Vintage Block Along - Week 21 - 4th of July Flag!!

Well hello there vintage block lovers!!

Welcome to week 21 and 

a new tutorial from our 

Vintage Block Along

Grandma was very patriotic and also...

she was born on the 24th of July 

which is a holiday here in UTAH 

and we celebrate it 

just like we do the 4th of July.

Because of both holidays 

and also grandmas birthday...

it seemed that the entire month of July 

was just one big celebration 

of the red white and blue ...

and we all loved it!!

I could not even think about

 doing a vintage quilt block quilt

 without including a flag! 

For this sew along I'm using my

 Farm Girl Vintage Fabric...

Along with my Bee Backgrounds:)

I love love love this

 4th of July Flag block 

and I'm going to make another block

 as a mini quilt to hang 

on my wall for July:)

Long may she wave!!

I grabbed a variety of 

red white and blue and started cutting...

I started with these 4 prints 

and added a few.

The order of this tutorial

 is a little different 

than the other weeks...

so bear with me please:)

First up you will need to 

make one SPARKLERS block

 from the tutorial last week:)

Cutting and sewing is exactly the same...

the only difference is that 

the blue is the background 

and the white is the star.

See what I mean?

It's the exact same block...

just the colors are switched:)

CLICK HERE

if you need that tutorial from last week.

Here's a close up of my 

segment that I used for the corners.

I decided to use the red chicken tracks background from Farm Girl Vintage 

along with the denim circles from 

Bee Background together because

 I think it adds more interest.

For the blue part...

I chose to use my denim 

chicken wire print for the center square

 and the four rectangles 

just to mix it up a bit.

 I like how it compliments my

 denim canning directions text print.

Your SPARKLERS BLOCK should measure

 7 1/2" square at this point...

and it makes a super cute flag star 

if I do say so myself...

and YES!

 I totally had this all planned out 

so that we would use the Sparkler block 

from last week to go into 

this weeks flag block:)

Now let's talk about 

cutting the flag stripes!

I chose to use my red penmanship print 

from my Bee Backgrounds 

for the white stripes.

You could make the letters

 horizontal or vertical...

just make sure to cut them straight lol

You will need to cut:

3 - 1 1/2" x 13 1/2" strips 

for the top part of the flag

3 - 1 1/2" x 20 1/2" strips 

for the bottom part 

I selected this red first and 

decided to go scrappy and 

add more reds in from 

a few of my collections.

You can go scrappy too...

or cut all of the red stripes

 from one print.

You will need to cut a total of:

4 - 1 1/2" x 13 1/2" 

for the top of flag

3 - 1 1/2" x 20 1/2" 

for the bottom

By the way...

looky at this little 

patriotic sweetie:)

She was made for me by 

Jenn Meglon who is an amazing 

artist don't you think?

Close up:)

A while ago...

Jenn also custom made a

 Bee in my Bonnet 

mini me lol...complete with one of

 my vintage sewing machines...

my Bloom quilt...quilty fun quilt blocks

 and my gingham tomato pincushion!

Okay...enough show and tell...

back to the flag making:)

Once your star is complete 

you just need to sew the 

short stripes and the

 long stripes together...

And sew them into a flag...

Like this!

I did press my seams open...

I just forgot to 

take a photo of the back:)

4th of July Flag Block

should measure 

13 1/2" tall x 20 1/2" wide

 BEFORE we sew it into our quilt:)

I hope y'all have fun 

making your flag and bee sure to

 "tune in" to next weeks episode 

of the Vintage Block Along...

it's gonna be another fun one!

xx

Lori

If you are new and just joining in...

Click on each one block

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

18. Spool and Bobbins

19. Picnic

20. Sparklers