Vintage Block Along - The Big Finish!!

Hello and welcome back to my blog

 for the big finish post

of the 

Vintage Block Along

We have been sewing from my 

Grandma's pattern basket for one 

lovely amazing vintage year!!

We started on January 1, 2019

and today is the last post

December 31, 2019

I have loved using my 

Farm Girl Vintage fabric 

for this quilt throughout the year.

I have also used my Bee Backgrounds

 as well for a super fun 

vintage scrappy look.

So this is where we left off at the last post...

all of my sections were sewn together 

and I just needed to put the borders on.

All of those instructions are of course still here on my blog and the links to each

 and every post can be found down at the bottom of this one:)

I just got my quilt back from 

my quilter (Juli Stubbs) 

and I am completely in love!

As you know this is a BIG quilt 

so it was super hard to

 photo the entire quilt...

especially since my go to place 

for pictures (which is my backyard) 

is freezing cold right now and full of snow!!

Mr.Honey and Sterling held it up for me

 and I stood at the top of the stairs 

to get this photo LOL

I love how the part that the window 

is behind makes those blocks look like stained glass:)

Next Mr. Honey hung the quilt in my

 quilty studio so that I could get

 some close up pictures for you.

I wanted you to see the quilting...

it looks so good!

I asked Juli to do the Baptist Swirl on it...

it's one of my favorite designs.

I really love my choice of border fabrics...

I think it did what I wanted it to

 which was to let the blocks shine.

The width of the quilt fits on my hanging

 rod but my ceilings are not quite

 high enough for the length...

but that's okay because as you know 

it's going on my bed 

just like a big hug from Grandma:)

I took a bunch of photos 

at different angles...

some close up some far away.

Scroll down to see them all!

The countertop workspace in my studio 

is very large and I keep my tools and everything on there that

 I am working on currently.

You can see right in the front 

is a stack of my newest

 fabric collection called 

Vintage Happy 2

I love to take side shots 

so that you can see the quilting...

I just love it:)

I really love the binding as well...

it's just a tiny little frame around

 the quilt and it's perfect!

At this point I pulled the bottom 

of the quilt up over my counter

 and took a few photos:)

I hope that I took enough photos for you

 and I have loved seeing all of 

your blocks coming together over on 

 INSTAGRAM 

Keep them coming as you make progress...

we all love to see your posts.

Be sure to use the hashtag 

#VintageBlockAlong 

so that we can!!

This little cozy comfy corner of 

my studio is where I sew my blocks.

I converted the window seat that is

 next to it into an ironing station.

The table that my machine sits on

 looks really small here ...

but it actually is large and is 

shorter that my counter top 

because it's normal table height 

and so the other half of my table

 fits underneath the counter 

between the two dressers.

  I have plenty of room to keep the 

blocks that I am working on

 under the counter on top of my table.

If you have not seen my previous post's 

about my new studio...

Here's a photo of my two dressers

 before my countertop was ready 

and I was making do lol

You can see that there is space between 

the two dressers and on one open spaced end

 is where my chair goes underneath.

This is the side of the countertop 

where I draw and I cut my fabric.

The countertop is 37" high...

a nice height for standing and cutting

 so that it's easy on my back.

When I am drawing I sit...

and so I have a few comfy barstools 

that I use for that.

This is what the dressers looked like

 on the day that the countertop arrived.

Mr.Honey joined them so that they would

 be sturdy before glueing the countertops on.

The table that you see between them 

is my sewing table...

it's now slid over to the left and

 my sewing machine is set up on it.

It's the perfect size and has a 

wide narrow drawer in the

 front that comes in handy!

I have sewn on my vintage

 Singer Featherweight 

throughout this entire series because 

of course I wanted to sew my

 vintage blocks on a vintage machine!

I have several vintage sewing machines

 and several of them are featherweights 

and they are my favorite to sew on.

I name them all and this one is 

Miss Doris...

named after the lovely vintage lady 

who is also a favorite of mine.

Thank you sew much from the 

bottom of my heart for joining me

 on this journey of honoring my Grandma and also my quilting heritage.

It sure has been a fun ride!!

It makes me sew happy to know that

 we are all sewing together 

from all over the world.

It's just amazing that is possible now because of the internet.

I never would have dreamed it 

and as I was growing up...

I thought it was so fun quilting

 at my grandma's house with all

 of us together and I thought

 it was a big crowd.

If I had only known how large

that crowd would grow to be!

And I'm so grateful:)

Grandma would be amazed at that too!

I hope you have loved each and every

 tutorial and each and every block 

from me and grandma:)

I appreciate you all tuning in

 each and every episode...

And listening while I chatted about my childhood and memories of grandma:)

My next sew along is 

vintage inspired as well.

It starts in January and 

it's for my appliqué quilt called 

Vintage Housewife

There is a pieced apron in the middle 

of the quilt and then all of the

 applique blocks surrounding it 

represent things that the 

vintage housewife did...

of course while wearing her apron:)

Below is a sneak peek of when 

I was making the sewing machine block 

for the quilt.

The entire quilt is made with 

my new collection called 

Vintage Happy 2 

and my new 

Sew Simple Shapes called

 Vintage Housewife

If you are joining in and need a kit

 just do a quick 

google search and type in

 "Vintage Housewife Quilt Kit" 

and you will find several sources 

until they are sold out.

I hope you will join me on this 

next journey to celebrate the

 vintage housewife!

Here is the quilt hanging in the 

Riley Blake Designs booth at 

international quilt market....

along with other Vintage Happy 2

 projects as well.

The other quilt is in my next book 

that comes out May 2020 called

 Quilters Cottage

and yes...there will be a 

sew along for that as well!

Okay...

back to the Vintage Block Along! 

Thanks again for joining me on this one...

sewing vintage with you 

all this year has been amazing:)

Sending you all hugs from me to you!

xx

Lori

P.S. All of the tutorials for my Vintage Block Along Sampler will remain on my blog until the end of next year 2020.

If you are just joining us...

click on each block that we have

 done in my quilt 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

40. Winter Flower

41. Checkers

 If you missed the Section One 

and Section Two tutorial:

CLICK HERE

and then

CLICK HERE

for Sections Three and Four

and then

CLICK HERE

for the final sections

Five and Six