Hidden Stars Sew Along Weeks 9&10!!

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5 years ago

The last 2 weeks of the sew along are here!!! Weeks 9&10 are all about Block and Quilt Top assembly! I'll be doing a Facebook Live video in the Facebook Group on Wednesday (that's tomorrow!) starting at 7pm Central. As always, you can leave notes in the Facebook Group if you can't make it live and I'll be there to answer them! I'll be covering how to make design boards and how to web piece the block and quilt top!

Here's what you'll need for Weeks 9&10:

All the units you have created in the previous weeks!
RECOMMENDED TOOLS:
- Clover Fork Pins
- Design Boards (see the end of this post for the supply list needed to make your own!)

For the sew along, I will be showing the quilt in Prettiful Posies by Designs by Sarah J. You can purchase your own fat eighth bundle from Serendipity Woods here if you would like your quilt to look like mine.

Block Assembly Tips:

Sort all the units so that the same fabrics are together to make a block. Make sure to check the orientation of the units. If it's wrong on the design board, you will sew it together wrong!

I stack about 5 blocks right on top of each other on a design board. Then I use another design board to hold another 5 blocks. Repeat until all the blocks are laid out on design boards!

I use a combination of chain piecing and web piecing to sew each set together. I'm calling the group of 5 blocks on each design board a set. New to web piecing? Check out my tutorial, I web piece everything I can now!
I keep each block webbed together. But I do cut the blocks apart as shown below.

After you have web pieced your rows, I take my sewn rows to the ironing board, keeping the block still webbed together. Press the seams according to the pattern.

Using your fork pins, pin the 2 seams that nest together to sew the rows together. The fork pins on either side of the seam, and I sew straight through the pin. I know people tell you not to sew through your pins, but I don't have issues with this pin at all! Repeat for all blocks and all rows.

Use your design wall to lay out your entire quilt top. Sew the quilt top together using web piecing. Yes, the entire top!

Can you believe you are almost done?! This is my favorite part because the quilt top comes together so quickly!

Do you have any questions? Ask me in my Facebook Group!

If you missed the Sew Along, purchase the pattern from my shop and join the Facebook Group! All my Facebook Live videos are still there for you to check out and sew along! Plus I'll be there for all of your questions!

Check out the previous weeks' blog post here!

Share your progress with #HiddenStarsSAL

To make your own Design Boards, you will need the following:

Foam Board
Hot Glue Gun
Batting the size of the board
Spare/Extra binding strips!

Basic instructions:

Cut the Foam Board to the desired size.
Hot glue the edges of the batting to the foam board, trim any excess batting overhanging the foam board.
Use the binding strips to make double fold bias strips. Sew a zigzag stitch down the middle of the strip to secure the edges on the inside.
Hot glue the strip around the edge of the foam board!

Join me again on Friday for Friday Foto Fun! Link up and share your progress on your own projects!