Vintage Block Along - Week 18 - Spool and Bobbins Block!!

Well hello and thanks for

 tuning in to week 18 of the 

Vintage Block Along

I have another vintage block

 from my grandma's pattern basket 

that I'm excited to share with you!

I'm using my 

Farm Girl Vintage 

fabric collection...

And Bee Backgrounds:)

For this block I used 3 different

 colors and a background ...

as well as a medium print...

or what some call low volume 

and what I call a "busy background"

The name on this block 

pattern page was 

"Double Cross" 

I chose to name mine

 SPOOL and BOBBINS 

because that's what it looks like to me!

I have some of grandma's 

sewing supplies and tools...

and among them are 

vintage spools of thread and 

bobbins from her machine.

I also have several of her 

sewing containers that she kept them in.

I love the containers and 

their happy colors and vintage style.

This block is perfect to use

 2 1/2" squares from your stash.

I think it would be a 

super cute quilt with

 scrappy happy blocks 

of all different colors of

 spools and bobbins:)

Okay...now for the tutorial 

so let's get cutting!

From the background you

 will need to cut

14 - 2 1/2" squares

From the "busy background" 

you will need to cut

 4 - 2 1/2" squares

From the fabric for the spools

 you will need to cut 

6 - 2 1/2" squares

From the fabric for the thread 

you will need to cut 

1 - 4 1/2" square

For the bobbins 

you will need to cut

 4 - 2 1/2" squares

Start by adding an 

Easy Corner Triangle 

onto each corner of the thread square.

Sew the spool fabric square

 onto opposite corners first.

You can either draw a line

 from point to point or use the 

Seams Sew Easy Guide

Trim the excess off and press seams open.

Now you can add the background squares

 onto the remaining two corners.

This segment should measure

 4 1/2" square at this point.

Okay.

Now you have 4 

of each color of 2 1/2" squares 

left for a total of 12... 

and you have 12 

background squares left as well.

Pair a background square up 

with each color print and 

sew from corner to corner...

And make 12 half square triangles that measure 2 1/2" square each.

Now make two each of these segments.

You should have a total of 6 

that measure 

2 1/2" x 4 1/2" at this point.

Lay all of the segments out 

and sew them together into 3 rows....

Like this:)

Now join the 3 rows 

together to make your block!

This is the back of my block...

I pressed all of my seams open.

I remember playing underneath 

the quilting frames at grandma's house

 when I was a girl and 

too young to put stitches 

in the quilt that was

 the roof over my playhouse.

I was fascinated by the needles

 going up and down...up and down...

making tiny stitches. 

I loved watching the designs 

that the tiny stitches made 

on the back of the quilt.

Grandma let me play with her 

thread box and sewing containers

(if I was careful)

 and I remember stacking 

the spools into towers lol.

It was my job to thread the 

needles for grandma and my 

great aunts because

 "my eyes were young and 

can see better than ours"

SPOOL and BOBBINS

should measure 8 1/2" square 

before we sew it into our quilt:)

Thanks for sewing vintage with me today!

I'll be back next week 

with another block to share.

xx

Lori

If you are just joining us...

here is the list of the 

Vintage Blocks that we have done so far.

Click on each one 

to go to that tutorial:

1. Grandma's Star

2. Pattern Basket

3. Around the Corner

4. Little Farmhouse

5. Rhinestone 

6. Vintage Lily

7. Star Shine

8. Humble

9. Egg Money

10. Quilting Bee

11. Sunday Star

12. Sweet as Honey

13. Bear Hug Block

14. Front Yard Flower

15. Memory

16. Farmers Daughter

17. Potluck