Patchsmith Sampler Block 18 - Fruit Bowl

Block 18 - Fruit Bowl

This week’s block – Fruit Bowl - builds upon the quick corners we learned earlier in the sew-along although the quick corners in this block are quite small. 

Although there is no real matching of seams in this block do take your time when stitching the pear together as you want the top and bottom sections to meet neatly.   I didn’t take care with my ¼” seam allowance and my pear didn’t meet up exactly ......

The top and bottom sections of my pear didn't meet neatly

..... so I restitched it. 

Summer Fruit Bowl

But this is just me being fussy so don’t worry if your pear is a little wonky. The most important thing in this sew-along is to have fun and to enjoy the fruits of your labour.

And just because I used two apples and one pear doesn't mean you have to. You could use purple fabric for the apples and turn them into plums or have a bowl of three pears, or two pears and one apple. This is your fruit bowl - you get to choose.  

I look forward to seeing your fruit bowls over on the Instagram (#block18fruitbowl) or in the Flickr Group.  Until then .......