Vintage Block Along - Week 35 - Twirl Block!!

Well hello there:)

Welcome back to the 

Vintage Block Along!

Fall Quilt Market deadlines are over...

and I'm back from teaching in Arizona...

And I'm sew ready to pick up

 right where we left off! 

Today I'm sharing another vintage block

 with you from my 

Grandma's pattern basket:)

As usual I'm using 

Farm Girl Vintage fabric 

and a Bee Background:)

I like the way that this block 

looks like it's turning...

and I tried to think of a memory

 about my grandma that I could

 relate to it and think of a name.

I didn't take me long to

 remember the perfect thing...

and so this block is called 

TWIRL...

and here is my memory!

For as long as I can remember...

Grandma had two chairs this same color

 and that looked almost just like this one.

They were on each side of 

the fireplace in her front room.

Instead of legs they had a center base 

which allowed you to rock...

which was awesome...

but the best thing about them was 

that they could turn all the way around...

And boy did I ever love that! 

I called them "twirly chairs" and 

us kids often fought over who would 

sit in them and we would race 

to get into the house saying

 "I speak to sit in the twirly chairs!!" 

lol

I would twirl and twirl and twirl

 until grandma would say...

"Lori, you're going to

 make yourself sick now 

you better slow down" 

and then I'd slow down a little

 until she got distracted talking to mom

 or something and I'd speed up twirling

 until she would finally say

 "Okay Lori that's enough twirling"

 and then I could always tell by her tone 

that she meant it and so I would stop!

We always minded Grandma.

I can still hear her voice saying 

those words to me....

and I miss her and 

I miss those twirly chairs.

She had them still even after I 

married and had all three 

of my children and they liked 

to twirl in them too:)

You know...

They just don't make furniture 

like they used to.

She had those chairs all those years

 and they still looked amazing.

Okay...are you ready to make the block?

You will need one background and 

one medium value and one dark print.

From the background cut:

4 - 4 1/2" squares

16 - 2 1/2" squares

From the medium value print cut:

4 - 4 1/2" squares

4 - 2 1/2" x 4 1/2"

From the dark print cut:

4 - 4 1/2" squares

4 - 2 1/2" x 6 1/2"

Start with the medium and dark

 4 1/2" squares...

And make them into 4 half square triangle.

As you know by now I will

 cut squares from the leftover trimmings.

Your half square triangles should

 measure 4 1/2" square

Now grab 8 of the 

2 1/2" background squares...

Use the 

Seams Sew Easy Guide 

again and add an easy corner triangle 

onto each side ...

Like this!

All four should still measure

 4 1/2" square:)

Now grab the 4 medium print rectangles 

and 4 of the background squares...

Add an easy corner triangle onto

 the bottom right corner 

of each rectangle like this.

All four rectangles should still measure

 2 1/2" X 4 1/2"

Now grab the dark rectangles and the

 4 remaining small background squares...

And add an easy corner triangle 

onto the bottom left hand corner of these.

They should still measure

 2 1/2" x 6 1/2" each

Now sew these 2 sections together 

just like this...

And then add the dark rectangles

 to the top like this.

You should have 4 sections 

that look like this and

 they should each measure 6 1/2" square at this point.

Use the remaining background squares 

and add corners to each of them...

Like this.

Now all four of your sections

 should look just like this and

 still measure 6 1/2" square.

Now it's time to lay them out like this...

And sew them together!

This is what the back 

of my block looks like:)

TWIRL BLOCK

should measure 12 1/2" square 

before we sew it into our quilt:)

I just love how this block turned out!

It would also look nice 

in two different colors 

but I really wanted to make mine 

just classic blue and white.

I can't wait to see all of your color combinations!

Bee sure to use the hashtag #VintageBlockAlong 

when posting yours to 

INSTAGRAM

Thanks for sewing vintage with me 

again today and for the lovely chat 

about twirling at grandma's house.

I'll meet you right back here

 next Thursday for another 

vintage block and another chat!

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