The Great Granny Sew Along - Week 4 - Mama's Crochet Quilt Top!!! ...

Good morning!

It's week 4 and my stop of the 

Great Granny Sew Along

and time to put the blocks together:)

CLICK HERE 

to download the PDF for my finishing instructions.

But before you get sewing…

Let's chat a little:)

There are 2 ways 

that you can finish your quilt top.

You can make it wide…like mine.

Or tall like Kimberly's.

It just depends on…

 1. Your mood.

2. Your style.

3. Size of your wall where you will hang it!

The best part is ...

ALL CUTTING IS EXACTLY THE SAME!!!

Yep.

That's what I said.

I designed it that way!!! 

You have a choice:)

Go ahead and cut your sashings and borders.

Sew everything up until

 its time to add the Mama blocks…

Then lay it out and decide which version

 that you like best for YOUR quilt

and sew the top together accordingly:)

Choose your inner border and outer border

fabrics …

 start cutting, choosing and sewing!

***TIP***

When sewing your Mama blocks together

or onto the sashings or borders...

Put your mama block rows underneath

because they are cut on the bias

 after squaring them up ...

and tend to stretch a little.

If you put them on the bottom ...

the feed dogs will feed them through

 slightly faster than the top ...

which will help to stop them from stretching:)

Put your quilt top onto the 

Great Granny Squared Flickr 

to enter this weeks giveaway.

Fat Quarter Shop 

will be giving away

 the small set of 

Bee in my Bonnet

Happy Colors

Aurifil Collection.

YaY!!!

Have fun deciding which version

 to sew up for your

"Mama's Crochet"

and remember…

"You are the boss of your own quilt!"

xx

Lori

P.S. Next week we will be making the quilt label:)

Cut. Press. Sew. Quilt. - A New Pattern and Announcing a New Sew Along!! ...

Good morning cute people!

I'm so excited to introduce you to the last of my 

Vintage Happy patterns that I have

 been preparing for Spring Quilt Market:)

My latest pattern is called

Cut. Press. Sew. Quilt.

Four little quilts to hang in your sewing room…

 or to sew for all of your quilty friends:)

Another fun announcement is that 

I will be hosting a new Sew Along here 

for the summer starting in June!

YaY!

We will be sewing the 

block in the photo above.

I designed this block for

  a quilt along 1 1/2 years ago 

and the even did a YouTube 

segment about it. 

I have been so busy with

 my other sew alongs since then…

but now it's time because the

 GGSquared Sew Along 

is coming to a close soon.

 The block as well as the 

sew along is called 

“Scrappy Happy”

I decided that this would be

 the perfect pattern to include

 the block pattern in

 and we will be using it

 as a manual for the sew along.

I'm going to be making a quilt with

the Scrappy Happy block as well as

some other projects…

but with each project the 

block will be 

a different size and setting!

YaY again!

(Cutting instructions for the

 different sized Scrappy Happy blocks

 used in the sew along are included 

in the pattern)

We will be using all different sizes of scrappy squares and a few rectangles:)

If you want to play with

 my newest pattern

Cut.Press.Sew.Quilt.

it's available for purchase

HERE

Have a quilty kind of day!!!

xx

Lori

The Great Granny Sew Along - Week 3 - "Mama Blocks"!!! ...

It's week number 3 of the 

Great Granny Sew Along!

This week we are sewing the Mama Blocks.

These blocks are sweet and simple…

giving you the chance to use up leftover squares

in your scrappy stash.

Save your Squares!

(every square is important)

I named these the "mama blocks" because as you know…

I assigned a name for each round of squares 

in the great granny block

The center square is the baby…

and the next round is the mama.

So technically this could be called the baby/mama block…hehe

but I thought it best to just keep it at mama:)

I've been seeing so many photos on

 Instagram and Pinterest 

of squares cut and laid out next to  

Great Granny Squared

it makes me smile every time I see one!

This week is hosted by my friends 

Amy from Nana Company

Amy from Diary of a Quilter

Corey from Little Miss Shabby

Click on their names to see

 their sew sweet Mama blocks

and to get this weeks pdf

 and giveaway info:)

And don't forget to visit the

 Jolly Jabber 

to see Kimberly and Debbie's

 Mama Blocks as well!

The Mama blocks are the last blocks that we sew for the quilt top...

So next week…

I'll be telling you how to put the

 "Mama's Crochet" quilt top together…

and the last week will be the great granny block for the label:)

Click here

 to get all of the sew along info because it's not too late to join!

I love seeing everyones background choices for their blocks…

the background color always changes

 the look of the mama blocks dramatically…

making each one sew cute! 

In the book I used navy background 

for these blocks and I love the contrast.

On the other hand ...

I love the sunny warmth of a yellow background...

and the cool feel of the aqua as well.

I love to use different colors

 as well as white to change the 

look and feel of a block:)

So choose your background ...

and make your Mama blocks ...

 and post them onto the 

GGS Flickr

to enter this weeks giveaway.

If it's a nice spring day where you live…

 you can hang them up on the line

for the photo shoot!

Remember to leave no square behind…

xx

Lori