Vintage Block Along - Week 29 - Crossroads Block!!

Good morning dear people:)

And welcome back to the 

next episode of the 

Vintage Block Along

I'm sharing another vintage block

 with you from my 

Grandma's pattern basket:)

I'm using Farm Girl Vintage fabric

 to make my quilt...

and also my 

Bee Backgrounds

 fabric as well.

This is a block that I have

 shared so many times over the years.

I've shared it while 

teaching workshops and retreats...

and here on my blog as a tutorial

 and also as a tutorial on 

INSTAGRAM

I have made many many scrap quilts

 using this pattern.

It came from my grandma and is 

a traditional vintage block...

again with many versions and many names.

The pattern from grandma 

was actually for one quarter section 

of this block 

and it can be 

laid out and sewn together

 many different ways.

This is the way that I have

 always sewn mine together and

 I have always called it 

Scrappy Crossroads 

or for this quilt...just Crossroads:)

It's a great block to use up

 leftover 2 1/2" squares...

We need 48 of them for this block

and we only need one background!

From the background cut:

8 - 4 1/2" squares.

We start out by sewing an

 easy corner triangle onto

 two opposite corners of

 each background square.

You will use 16 of your

 2 1/2" squares for this.

Draw a line from corner to corner

 or use the

 Seams Sew Easy Guide

Trim off the excess...

And press towards the triangles.

You should have 8 segments

 that each measure 4 1/2" square.

Now with the remaining 

32 - 2 1/2" squares 

we are going to make 8 - 4 patch segments.

Start by pairing them up and 

sewing them all together in sets of 2.

You should have 16 that measure

 2 1/2" x 4 1/2" at this point.

I press these open.

Now sew two sets of two together

 to form

 8 - 4 patch segments 

that measure 4 1/2" square each.

Now grab 2 of each kind of 

segments and sew them together 

just like this.

You should have 4 segments 

that each measure 8 1/2" square.

  By the way...

this is the actual block pattern

 that I got from Grandma years ago.

Now lay the four segments out

onto your design board like this...

making sure to turn each one correctly...

And sew them together to make your block:)

This is how I pressed mine.

CROSSROADS

should measure 16 1/2" x 16 1/2"

 BEFORE we sew it into our quilt.

I love this scrappy happy block

 and really wanted to include it 

in this sew along because yes...

it came from Grandma and

 is a vintage block...

 And also because Grandma was 

there for me when I came to the

 "crossroads" of making every

 important decision in my life.

I miss her so much...

but because she gave me such good advice

 I can still hear in my heart 

what she would tell me to do

 when I still need advice now.

If you are a grandma...

know that your grandchildren

 will always remember your advice:)

For those of you asking...

we are about 3/4 of the way through

 the blocks that we will be making

 for the quilt...

and it sure is going to be a beauty!!

*** FYI ***

Once again...next week I'll be 

out of town and I'll try to get 

the next block posted

 but if it doesn't happen...

 don't worry! 

 I'll be able to do it 

the very next week for sure!!

xx

Lori

If you are just joining us...

click on each block that we have

 done so far to go to the 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

22. Playing Card

23. Penny Candy

24. Mercantile

25. Family Reunion

26. Parade

27. Shade Tree

28. Wildflowers