The Quilty Barn Along...Barn Number 3 and Postage Stamp Block Tutorial!!!...

Good morning cute people!!!

Are the cows milked and the chickens fed?

Good.

Because now it's time to build barn number three in the 

Quilty Barn Along

For this barn I decided to make a postage stamp block.

I was in the mood for some happy scrappy time!

This block goes together fast and is pretty self explanatory...

but here is a short tuto anyway:)

Cut 36 - 1 1/2" squares 

from your scrap stash:)

Get out your 

mini design board 

and arrange them in 

the order you would like...

Sew them into 6 rows of 6.

Don't press until all

 of the rows are sewn...

Then press the seams 

in each row going 

opposite directions...

 like this.

Sew the rows together 

and you have an adorable

Postage Stamp Block

  to go on the side of your barn:)

Your block should measure

 6 1/2" square at this point.

Add your barn fabric strips 

around your block...

And build your barn around it!

remember...

 the barn buildin' tutorial is 

HERE

Looks like barn #3 has some 

cute new puppies inside

 to play with:)

There is a new addition 

to our barns...

from now on...

 we are adding white strips 

around the outsides. 

Cut 2 - 1 1/2" x 14 1/2" 

and sew to the sides.

Cut 2 - 1 1/2" x 16 1/2" strips 

and sew to the top and bottom.

Now your barn block should

 measure 16 1/2" square

 at this point:)

I will be adding white strips around

 my barns one and two so that they all 

measure 16 1/2" square....

you will need to do the same.

I will let you know how

 we will be joining all 

of the 12 barns together when 

we are about halfway there.

I'll be posting barn #4 two weeks from today:)

But in the meantime...

I'll be planting

 my crops!

Do you have your peas in?

Have a barn raisin' kind of day...

xx

Lori

P.S. Don't forget to show me your barns on the flickr group.

If you are new and want to join in...

Click here 

to saddle up!