Vintage Block Along - Sections One and Two!!

Hello and welcome to the 

Vintage Block Along

Today we are going to 

start putting the blocks together!

There are six sections total and today

 I'm going to do sections one and two.

For section one you will 

need the following blocks:

14" Sunday Star

14" Bear Hug

Both 7" Sparkler Blocks

14" Family Reunion

14" Parade

And finally you will need 

just TWO of the 6" Rhinestone Blocks...

the other two will go into another section:)

This is what section one looks like...

or you could call it row one:)

Okay...are you ready?

First of all let's talk about 

the sashing fabric.

I'm using the same sashing fabric

 to join all of the blocks 

and sections together.

You could just use 

scrappy backgrounds if you wanted to.

It takes 1 1/4 yards if you are

 using all of the same print.

For section one cut:

5 - 1 1/2" x 14 1/2"

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

First step is to choose 2 of the

 Rhinestone Blocks to sew together...

and sew the 1 1/2" x 6 1/2" sashing 

to the top and the bottom.

Sew the two Sparkler Blocks together also.

Okay now these 2 each measure 

14 1/2" tall just like the 

4 other blocks in this section.

Let's just call these "blocks" as well...

So now you have a total of 

6 blocks to sew together.

You will need to sew a 

1 1/2" x 14 1/2" sashing strip

 between each block when

 sewing them together.

You can put them in the same order 

that I did or switch places...

but after sewing them together 

it should measure 

14 1/2" tall x 74 1/2"

***TAKE NOTE***

Each section will measure 74 1/2" wide...

they will all just be different in height.

Okay let's move onto section two.

The blocks that you will

 need are the following:

20" Star Shine

Remember that during the sew along

 I made a bunch of these?

We only need one for the quilt...

And so I chose this one:)

13 1/2" x 20 1/2" 

4th of July Flag

16" Crossroads

4" Holiday Lights

6" Playing Card

All of the 5" Farmers Daughter

6" Six Sisters

6" Fall Flower

All four of the 5" Humble Blocks

And finally all 10 of the

 3" Sweet as Honey Blocks

This is what section two looks like.

You will need to cut the following

 sashing strips for section two:

2 - 2" x 20 1/2"

2 - 1 1/2" x 20 1/2"

2 - 1 1/2" x 16 1/2"

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

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

First step is to sew the 

4 Farmers Daughter Blocks 

together to form a one block

 that measures 10 1/2" square:)

Same goes for the Humble Blocks...

they should also measure 10 1/2" square.

Next sew a  2" x 20 1/2" strip

 to each side of the Star Shine Block.

Then sew the Farmers Daughter 

and Humble Blocks together and then 

sew them to the Star Shine Block.

It should measure

 20 1/2" tall x 33 1/2" wide

Next up is to join the 3 -

 6" Blocks together with a

 1 1/2" x 6 1/2" sashing strip between.

Sew a 1 1/2" x 20 1/2" sashing strip

 on top of them.

Now add the 4th of July Flag to the top!

It should measure 20 1/2" square.

Lastly...

join the Sweet as Honey Blocks together 

into 2 sets of 5 blocks long.

Add a 1 1/2" x 3 1/2" sashing strip

 to one end of each.

Then sew a 1 1/2" x 16 1/2" sashing strip

 to the bottom/side of each.

Each of these two should now measure

 4 1/2" x 16 1/2".

Sew one of them to the top 

of the Crossroads Block....

then sew a 1 1/2" x 20 1/2" sashing strip 

to the left side.

Sew the  4" Holiday Lights Block 

to the top of the other 

Sweet as Honey block section.

It should measure 20 1/2" tall 

and now you can add it onto 

the right side of the entire thing.

Whew!!

That was a lot of blocks in this 

section but you did it!

It should measure 

20 1/2" tall x 21 1/2" wide

Now sew all three together 

to form section two.

It should measure 

20 1/2" tall x 74 1/2" wide.

YaY!

I'm so excited to be 

putting this quilt together...

it was so fun doing sections 

one and two and to see all of the 

happy colors and prints coming together.

I hope I am making my Grandma proud!!

Tomorrow I'll show you 

sections three and four:)

xx

Lori