Vintage Block Along - Sections Five and Six!!

Welcome back to another 

episode of the 

Vintage Block Along

Today we are doing the final sections

 of our amazing vintage quilt...

sections five and six:)

Let's get right to section five!

The blocks that you will

 need are the following:

8" Spool and Bobbins

8" Leftovers

8" September Star

8" Wash Day

8" Road to Grandma's

8" Fall Social

8" Holiday Lights

8" Winter Flower

This is what this section/row looks like.

We are simply sewing all eight of the

 8" Blocks together!

Of course we will need sashing...

so you will need to cut the following:

2 - 2" x 8 1/2"

7 - 1 1/2" x 8 1/2"

First step is to sew a 2" x 8 1/2" strip 

to the left of the Fall Social Block.

Then sew a 1 1/2" x 8 1/2" sashing strip 

to each side of the Spool and Bobbins.

Join all together.

For the middle section join the Holiday Lights...

Winter Flower and September Star.

When joining...sew a 1 1/2" x 8 1/2" sashing strip in-between.

Now sew the 

Leftovers Block - Wash Day and 

 Road to Grandma's together.

Sew 1 1/2" x 8 1/2" sashing strips 

in-between and add the 

2" x 8 1/2" one on to the right side.

Sew them all together into a row!

It should measure 

8 1/2" tall x 74 1/2" wide:)

Of course you can switch the placement

 of blocks in this row...

or you can put yours

 exactly where I did:)

Let's move onto section six.

The following are the 

blocks you will need:

18" Potluck

15" Picnic

18" Shade Tree

9" Peony

9" Mercantile

9" Grannys Square

You will need ONE

 9" Front Yard Flower...

remember during the sew along

 I made two versions?

I chose this one.

You will also need your Checkers!!

This is what section six looks like:)

For the sashing you will need to cut:

2 - 2" x 18 1/2"

2 - 1 1/2" x 18 1/2"

Okay...

first step is to sew the 

5 Checkers together.

They should measure 

3 1/2" tall x 15 1/2" wide

 so that you can sew them to the

 top of the 15" Picnic Block.

Sew the 2" x 18 1/2" 

sashing strips to each side.

Now sew the Potluck Block 

to the left side:)

This section should measure

 18 1/2" tall x 36 1/2" wide

Now sew two of the 1 1/2" x 18 1/2"

 sashing strips to each side

 of the Shade Tree Block.

This will measure 

18 1/2" tall x 20 1/2" wide

Sew two sets of 9 1/2" blocks

 on top of each other...

Then add them to each side

 of the Shade Tree.

It should measure 

18 1/2" tall x 38 1/2" wide

Sew them all together to form section six...

the very last one!

Okay...now that you have

 all six sections sewn together...

you can decide which order to 

sew them together in.

I posted the sections in order

 that I am sewing mine together

 but you do not have to.

They all measure 74 1/2" wide and so

 it doesn't matter the order.

Okay...

see those spaces in-between the rows?

***TAKE NOTE***

That you will need to sew a 

1 1/2" x 74 1/2" sashing strip 

in-between sewing each

 section/row together.

You will need to cut:

 10 - 1 1/2" x Width of Fabric 

strips and join them together. 

Sub-cut these strips into

5 - 1 1/2" x 74 1/2" 

that will go in-between each row.

You will not need to sew one to the

 top or the bottom after joining them all...

just in-between.

These strips are included in the

 1 1/4 yardage that I told you

 on the sections one and two post.

After sewing all of the 

sections together your quilt will measure

 74 1/2" x 92 1/2"

Now let's talk border:) 

I chose to use this Farm Girl Vintage 

low volume print for the border 

because I really just wanted my blocks

 to be the focus....

and I LOVE this print!!

I want my quilt to bee a Queen Size

 and so I'm going to cut 

8 1/2" wide borders and 

after sewing them on... 

my quilt will measure

 90 1/2" x 108 1/2"

That is a perfect Queen Size

 with a nice pillow tuck...

my Grandma loved a generous pillow tuck

 and that's what I wanted for this quilt!

I used 2 3/4 yards of fabric 

and cut four 8 1/2" strips lengthwise.

I then cut ALL FOUR 92 1/2" long.

Again...

you will need 4 - 8 1/2" x 92 1/2"

That's right! 

All four are the same length.

I sewed them to the sides first and 

then to the top and bottom.

I'm going to use my 

Farm Girl Vintage denim gingham 

for the binding.

I think it looks great 

with the border print.

I'm going to use a yard of fabric 

and cut it on the bias 

because I love gingham on the bias.

I'll need 420" of prepared bias.

If you are not cutting your binding on the bias:

Cut 11- 2 1/2" x Width of Fabric strips

 and join them together to 

prepare the binding.

That means 7/8 yards needed 

for the binding if not on the bias:)

For the backing of course 

I'm going to use one of my 108" Wide Backs.

I chose this one from my 

Granny Chic collection because 

when I designed it... 

I used all of the vintage

embroidery patterns that 

I got from grandma...

so I thought it was only fitting! 

I'll need 3 1/3 yards  

I'll be appliquéing this 

Memory Block onto the back.

Normally on a quilt label...

I would put my name and the name 

of the quilt and the year it was made.

But for this one I simply want a

  Memory Block with my Grandma's name on it.

As you know that's why I 

made this quilt in the first place...

a quilt full of memories of Grandma.

Oh my word.

I AM SO HAPPY 

about this quilt and 

I hope that you are too!

I hope that I have made my Grandma proud.

 I miss her every day.

I've been wanting to make a big quilt

 for my bed using blocks 

from the patterns that she gave to me.

Let me tell you...

I didn't even put a dent

 into her pattern basket.

I know that some of them are so old

 that they must have

 come from her mother...

who was my 

Great Grandma Martha Butterfield.

She absolutely LOVED 

to quilt and to garden.

Those were her two great passions

 besides her family.

 She taught all of her

 six daughters to quilt.

I'm so grateful for my quilting heritage.

If you do not come from a quilting family then you can teach your children and grandchildren so that they come from a quilting family:)

I'm so glad that I decided that 

instead of doing this on my own...

I would invite you to join me 

on this journey because it has 

been so fun each and every week 

to see your blocks and 

fabric choices on my 

INSTAGRAM 

Thank you so much from the

 bottom of my heart for saying 

YES and joining me for each

 and every episode of my 

Vintage Block Along

There will be one more episode and

 it will be on December 31st...

making it a full year of 

sewing vintage together!

On the post I'll show you my 

Vintage Quilt 

all quilted and bound:)

YaY!

Let's chat then:)

xx

Lori

P.S. If you missed the Section One 

and Section Two tutorial:

CLICK HERE

and then

CLICK HERE

for Sections Three and Four