Farm Girl Friday - Week Six - Country Crossroads Cushion!

Are you ready for week six of

Farm Girl Friday?

YeeHaw!

Let's get started:)

Grab your Farm Girl Vintage 

book and turn to page 22.

We are going to be playing with 

Country Crossroads

This is a simple block in design 

and is easy to put together.

It's made up of four traditional snowball blocks…

and I added an "intersection"

to form the look of a roadway that you might 

find way out in the country!

For the block sample in the book

I used the same fabric for all 4 snowballs

but I just knew all along that

 I would be doing a scrappy version

for our sew along!

It takes no time at all for me to

 cut out scrappy blocks

 because of the way that I 

save, cut, store and more importantly 

USE my leftovers.

If you've never read about

 my scrap saving method…

CLICK HERE

if you want to know more:)

I also have a YouTube tutorial

that I've done from 

my studio showing you.

You can find the link 

to those on the top 

right sidebar here on my blog.

I decided to make nine

 6" Scrappy Crossroads blocks

and make them into a 

scrappy happy cushion:)

I cut out all of the pieces and 

laid them out onto one of my design boards.

Then I started sewing away on the snowballs!

One scrappy happy block!

Pretty soon

I had 9 scrappy happy 

Country Crossroads blocks.

I laid them out for placement

on a larger design board 

and then sewed them together.

When I sewed my nine 6" blocks together

 I ended up with an 18" square…

but it would be super cute in the 12" block size as well

and it would finish a 36" square:)

By the way…

I pressed all of my seams open:)

Then I cut 2 strips of the background fabric

3" x 18 1/2"

and sewed to the sides.

Then I cut 2 more strips

3" x 23 1/2"

 and sewed to the top and bottom.

My cushion finished at 23" square 

and I used a 24" pillow form

because I like my pillows stuffed full:)

I decided to use a scrappy binding.

I cut 16 - 2 1/2" x 6 1/2" strips.

I joined them together end to end

and pressed my seams open.

CLICK HERE

to see my scrappy binding tutorial:) 

I prepared my binding…

 and kept it in a stack of cute little

 vintage toy mixing bowls

 while quilting the pillow top:)

All bound and ready for the cushion insert!

It looks super cute on the 

minty green chair 

that my Grandma Crane gave to me:)

Now for our second block…

turn to page 21 of 

Farm Girl Vintage

And let's make a 

Corn and Tomatoes block!

I love red and yellow together

and I love fresh corn and 

REAL tomatoes fresh from the garden

(I don't care for the fake ones that they sell in the chain grocery stores:(

This block is one of the

 very easiest in the book.

Only a few pieces and 

a few colors but 

I think it packs a punch…

don't you?

I also think that this block 

would be a great scrappy quilt

in all different color combinations 

but that will have to want for another day

when I have a few less deadlines:)

I made another 12" block using Feed Company fabric.

Now I have 4 so far for my Square Dance

quilt on page 118.

Thanks for sewing along

 with me this week!

Don't forget to use these hashtags 

when posting your blocks

 on social media:

#ScrappyCrossroadsBlock

#CornAndTomatoesBlock

#FarmGirlVintage

#FarmGirlFridays

Be sure to visit this weeks guest bloggers

and also go see Kimberly and the Girls

at Fat Quarter Shop's Jolly Jabber

to see their Farm Girl blocks so far!

Chat at you next week!

xx

Lori