Here we are at week seven in the Sew Simple Shapes Series Click on the previous weeks if you are just joining in: Week One Week Two Week Three Week Four Week Five Week Six Week Six 1/2 This week we will be making 2 blocks using the Let's Bake Sew Simple Shapes For Block 16 you will need to trace and sew the following shapes: 4 - E-10 5 - E-11 4 - E-12 4 - E-16 Cut 4 - 3" long and 4 - 4 1/2" long 1/4" wide stems from your spool. Make your pinwheel background square. The 4 - E-10 circles are for the leaves. Mark the center after tracing the circle using the lines on the template. Then use a ruler and draw 1/4" from center on both sides...or in other words...two lines 1/2" apart. Sew on the lines like this. Trim... Turn and shape:) On the E-16 shape you will need to clip the 2 cleavage areas. Pinning and glue basting is the next step:) Place the center circle first. Measure 3" in from the corner and place the blue flowers... measure in 2 3/4" in and place the red centers. The yellow tulips are placed 1 1/2" in from the side edge. Always use the ruler to line everything up:) Ready for applique! I love these tulips:) And the half circle leaves and red gingham center. BLOCK SIXTEEN Let's do block seventeen now:) Trace and sew these shapes: 5 - E-10 1 - E-11 8 - E-12 4 - E-13 8 - E-17 Cut 8 - 3 1/4" long and 1/4" wide stems from your spool. Make your pinwheel background square. The E-13 shape has inner curves that will need to be clipped. 3 clips in each inner curve will do nicely:) Place the 2 center circles first. Measure in 3" from the corner and place the yellow gingham circles. The flowers go in the center of each:) The small aqua circles are placed 1 3/4" from the side edge. Pin and glue baste the leaves 3/4" up from the bottom of the stems. Ready for applique! I love the cute little blue berries and the oval shaped leaves. And I love that the flower fit on top of the circle perfectly! (because those shapes were a frosted donut in the Let's Bake Quilt ...lol) BLOCK SEVENTEEN Next week we will have the last 3 blocks for a total of 20! Those 3 are the ones made from Autumn Love Sew Simple Shapes that I showed you in the beginning of this series:) After that I'll draw up a setting and get may blocks sewn together and quilted. Of course I will show you and give you measurements for the sashings and border as soon as I know what they will be. My goal is to have it all completed before we start the Autumn Love Sew Along on August 20th.... YAY! xx Lori