FAIRYTALE PUMPKINS SEW ALONG – WEEK 1

Welcome to week ONE of our FAIRYTALE PUMPKINS sew along! This sew along will last 5 weeks, but remember: always work at your own pace! Susan from @thefeltedpear will be hosting over in our Facebook Group, so be sure to join us there, as well. We are an encouraging community!

If you are still trying to decide which of the versions of FAIRYTALE PUMPKINS you want to make, check out our previous blog post to read a bit more about the sampler (“day” AND “night” versions), table runner, and mini quilt.

FABRIC REQUIREMENTS

Sampler – Cream Version/”Day”

For the Blocks:

• (8-10) orange print FQ
• (2) grey print FQ
• (2) green print FQ
• (1) yellow/tangerine print FQ
• (1) black print FQ

Diamond Sashing:

• (4) black print FQ

Background Prints:

• (8) cream print FQ -or- (5) 1/2 yd. cream prints

Background Solid:

• 1 7/8 yds. ivory solid

Border:

• 3/4 yd. small ivory print

Backing:

• 4 yds.

Binding:

• 5/8 yd. black floral print

Sampler – Grey Ghost Version/”Night”

For the Blocks:

• (8-10) cream print FQ
• (2) black print FQ
• (2) green print FQ
• (1) tangerine print FQ
• (1) cream print FQ

Diamond Sashing:

• (2) orange print FQ
• (2) cream print FQ

Background Solid:

• 3 5/8 yd. grey solid – we used Bella Solid in DRIFTWOOD

Backing:

• 4 yds.

Binding:

• 5/8 yd. orange print

Table Runner

For the Blocks:

• (4) orange print FQ
• (1) grey print FQ
• (2) green print FQ
• (1) yellow/tangerine print FQ
• (1) black print FQ

Diamond Sashing:

• 1/2 yd. black print

Background Solid:

• 1 1/2 yd. small cream print

Border:

• 1/2 yd. orange print

Backing:

• 1 3/4 yd.

Binding:

• 1/2 yd. black print

Mini Quilt

For the Block:

• (4) 1/8 yd. orange print
• (1) 1/8 yd. grey print
• (2) 1/8 yd. green print
• (1) 1/8 yd. tangerine print
• (1) 1/8 yd. black print

Diamond Sashing:

• 1/4 yd. black print

Background Solid:

• 1/2 yd. small cream print

Border:

• 1/4 yd. orange print

Backing:

• 1 yd.

Binding:

• 1/4 yd. black print

SEW ALONG SCHEDULE

IMPORTANT NOTE: Given all of the options and versions possible, I formatted the pattern a bit differently than normal. Please take some time to read over your pattern before diving in.

With that…here we go!

SQUAT PUMPKINS

If you are making the “day”/”night” sampler, you will need to make the following variations:

• SQUAT PUMPKIN w/ BLOOM [x1 as directed + x1 with stem & bloom reversed] – pages 7-8
• SQUAT PUMPKIN w/ DOUBLE BLOOM [x1] – page 9
• SQUAT PUMPKIN w/ BLOOM & LEAF [x1] – pages 9-10

If you are making the mini quilt OR the table runner, you will need to make the following variation:

• SQUAT PUMPKIN w/ BLOOM & LEAF [x1] – pages 9-10

My advice here is to cut your blocks week-by-week, and even possibly one-by-one, to avoid confusing your cut fabrics with each other. I will let you know that the SQUAT PUMPKIN blocks are the most “complex” in the whole quilt. We put these at the beginning, so if you need to break down the sew along schedule further – in the case of the sampler versions – you have that option.

DIAMOND SASHING

Another tip, if you can, would be to work ahead on your square-in-a-square blocks for the diamond sashing between the pumpkin rows. Doing a little each week will make assembly smoother in week 4!

NEXT WEEK

I’ll see you right back here for week 2 of our FAIRYTALE PUMPKINS SEW ALONG!

-Joanna