Vintage Block Along - Checkers Block Tutorial!!

Oh my goodness!

Can you believe that we are 

on the last vintage block of the 

Vintage Block Along

I have had such a special time

 sewing vintage with you 

and my grandma all year long:)

And it's been so fun doing it with my

 Farm Girl Vintage fabric too!

Today's tutorial is easy peasy.

We need 5 blocks that finish at

 3" each to fill in a

 small section of the quilt...

so I chose to make the classic

 9 patch vintage block 

in red and white and call them

CHECKERS

Notice that there are 2 variations 

that I'll tell you about right now!

I used the same background for all 5 of Checkers Blocks and so I cut:

22 - 1 1/2" squares

I used 3 reds and used the

 same red in one block.

For EACH of these 

3 Checkers Blocks cut:

5 - 1 1/2" red squares

Sew them together like this 

and press your seams open:)

I used 2 more reds for 

these 2 Checkers Blocks 

and for each block I cut:

4 - 1 1/2" red squares.

Sew them together and

 press all seams open.

CHECKERS

should each measure 3 1/2" 

before we sew them into our quilt:)

And speaking of that...

I've just been stacking the blocks 

on top of each other on my design wall 

until all of the blocks were finished.

Now I just can't wait to sew them 

together into ONE BIG QUILT and put it

 on my bed so it can be just like

 one big quilty hug from my grandma:)

I hope when you finish your quilt

 it will be like getting 

one big quilty hug from me!!

I'll be putting the quilt together 

in sections and doing a blog post 

for each section.

 To keep it all organized and easy to find...

 I will provide links for each section 

just like I've provided for each block.

The first section tutorial will be

 up here on my blog this Sunday 

and I'll continue on from there.

In the meantime you can 

go over of ALL of the blocks from 

beginning to end

 to make sure that you 

have them all completed!

************

1 - 12" Grandma's Star

1 - 15" Pattern Basket

1 - 15" Around the Corner

1 - 12" Little Farmhouse

4 - 6" Rhinestone

1 - 12" Vintage Lily

1 - 20" Star Shine

4 - 5" Humble

1 - 12" Egg Money

1 - 15" Quilting Bee

1 - 14" Sunday Star

10 - 3" Sweet as Honey

1 - 14" Bear Hug

1 - 9" Front Yard Flower

1 - 9" Granny Square

or

1 - 9" Memory

I'm using  my Granny Square Block 

for the front of my quilt 

and the Memory Block for the back label:)

4 - 5" Farmers Daughter

1 - 18" Potluck

1 - 8" Spool and Bobbins

1 - 15" Picnic

2 - 7" Sparklers

1 - 13" x 20" 4th of July Flag

1 - 6" Playing Card

1 - 15" Penny Candy

1 - 9" Mercantile

1 - 14" Family Reunion

1 - 14" Parade

1 - 18" Shade Tree

2 - 7" Wildflowers

1 - 16" Crossroads

1 - 8" Leftovers

1 - 9" Peony

1 - 8" September Star

1 - 8" Road to Grandma's

1 - 6" Six Sisters

1 - 12" Twirl

1 - 8" Wash Day

1 - 6" Fall Flower

1 - 8" Fall Social

1 - 8" Holiday Lights

1 - 4" Holiday Lights

1 - 8" Winter Flower

5 - 3" Checkers

Wowzers!

Just looky at all the 

"vintage lovelies" 

that we made together!!

Besides just a fun walk down

 memory lane of sewing 

vintage this year...

Today my hope is by showing you the photo of 

each block and how many you need 

and also their size helps you to

 check them off your list of 

"fun and done" 

Also...

take note that the size of the

 block I gave you just now 

underneath each one will be 

the FINISHED size after we

 sew it into our quilt.

Okay well I guess you know now 

what I will

be doing for the next 5 days...

if you need me this is where I'll be!!

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

40. Winter Flower