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Vintage Block Along - The Big Finish!! from Bee In My Bonnet

Hello and welcome back to my blog

for the big finish post

of the

Vintage Block Along

We have been sewing from my

Grandma's pattern basket for one

lovely amazing vintage year!!

We started on January 1, 2019

and today is the last post

December 31, 2019

I have loved using my

Farm Girl Vintage fabric

for this quilt throughout the year.

I have also used my Bee Backgrounds

as well for a super fun

vintage scrappy look.

So this is where we left off at the last post...

all of my sections were sewn together

and I just ...

added by Lori Holt 4 years, 12 months ago. under farm girl vintage fabric , vintage block along

Vintage Block Along - Sections Five and Six!! from Bee In My Bonnet

Welcome back to another

episode of the

Vintage Block Along

Today we are doing the final sections

of our amazing vintage quilt...

sections five and six:)

Let's get right to section five!

The blocks that you will

need are the following:

8" Spool and Bobbins

8" Leftovers

8" September Star

8" Wash Day

8" Road to Grandma's

8" Fall Social

8" Holiday Lights

8" Winter Flower

This is what this section/row looks like.

We are simply sewing all eight of the

8" Blocks together!

Of course we will need sashing...

so you will need to cut the ...

added by Lori Holt 5 years ago. under farm girl vintage fabric , vintage block along

Vintage Block Along - Sections Three and Four!! from Bee In My Bonnet

Well hello again:)

Welcome back to my

Vintage Block Along

Today we are going to put more of the

Vintage Blocks together:)

We are going to start with section three.

The Vintage Blocks that you will

need for this section are:

15" Pattern Basket

15" Around the Corner

15" Quilting Bee

15" Penny Candy

Both of the 7" Wildflower Blocks

This is what section three looks like put together:)

Section three sashings

you will need to cut:

2 - 2" x 15 1/2"

4 - 1 1/2" x 15 1/2"

1- 1 1/2" x 7 1/2"

Sew ...

added by Lori Holt 5 years ago. under farm girl vintage fabric , vintage block along

Vintage Block Along - Sections One and Two!! from Bee In My Bonnet

Hello and welcome to the

Vintage Block Along

Today we are going to

start putting the blocks together!

There are six sections total and today

I'm going to do sections one and two.

For section one you will

need the following blocks:

14" Sunday Star

14" Bear Hug

Both 7" Sparkler Blocks

14" Family Reunion

14" Parade

And finally you will need

just TWO of the 6" Rhinestone Blocks...

the other two will go into another section:)

This is what section one looks like...

or you could call it row one:)

Okay...are you ready?

First of all let ...

added by Lori Holt 5 years ago. under farm girl vintage fabric , vintage block along

Vintage Block Along - Checkers Block Tutorial!! from Bee In My Bonnet

Oh my goodness!

Can you believe that we are

on the last vintage block of the

Vintage Block Along

I have had such a special time

sewing vintage with you

and my grandma all year long:)

And it's been so fun doing it with my

Farm Girl Vintage fabric too!

Today's tutorial is easy peasy.

We need 5 blocks that finish at

3" each to fill in a

small section of the quilt...

so I chose to make the classic

9 patch vintage block

in red and white and call them

CHECKERS

Notice that there are 2 variations ...

added by Lori Holt 5 years ago. under farm girl vintage fabric , vintage block along

Vintage Block Along - Winter Flower Block Tutorial!! from Bee In My Bonnet

Welcome back for another episode of the

VINTAGE BLOCK ALONG

I'm sharing another vintage block

with you

from my Grandma's pattern basket.

I'm using Farm Girl Vintage Fabrics

and Bee Backgrounds

Last week I did a block called

Fall Flower and this week it's

WINTER FLOWER!

Grandma absolutely loved a

Pink Poinsettia!

She always had one(a HUGE one)

on the round end table in the

corner of her front room.

On that table she usually kept

a beautiful doily made by her mother

and a photo of her parents

on top and a pretty candy ...

added by Lori Holt 5 years ago. under farm girl vintage fabric , vintage block along

Vintage Block Along - Holiday Lights Block Tutorial!! from Bee In My Bonnet

Hello again!

Welcome back to the

VINTAGE BLOCK ALONG

I have another vintage pattern to share

with you from my Grandma's pattern basket.

I'm using Farm Girl Vintage Fabrics:)

Just like the last block

this is also a 4" block

but we are making 4 of them and

sewing them together to make one block:)

This is a simple traditional vintage

block and I have added the

yellow corners because I wanted to

make the little lights look like

they are glowing bright for

the holiday season.

I've named this block

HOLIDAY LIGHTS

Remember when the lights ...

added by Lori Holt 5 years, 1 month ago. under farm girl vintage fabric , vintage block along

Vintage Block Along - Fall Social Block Tutorial!! from Bee In My Bonnet

Hello again:)

Welcome back to the

Vintage Block Along

I'm sharing another vintage block

with you from my

Grandma's pattern basket.

I'm using Farm Girl Vintage fabric

and Bee Backgrounds.

In this block I also

threw in a print from my

Autumn Love fabric as well!

About todays block:

I love the changing of the seasons

as much as Grandma did.

We both especially loved fall

and the beauty that it brings.

I know I've told you that Grandma

wrote poems and I've wanted to share

one of my favorites with you...

I was just ...

added by Lori Holt 5 years, 1 month ago. under fall social block tutorial , farm girl vintage fabric , vintage block along

Vintage Block Along - Fall Flower Tutorial!! from Bee In My Bonnet

Surprise!!

I know it's Tuesday but

today is the next episode in the

Vintage Block Along:)

Guess what?

We have five blocks left to sew

(counting today's block)...

So I'm going to be posting on Tuesday

as well as my normal Thursday

for the next 5 blocks.

Because I am planning on

posting the finished quilt on

December 31st...

I want to make up for the few weeks

that I could not post

because I was sewing for market

and then out of town:)

Because we started on January 1st...

that will be one full year

of ...

added by Lori Holt 5 years, 1 month ago. under fall flower , farm girl vintage fabric , tutorials , vintage block along

Vintage Block Along - Week 36 - Wash Day Block!! from Bee In My Bonnet

Welcome back to my blog

for the next episode of the

VINTAGE BLOCK ALONG

This week I'm sharing another

vintage block with you from

my grandma's pattern basket:)

I'm using Farm Girl Vintage Fabric

and Bee Backgrounds for my blocks:)

Today's block is another classic

traditional vintage block that most

often went by the name Clay's Choice.

I've named mine WASH DAY and here's why...

you know I love blocks that

look like they are in motion

and I chose this one because

I wanted to share my memories of

being at Grandma ...

added by Lori Holt 5 years, 1 month ago. under farm girl vintage fabric , vintage block along

Vintage Block Along - Week 35 - Twirl Block!! from Bee In My Bonnet

Well hello there:)

Welcome back to the

Vintage Block Along!

Fall Quilt Market deadlines are over...

and I'm back from teaching in Arizona...

And I'm sew ready to pick up

right where we left off!

Today I'm sharing another vintage block

with you from my

Grandma's pattern basket:)

As usual I'm using

Farm Girl Vintage fabric

and a Bee Background:)

I like the way that this block

looks like it's turning...

and I tried to think of a memory

about my grandma that I could

relate to it and think of a name.

I ...

added by Lori Holt 5 years, 1 month ago. under farm girl vintage , farm girl vintage fabric , vintage block along

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