Vintage Block Along - Fall Social Block Tutorial!!

Hello again:)

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 Bee Backgrounds.

In this block I also 

threw in a print from my 

 Autumn Love fabric as well!

About todays block:

I love the changing of the seasons

 as much as Grandma did.

We both especially loved fall 

and the beauty that it brings.

I know I've told you that Grandma 

 wrote poems and I've wanted to share

 one of my favorites with you...

I was just waiting for fall!

  I looked through her patterns 

to see what I could come up with 

to represent her poem 

and you see the result!

I named my block FALL SOCIAL after her poem:

FALL SOCIAL

by Mildred Lucy Butterfield Crane

Dame Autumn gave a party

in a gold and crimson gown

She danced along the city streets

and all around the town

She pirouetted gracefully

in the crisp October air

She twirled her skirts, kicked up her heels

with a brash and reckless flair

She touched the fiery colored leaves

as they trembled on the bough

Whispered, "Dance with me my beauties,

your work is finished now"

They left their refuge one by one

with great anticipation

Scampering, leaping eagerly

to join the celebration

Master Wind was the musician

as he whistled through the trees

He whirled the dancers round and round

to his boisterous melodies

Until their frenzied antics

 left them lying in a heap

Exhausted from their efforts,

ready for a winters sleep

It was a lovely party,

a success in every way

A kaleidoscope of color

nature's beauty on display!

I just love that poem...

I think it's so beautiful.

I remember when she wrote it...

I was 17 or 18 I think:)

 Whenever I would go over to Grandma's

 I'd walk through the back door 

and always hollered

 "It's me Grandma" as I walked in.

She knew each of our voices well.

Then she would holler back

 so I knew where she was in the house.

Whenever she was writing she would

 be down the hall in the

 "spare room" clicking away on her typewriter.

I remember when she was

 writing this poem particularly 

because I wanted to see what she was

 working on...

She told me it was about Autumn 

but she kept saying

 "not until it's finished"

She worked on it for a few days

 and then let me read it.

It was worth the wait!

Even though we end up with one block

 they really are

 4 smaller blocks put together.

Four little Autumn Leaves

 for the Fall Social!

I'm just going to give you cutting

 and the tutorial for one leaf:)

From the background you will need to cut:

2 - 2 1/4" squares

9 - 1 1/2" squares

From the leaf print cut:

9 - 1 1/2" squares

For the stem cut:

1 - 2 1/2" square

For the bottom of stem cut:

1 - 1 1/2" square

The first steps are to sew these four together for a total of three...

And to sew easy corner triangles

 onto each side of the brown square

 to form the stem.

But first let's finish up

 these 3 segments.

They should each measure 2 1/2" square.

Now to add easy corner triangles

 onto each side.

Either mark your line or use the

 Seams Sew Easy Guide

This is what the three segments

 should look like and they should

 still measure 2 1/2" square.

Now add the first easy corner triangle 

onto the side of the brown square:)

You will need to trim it and press it

 back before you can add the other one.

This segment should also 

measure 2 1/2" square.

Now sew all four segments together...

and add the easy corner triangle

 onto the bottom of the stem...

Like this!

Your cute little Autumn Leaf 

should measure 4 1/2" square.

Here's the back of my block:)

Now make 3 more:)

And sew them together to make one block.

YaY!

They look like they are twirling around 

in a square dance at the fall social:)

FALL SOCIAL BLOCK

should measure 8 1/2" square 

before we sew it into our quilt.

Okay!

Just in case you missed it...

I posted a block on Tuesday

 of this week as well.

CLICK HERE

for that block tutorial on more 

information about the remaining weeks

 of this sew along!

Now we only have 3 more blocks left...

meet me back here next 

TUESDAY

for another vintage block

 from me and my Grandma:)

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

31. Peony

32. September Star

33. Road to Grandma's

34. Six Sisters

35. Twirl

36. Wash Day

37. Fall Flower