Vintage Block Along - Week 30 - Leftovers Block!!

Well hello there!

I'm back from glamping 

so it's time for Week 30 in our

 Vintage Block Along

I'm sharing another vintage block

 with you from my 

grandma's pattern basket:)

I'm using Farm Girl Vintage fabric...

And this weeks block is sew scrappy happy!

It's the perfect block to 

use some of your stash

 and also "leftovers" from your 

easy corner triangle trimmings:)

And that's exactly what 

I'm calling this block...LEFTOVERS!!

I'm sure that I'm not the only one

 that has memories of their 

grandparents using everything up 

and not wasting ANYTHING!

Grandma made many casseroles 

and stews using leftovers...

basically recycling last nights meal

 into tomorrows lunch or dinner.

She often made clothes for her children 

by re-cutting and re-sizing

 her older dresses or grandpa's

 worn out shirts...

nothing went to waste!

Growing up during the depression

 made this a necessity for them 

and is still sound advice for today.

Of course the leftovers

 also became quilts...

both utilitarian and beautiful:)

I like to keep that tradition alive 

through my quilting as well...

by saving up and USING my scraps:)

I know that grandma would be proud!

For the LEFTOVERS Block you will need 

32 - 1 1/2" leftover squares:)

For the background cut:

8 - 2 1/2" squares

From this print cut:

8 - 2 1/2" squares

Pair up the 2 1/2" squares...

And sew from corner to corner

 to make half square triangles.

Draw a sewing line or use the 

Seams Sew Easy Guide

Trim off the excess...

which by the way are 

too small for me to save:)

Press the seams open and you should have 

8 - 2 1/2" half square triangles.

Now for the scrappy squares...

you will need to make 

4-patch blocks with them.

You will need 8 of them and 

they should also measure 2 1/2" square.

Now you will need to make 4 segments.

Look closely and you will sew

 that the top two are arranged 

differently than the bottom two.

The difference is how the

 half square triangles are turned.

Make 2 of each kind.

They should each measure

 4 1/2" square at this point.

Now sew your segments together like this...

pay close attention to

 how each segment is turned...

Once they are sewn together

 your block should look like this!

This is the back of my block:)

LEFTOVERS BLOCK

should measure 8 1/2" square 

before we sew it into our quilt.

As I said ...we are about 3/4 of the way finished making blocks and I'm sew excited about how our quilt will turn out!

It's going to be a beauty 

with all of the scrappy prints....

scrappy backgrounds and

 different sized blocks 

all coming together in

 pure vintage style

Thanks for sewing vintage with me 

and I'll meet you right back here

 next week for another

 vintage block tutorial:)

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

29. Crossroads