Vintage Block Along - Week 22 - Playing Card Block!!

Welcome to Week 22 in the 

Vintage Block Along!

Today I'm sharing another block 

with you from my 

Grandma's pattern basket...

and all of our blocks will

 eventually become a quilt!

I'm using my 

Farm Girl Vintage fabric collection 

for all of my blocks...

Along with my Bee Backgrounds

This block is a good old 

tried and true vintage block

 and it's original name is 

Old Maids Puzzle 

which was then made by cutting templates 

and piecing with difficult

 on the bias angles.

I've re- drafted it for rotary cutting and

I'm naming my block

PLAYING CARD

because of the many hours 

that I spent (and my family spent)

 playing cards with grandma:)

From the time we were young...

we rarely left grandma's house

 without playing a game with her

 and it was cards most of the time.

I snapped this photo of her 

during one of those card games

 just a few months before she 

passed away at age 95.

She loved the competion and

 she was fierce lol!... 

and she loved visiting while we played:)

I miss so many things about her...

especially her smile and her laugh.

She always wore jewelry and 

most of the time she had a necklace on

 and she would constantly be 

playing with it...

this picture reminds me of that:)

I just had to include a block named 

Playing Card and so this is the one

 that I chose from her basket 

that looked like it was 

meant to be the one.

I used one background and three prints ...

in red and black of course!

From the the background 

you will need to cut:

2 - 2" x 3 1/2 rectangles

12 - 2" squares

From this print cut:

2 - 3 1/2" squares

From this print cut:

2 - 2" squares

From this print cut:

4 - 2" squares

Let's get started on the first segments.

Grab 2 of the background and 

red squares along with the

 2 background rectangles...

And sew them together like this.

They should each measure

 3 1/2" square at the point.

Now grab the 2 - 3 1 2" squares 

and 2 more background squares 

because you are going to add 

easy corner triangles to the segments.

Sew from corner to corner by using the

 Seams Sew Easy Guide 

or drawing a line.

I like to poke in a pin 

just to guide me 

right where it needs to line up

 with the red point underneath...

Like this.

Perfect!

This is what it should look like

after adding the pink 

easy corner triangle.

Now add the background one

 to the red corner...

Trim away the excess and press.

Easy peasy to make these segments

 this way because we are

 eliminating bias cuts...yay!

They should each still

 measure 3 1/2" square.

Set them back onto your design board 

and lets make 4 patch segments

 with these 8 squares:)

Your 4 patch segments should also 

measure 3 1/2" square at this point.

Now grab the remaining 4 

background squares and add 

easy corner triangles 

onto the black squares...

Use the 

Seams Sew Easy Guide 

or mark a line.

Trim...

And press!

These should still measure 3 1/2" square.

Now lay your segments out onto your

 design board like this 

and sew your block together:)

Fun and Done!

PLAYING CARD 

should measure 6 1/2" square 

before we sew it into our quilt:)

This is the back of my block...

you can see how I pressed mine.

I love this block and I still love 

playing cards with my mom ...

and of course my own family:)

We play often and I 

think of grandma every time:)

Thanks for sewing vintage 

with me this week...

I'll be here next week 

with another vintage block for you:)

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

21. 4th of July Flag