Summer Jubilee Sew Along Week 4
May 19, 2025
Hi Quilters,
Welcome to Week 4 of the Summer Jubilee Sew Along!
Don’t have your kit yet? No problem — get yours here, and jump into the fun!
You've done all the heavy lifting. You've made all the units and are ready to begin assembling the Rosette Blocks. Hip hip hooray!
From here on out, it's just sewing. That's the best part, am I right?
The only thing you really need to watch for now is making sure you don't flip around any pieces.
Keep reading, I have a couple of easy, quick tips to help with this.
First, I like to make an entire block first to use as a guide for my other blocks. Once I've assembled the whole block, I snap a quick photo with my phone. For some reason, I find that I'm much better able to identify any turned around pieces when I see a block in a phone. I've heard the same from many of my quilting friends.
Once I have confirmed that everything is in the right place, I hang it up over my sewing machine and use it as a guide for organizing all the pieces in my block.
Next, I like to use a tray to lay out all my pieces in the right order and with the right orientation. I still use my first block as a guide as I go, but it makes the process go faster than if I were grabbing from piles.
If you hadn't used the coloring page on page 11 of the pattern, now would be a good time to go ahead and color that in. This will help you be sure the blocks turn out exactly as you had in mind.
I hope you enjoy this week. I find this to be one of the most satisfying weeks. You have worked so hard, and now you will begin to see some real progress.
Please share pics of your blocks on the Facebook page or on Instagram. Be sure to use hashtag #SummerJubileeSAL and tag me @midlife_quilter so I don't miss it. If you have a private page, those tags don't work, but you can always send me pics in messages. Seeing your work come to life is such a joy for me!
***Now to this week's prize!***
This week's prize is a 22" x 60" wool pressing mat by Novodon. I received one of these mats earlier this year, and it has been a game changer. You can put it on a table, and it makes pressing tops so much easier.
To enter the giveaway:
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I'll be drawing a winner first thing on Monday, May 26th. Entries close at midnight, May 25th.
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See you again,
Victoria Newmyer & Art Gallery Fabrics