Good morning cute people! Today I'm going to show you how to make this block in the Sew Simple Shapes Series This is one of the first blocks that I designed with the BLOOM set ... and because it's also a 12" block I thought it would be fun to add to the quilt. Grab you BLOOM set and let's get started! You will need: 1 - A23 9 - A1 1 - A2 8 - A10 4 - A18 And cut 4 - 3" prepared stems from your spool Choose your fabrics and sew your shapes... And your block background. If you are just joining us... you will need to CLICK HERE for week one tutorial where I detail all of these steps:) *FYI* On the A-23 shape you will need to make a clip in all 4 cleavage areas. Clip right to your sewing line... but not into it or past it. This is so your shape will lie flat. Prepare all of your applique shapes using the turning tool. This step is important so don't underestimate how useful this tool is:) I stitched my leaves just like I did in last weeks block. Now we can lay them all out onto the background:) Start with the center flower... And add the two circles:) Before adding your flowers... glue baste the center circles... Like this!! Now it will be easier because they are each one piece. I use my 12 1/2" Trim-It Ruler to see how far into the corner I can place the flower without sewing over it or cutting it off when trimming. I ended up placing the bottom edge of the flower 2 3/4" from the edge of the yellow flower in the center. And that ends up being 2 3/4" from the corner too:) Awesome! Glue baste your stem down like this... And finish up the other 3. Now for the measurements of the other pieces... Coral circles are 3/4" from the center flower like this. The leaf tips are 2 1/4" from the edge of the background. And they are 1 1/4" from the center flower... And there is 1/2" between the red flower and leaves. Pin everything down into your design board and glue baste into place. Let it dry for a few minutes:) That 1/4" aqua strip around all 4 edges of the ruler is the seam allowance and everything inside is what your block will look like at its finished size... easy peasy right? I don't trim my blocks up until they're ready to go into the quilt. Now it's time to applique this sweet and happy block:) Fun and Done!!! Now onto the next block made with the BLOOM set:) Here are the shapes you will need: 1 - A1 1 - A2 4 - A9 8 - A10 8 - A11 Cut 4 - 5" long prepared stems from your spool. Choose your fabrics... and sew!! There are no cleavage areas or inner curves to clip. Simply shape them and embroider your leaves if you want to:) After placing your two center circles... measure 4 1/2" from the edge and pin your top leaf. That means they are about 2 1/2" from the outside corner edge of the background. The largest leaves are 3/4" from the circle... And the medium leaves are 1/2" away from the smallest leaf. The sides of the large leaves are 1/2" from the center seam lines. Halfway there! Remember to use your ruler when laying out your pieces... it's super handy:) My block after pinning and glue basting. I love the cool blues and greens of the leaves...and just a pop of red! And then there were three! All three blocks were made with the BLOOM Sew Simple Shapes and I'll be using another set for next weeks blocks:) Here's what we have for our quilt so far... BLOCK ONE BLOCK TWO BLOCK THREE Remember that I told you last week that these other 3 blocks will be in our quilt... but they are made using my AUTUMN LOVE Sew Simple Shapes. They will not be available until July and so I'll do those tutorials then:) Happy sewing peeps! I'd love to see your blocks so make sure to use the hashtags #SewSimpleShapes and #SewSimpleShapesSeries when you post on INSTAGRAM See you here next Monday for episode three! xx Lori