Farm Girl Friday - Week Five - Churn Dash Love and I Heart Gingham!!!

It's time for 

Farm Girl Friday

and its week five already!

Sorry if you did not

 grow up in the 70's

and don't understand 

why I named

my block

Cool Threads …lol

This is when I was sewing my 

6" Cool Threads block

for my Quilty Barn Along...

And it eventually 

ended up in this quilt!

Pattern is on page 92

of Farm Girl Vintage:)

This is my 12" Cool Threads block 

on page 20…

I just had to play
 in my gingham stash

to make this one!

It's no secret that I love gingham.

It's been a classic for a long time…

 I even loved it as a little girl

and my gingham crush

 continues to this day!

That's why I needed/wanted to

play with it a little more 

when making my

 Churn Dash block for this week's

Farm girl Friday:)

More on that in just a minute…

first let's talk about the 

classic Churn Dash block.

Instructions for both the

 6" and 12"size blocks are on

 page 19 of Farm Girl vintage.

Churn Dash is a traditional block and 

another that I have always loved.

It's simple to construct 

and there are several ways.

You can vary the 

look of the block by

using the background fabric

 for the large center square...

Or by using something different

 in the corners

for this kind of look.

Using a different color 

for the center square

makes it scrappy happy as well!

I decided to create a new

 Farm Girl Block called 

Churn Dash Love

I mixed the 12" Churn Dash

with the 12" Heart from the 

Baby Chick Block

on page 10.

The heart fits perfectly in the center!

P.S. It also works when you

 use the 6" churn dash

and the 

6" baby chick heart as well.

Nifty!!!

One of my goals when writing

my book

was to show you 

several different methods

 on constructing patchwork

segments like for example

 half square triangles.

I wanted you to 

try them all out

and then be able to 

choose your favorite

according to your project

and cutting choices.

Knowledge is Power!!!

(another throwback phrase from the 70"s…

thank you Schoolhouse Rock)

Because of the method I used 

for the Churn Dash block

in my book…

You will have enough leftover fabric 

if you are sewing the

 12" size to use.

YaY!

I Love leftovers!

I use them for 

all of my 

scrappy happy blocks:)

When I have leftovers 

from sewing 

Easy Corner Triangles

I either;

 cut them into the 

largest size square

 that I can 

and add them to my scrappy stash.

 

or... 

I sew another seam 

 and end up with a smaller size

 half square triangle

for a leftovers project!

"Use it up - Wear it out 

MAKE IT DO 

or

Do Without!!"

I'll be using the 

Harvest Tablerunner setting

pattern on page 124

and making the large runner

with my Churn Dash Love blocks.

I have four made so far…

and YES!!!

I'm using some gingham for

 all of the hearts:) 

I'm making the large runner

because I already made a small 

Harvest Tablerunner 

using the Churn Dash:)

So grab your scrappy stash...

 make sure there is a few ginghams …

and make a 

#ChurnDashLoveBlock

 with me:)

Don't forget to use the 

#CoolThreadsBlock

and

#ChurnDashBlock

for your Farm Girl Friday's 

sewing this week!

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Have a quilty farming

kind of day!

See you here next week:)

xx

Lori