Knitted Blooms Quilt Along - Weeks 5 + 6

Hello and welcome back!

It's Week 5 + 6 of the Knitted Blooms Quilt Along. These two weeks are all about Block Assembly.  Before we get started, here are some helpful links that you might find handy:

• Week 1 Blog Post and Video
• Week 2 Blog Post and Video
• Weeks 3 + 4 Blog Post and Video
• Knitted Blooms Quilt Along Details
• PDF - Knitted Blooms quilt pattern 
• Paper - Knitted Blooms quilt pattern 

Week 5 + 6

This week is all about Block Assembly! It's when the magic truly starts to happen. :) You'll go through this process a little differently based on if you are making the Traditional/ 4 Color version or the Modern version. For the Modern (multi-color) version, I like to work block-by-block but for the other two versions, since all blocks are the same, I like to chain piece all rows at the same time. Let's dive in!

MINUTE MARKS:

02:00 - Seam allowances

03:53 - Laying out the rows.

04:20 - Chain piecing Row 1s 

05:20 - Pressing seams open

05:47 - Troubleshooting 

07:00 - Continuing to add rows

08:00 - Squaring up the quadrants

08:36 - Creating the Block Sashing

09:52 - Block Assembly

12:50 - Ruler trick for your quadrant seams

14:30 - Weeks 5+6 prizes

WEEK 5 + 6 HIGHLIGHTS:

• Your Rows and Small Flower Unit should fit together like a puzzle. If not, your seam allowance was likely off somewhere in the process. Refer to the measurements within the pattern to double check that your seam allowance is where you need it to be. It's always better to be a little more scant than a little too big with your seam allowance because you can square up your edges at the end if you need to. If your row is going to over-hang a little bit, it's best to have it do so along the edge of where your block is so that you can square it up later. 

• Keep the pattern close by and refer to the diagrams to make sure your rows down get rotated incorrectly. 
• If you are making the Modern version, remember to keep your pieces in piles like you've been doing from the previous weeks. Remember that these piles have Groups A, B and C so you'll want to keep everything together and organized. Group A is the Main Flowers, so that's the Rows 1-8, Group B is the Small Flowers and Group C is the Flower Center.

• Back-stitch the beginning of any seams that will be around the perimeter of your blocks. This will help them keep from unraveling when you go to sew your blocks together.
• Use pins to align fabric intersections and keep rows from shifting as you are sewing; especially for Rows 3+5 and also Rows 4+6.

• You shouldn't need to square up your quadrants too much. I will sometimes have a couple of areas where I have some teeny tiny bits of fabric that need to be trimmed away. Since the Background fabric is around the perimeter of your block, it isn't super noticeable if you need to trim something - as long as it's not too much! 
  

Week 3 + 4 Winners:

The two Week 3 + 4 Winners of the Lo & Behold goodies bundle is @kandijanke + @brandylfarmer ! Yay! Send us an email and we'll get you your prizes asap!

 

Week 5 + 6 Prizes: 

• Gretchen Quinn pottery mug of your choice
• Puzzle of your choice by Victoria Ball
• Your choice of pre-made binding from Bessie Pearl

To enter:

• Your Instagram account must be public for us to see your entry. 
• Take a progress photo of this week's progress. Please make sure that your photo does not include any part of the pattern pages. That is for your eyes only!
• Share the photo to Instagram.
• Use the hashtags #KnittedBloomsQuilt, #LoAndBeholdPatterns, and #KnittedBloomsQAL in the caption.
• Tag @LoAndBeholdStitchery in the photo.

The winner will be shared in the Week 8 blog post!

That's all for now! Thanks for joining along. I'll see you in two weeks for Week 5. :)

Additional Resources

• Newsletter Sign Up
• Knitted Blooms Quilt Along Info
• Knitted Blooms Quilt Along Week 1
• Knitted Blooms Quilt Along Week 2
• Blog Post: Testing Your Seam Allowance
• Blog Post: Sewing with a Scant 1/4"

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