Spelling Bee Quilt along with the Fat Quarter Shop and a Mini {Tutorial}

Welcome to my first turn on the

"Spelling Bee Saturday" Quilt Along 

with Lori Holt and The Fat Quarter Shop.

"Spelling Bee" 

is Lori's 4 book and has 100 letter, number, punctuation
and picture blocks in two sizes, 12" and 6" PLUS it has 18 Quilt Projects.

This week we are working on the Apple and the Bee and I get to share my Apple with you.

  

You will be needing the book, which is available from the Fat Quarter Shop for the instructions.

 I decided to make a total of four apples and turn them into a little mat to sit under our fruit bowl.

I am using my favourite Bonnie and Camille fabrics and dived into my scrap baskets.

If you would like to make your own Apple mat the simple directions are below.

You will need to make four 6" Apple Blocks as per the instructions in Lori's book "Spelling Bee".

Background Fabric

Cut Four (4) - 2" x 6.5" rectangles

Cut Two (2) - 1" x 14" rectangles

Cut Two (2) - 1" x 15" rectangles

Centre print Fabric

Cut One (1) - 2" x 2" Square

Border Fabric

Cut Two (2) - 3" x 15' rectangles

Cut Two (2) - 3" x 20" rectangles

You will also need: -

22" Square of Backing Fabric

22" Square of Batting or Parlan.

90" binding.

 (Parlan is a thin fusible Batting. I use it for all of my smaller makes like this.)

Lay your four apple blocks out in a pleasing manner and sew the 2" x 6.5" rectangles and the 2" square as pictured below. Press.

Sew the units together in section of two, as pictured. Press.

Then sew the two larger units together to form the one square.

Your mat at this stage will measure 14" square.

Press.

To each side sew a 1" x 14" of the background fabric. Press.

Sew the 1" x 15" rectangles of the background fabric to the top and bottom. Press.

Adding your border.

To each side sew a 3" x 15" rectangle of border fabric. Press.

Now sew the 3" x 20" rectangles of border fabric to the top and bottom. Press.

Layer and quilt as desired.

Attach your binding and you are all finished.

Here is the schedule of Quilters, be sure to visit their Blogs and / or Instagram accounts to see what they are up to and don't forget to go an visit Joanne (Cottonjo on Instagram) to see her Bee Block.

• Saturday, 10/7 – Melanie (A Bit of Scrap Stuff) and Amanda (Jedi Craft Girl)
• Saturday, 10/14 – Kristie (crosshatchquilts on Instagram)
• Saturday, 10/21 – Melissa C. (Happy Quilting Melissa)
• Saturday, 10/28 – Sharon (Lilabelle Lane) and Joanna (cottonjo on Instagram) 
• Saturday, 11/4 – Holly (holly_draney on Instagram) and Debbie (Happy Little Cottage)
• Saturday, 11/11 – Jennie P. (Clover & Violet) and Megan (Quilt Story)
• Saturday, 11/18 – Heidi G. (Buttons and Butterflies) and Pam (Pam Kitty Morning)
• Saturday, 11/25 – Anorina (Samelia’s Mum) and Heidi G. (Buttons and Butterflies)
• Saturday, 12/2 – Taunja (Carried Away Quilting) and Cynthia (dreamquiltcreate on Instagram)
• Saturday, 12/9 – Taunja (Carried Away Quilting) and Cynthia (dreamquiltcreate on Instagram)
• Saturday, 12/16 – Cynthia (dreamquiltcreate on Instagram) and Charise (Charise Creates)
• Saturday, 12/23 – Melanie (A Bit of Scrap Stuff) and Jennie P. (Clover & Violet)
• Saturday, 12/30 – Heidi G. (Buttons and Butterflies) and Jennie T. (Porch Swing Quilts)
• Saturday, 1/6 – Kerry (Very Kerry Berry) and Kristyne (Pretty by Hand)
• Saturday, 1/20- Jodi (Pleasant Home) and Kristi (crosshatchquilts on Instagram) 
• Saturday, 1/13 – Kim (Persimon Dreams) and Joanna (cottonjo on Instagram)
• Saturday, 1/27 – Melanie (A Bit of Scrap Stuff) and Melissa C. (Happy Quilting Melissa)
• Saturday, 2/3 – Jodi (Pleasant Home) and Pam (Pam Kitty Morning)
• Saturday, 2/10 – Megan (Quilt Story) and Jina (Jina Barney Designz)
• Saturday, 2/17 – Kerry (Very Kerry Berry) and Taunja (Carried Away Quilting)
• Saturday, 2/24 – Cassie Putney (sewstitchinghappy on Instagram)
• Saturday, 3/3 – Christopher (The Tattooed Quilter) and Jacque (Lily Pad Quilting)
• Saturday, 3/10 – Elizabeth (In the Boon Docks) and Jacque (Lily Pad Quilting)
• Saturday, 3/17 – Melissa L. (Oh How Sweet) and Nadra (Ellis & Higgs)
• Saturday, 3/24 – Sherri (A Quilting Life) and Sondra (Out of the Blue Quilts)
• Saturday, 3/31 – Connie (Freemotion by the River) and Amanda (Jedi Craft Girl)
• Saturday, 4/7 – Pam (Pam Kitty Morning) and Charise (Charise Creates)
• Saturday, 4/14 – Kim (Persimon Dreams) and Kerry (Very Kerry Berry)
• Saturday, 4/21 – Sharon (Lilabelle Lane) and Jina (Jina Barney Designz)
• Saturday, 4/28 – Christopher (The Tattooed Quilter) and Jennie T. (Porch Swing Quilts)
• Saturday, 5/5 – Sinta (Pink Pincushion) and Jina (Jina Barney Designz)
• Saturday, 5/12 – Melissa L. (Oh How Sweet) and Heidi S. (Fabric Mutt)
• Saturday, 5/19 – Sinta (Pink Pincushion) and Pat (Pat Sloan’s Blog)
• Saturday, 5/26 – Sinta (Pink Pincushion) and Amy (Diary of a Quilter) 
• Saturday, 6/2 – Keera (Live Love Sew)
• Saturday, 6/9 – Connie (Freemotion by the River) and Heidi S. (Fabric Mutt)
• Saturday, 6/16 – Andy (A Bright Corner)
• Saturday, 6/23 – Sondra (Out of the Blue Quilts) and Jennie T. (Porch Swing Quilts)
• Saturday, 6/30 – Pat (Pat Sloan’s Blog) and Holly (holly_draney on Instagram) 
• Saturday, 7/7 – Greg (Greg Dogwood Studio) and Joannat (cottonjo on Instagram) 
• Saturday, 7/14 – Kristyne (Pretty by Hand) and Debbie (Happy Little Cottage)
• Saturday, 7/21 – Anorina (Samelia’s Mum) and Sherri (A Quilting Life)
• Saturday, 7/28 – Elizabeth (In the Boon Docks) and Greg (Greg Dogwood Studio)
• Saturday, 8/4 – Nadra (Ellis & Higgs) and Amy (Diary of a Quilter)

Happy Stitching,

Sharon x