... as well as the flowers and flower pot. 8 1/4" from bottom of handle/ top of stem. 7 1/4" for the short pumpkin:) Pumpkins together are a little under 9" wide... The leg is 3" tall... And here are reference measurements for the space between the wheel...bracket and leg. Just keep in mind to keep the entire width less than 20"... because that's what it will finish at. Once you have pinned everything and you are happy with the placement... It's time to glue it all down:) Let the glue dry for a few minutes and then remove the pins. Now it's ready for applique! I love this block and I was excited to do it because it represents fall in the garden:) After you Block is appliquéd... press it from the back and use the 12 1/2" Trim-It for the height... the 20 1/2" Trim-It for width and trim it down to 12 1/2" x 20 1/2" Enjoy making your wheel barrow... pumpkins and flowers this week:) It's almost time that I will sew a few of these blocks together but not quite yet:) Just like patience makes a garden grow... it's the same for growing a quilt! Thanks so much for joining me for the Calico Garden Sew Along I'll meet you right back here on my blog next week for three block tutorials! Climbing Vine - Bee's - Garden Tools Until then... Happy Calico Garden sewing!! xx Lori Other Places to find me: @Beelori1 Instagram Lori Holt/YouTube Bee in my Bonnet Company