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