Vintage Block Along - Winter Flower Block Tutorial!!

Welcome back for another 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 Fabrics

 and Bee Backgrounds

Last week I did a block called 

Fall Flower and this week it's 

WINTER FLOWER!

Grandma absolutely loved a

 Pink Poinsettia!

She always had one(a HUGE one) 

on the round end table in the 

corner of her front room.

On that table she usually kept

 a beautiful doily made by her mother 

and a photo of her parents

 on top and a pretty candy dish.

But at Christmastime those were moved

 to the bookcase and the giant 

 Pink Poinsettia took it's place:)

Grandma also loved a beautiful 

Christmas Card.

It was always a big decision which 

design that she would choose 

from the store each year.

Every time they were beautiful.

She enjoyed filling them out

 and sending them...

she had quite a long list 

and it always made her feel good

 once they were all sealed...

stamped and given to the postman!

Grandma also received many cards 

each year and she put them all

 on her fireplace mantel..

then hang them clothesline style

on string across her walls.

After the tree was taken down and 

when the holidays were over 

she would keep them in a big bowl 

on the end table next to her sofa.

She would keep them close by to 

read over and over and we

 would all read them too.

She would keep them there 

until Valentine's Day ...

when they would be replaced by 

all of the Valentines 

given to her by friends and family:)

After that it was Mother's Day 

and then her birthday etc.

Grandma really loved the tradition 

of picking out a beautiful card.

To her it meant that extra time taken

 to find just the right one was

 thoughtful and kind to the

 receiver as well as the giver:)

Are you ready to make your own 

Winter Flower?

I used yellow for my center 

but it would look pretty in a

 lighter green as well!

I chose red for the center 

of petals and pink for the petals.

From the background you will need to cut:

4 - 1 1/2" x 3 1/2"

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

8 - 1 1/2" squares

8 - 1 1/4" squares

For the center cut:

1 - 2 1/2' square

For center of petals cut:

8 - 1 1/2" squares

For the petals cut:

4 - 2 1/2" x 3 1/2"

4 - 2 1/2" squares

First step is to grab the pink rectangles

 and sew easy corner triangles 

onto each corner.

The easy corner triangles are

 1 1/2" squares.

Mark your stitching line or use the 

SEAMS SEW EASY GUIDE

This is what you rectangles

 should look like now.

They should each still measure

 2 1/2" x 3 1/2"

Now for the other pink petal squares 

you will sew easy corners triangles

 onto each side using the 1 1/4" squares...

like this!

They should still measure 2 1/2" square.

Now take the remaining background 

rectangles and sew them to these

 pink petal segments...

like this!

These should now measure 3 1/2" square.

Now lay your pieces out and 

sew them together like a nine patch.

So pretty!

This Winter Flower would be beautiful

 in any color... 

don't you think?

WINTER FLOWER

should measure 8 1/2" square 

before we sew it into our quilt.

You guys!!

We only have one more block 

and it's an easy peasy one...

then we can start sewing our quilt together:)

I'll meet you back here

 on Thursday for that 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

30. Leftovers

31. Peony

32. September Star

33. Road to Grandma's

34. Six Sisters

35. Twirl

36. Wash Day

37. Fall Flower

38. Fall Social

39. Holiday Lights