Vintage Block Along - Week 31 - Peony

Well hello there!

Welcome back to 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 

and one Bee Backgrounds for my block:)

Like most vintage blocks...

 this one has several 

different variations and names...

one of them is called Peony

 and that's what I'm using for mine

 because Grandma sure loved her Peonies:)

She had a row of them 

on the side of her house 

along with a Snowball Bush...

Lilacs and a Forsythias.

Her Peonies always bloomed in June 

and meant summer had begun!

I have several Peonies in my

 front yard and also in my backyard...

in white... pinks and red.

Today's Peony is in red...

with gingham of course:)

I used one background...

3 different reds and

2 different greens for this block:)

From the background cut:

2 - 4" squares

2 - 2 1/2" x 3 1/2"

6 - 2 1/2" squares

1 - 1/1/2" x 2 1/2"

1 - 1 1/2" x 3 1/2"

From the gingham cut:

2 - 2 1/2" squares

From this print cut:

2 - 2 1/2" x 3 1/2"

From this print cut:

2 - 2 1/2" x 5 1/2"

For the leaves cut:

4 - 2 1/2" squares 

And for the stem cut:

1 - 4 1/2" square

Take that 4 1/2" square and 

the 4" background squares

 and lets make the stem:)

Add an easy corner triangle

 onto one corner...

draw a line or use the 

Seams Sew Easy Guide

Trim and press to one side before 

adding the other easy corner triangle 

onto the opposite corner...

Like this!

It should measure 4 1/2" square.

Set it aside and let's do the next step:)

And this is it!

Sew these 3 together:)

It should measure 3 1/2" x 3 1/2"

 at this point.

Now set it aside as well:)

And grab these rectangles 

to sew easy corner triangles...

that look like this:)

They should each

 measure 2 1/2" x 3 1/2"

Now your going to add an ECT 

onto each end of these rectangles...

using these squares.

Like this:)

Each should measure

 2 1/2" x 5 1/2".

Now make these 4 squares

 into 2 half square triangles.

Each should measure 2 1/2" square.

Now it's time to start 

sewing the segments together.

Start with these four...

It should measure 5 1/2" square.

Now sew these three together:)

It should measure 4 1/2" x 5 1/2"

And next sew this one.

It should also measure 4 1/2" x 5 1/2".

Now lay out all 

four segments like this

 and sew them together 

to form your block!

YaY!!!

Don't you just love it?

This is the back of mine:)

This block would look great 

in a quilt set on point:)

PEONY should measure 9 1/2" square

 BEFORE we sew it into our quilt.

I've added it to my design wall...

I'm having to overlap and pin them 

so that they will all fit on there! 

We are going to have 

one big beautiful quilt 

by the time we are done.

YaY!

I'll meet you back here 

next Thursday with another one

 of grandma's patterns!

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

30. Leftovers