Vintage Housewife Sew Along - Bee Prepared!!

YaY!!!...Today is the 

BEE PREPARED 

post for the 

Vintage Housewife Sew Along!

We will of course...

be making the Vintage Housewife Quilt:)

The quilt consists of a rotary cut

 and machine pieced apron ...

surrounded by 9 applique blocks 

that represent things that the 

vintage housewife did 

while wearing her apron!

The scrappy squares border 

finishes it off vintage perfect:)

I'm so glad that you will be making 

the quilt and celebrating the life

 of the vintage housewife with me.

Here is how you

 "sign up" for this sew along:

1. Simply tune in here on my blog 

starting January 27th for all of

the instructions and step by step 

tutorials on making each block!

The sew along will start in just

 three weeks and will continue

 each Monday after for 12 weeks.

2. Follow me on 

INSTAGRAM 

for weekly updates on this sew along.

3. Post photos of your sew along 

progress along the way.

It's easy! Just take a photo and say 

a sentence or two about it. 

Photo things such as cutting...sewing...applique etc.

When you post be sure to tag me

 (@beelori1) and then use the hashtag

#VintageHousewifeSewAlong

and your post will automatically go 

onto that hashtag page so that you 

are in the group and everyone 

sewing along can see your post.

Also...follow that hashtag page 

and Instagram will also show you 

all posts from the sew along.

The fabric that we are using to 

make the quilt is Vintage Happy 2.

If you do not have a kit yet 

and are looking for one...

simply do a quick google search

 typing in "Vintage Housewife Quilt Kit"

 to find one before the sew along starts.

We are using the 

Vintage Housewife Sew Simple Shapes 

to make the quilt and all of the

 other notions and supplies are 

listed inside the Sew Along Guide.

The quilt shop that you purchase 

your fabric kit from will also have

 the notions needed as well.

And speaking of the Sew Along Guide...

it is now available as a free PDF Download

CLICK HERE

to get yours now.

You will need to use this during the

 entire sew along and has very 

valuable information for you!

About the guide:

I always put my guide in a 

3 ring binder using sheet protectors 

for the pages.

This is the cover of my guide.

I decorated it using the

 "clip art" page (that I will tell you

 about later in this post)

I also scanned prints of my 

Vintage Happy 2 fabric and color copied

 them to use in decorating my binder as well.

I always like to load up my binder 

with clips and bookmarks 

that I use to mark my place 

throughout the guide.

I also used my Sew Handy Stickers 

and added the words "Sew Along"

 next to the vase of flowers...

Like this.

Now the cover of my binder says

 Vintage Housewife Sew Along!

I copied my Vintage Happy 2 fabric logo 

and glued it onto a piece of paper 

that I copied from scanned 

fabric for the front page.

Inside the sew along guide you will find

 the schedule of what block that

 we will doing each week.

Tune in here for the step by step tutorial.

The front of the sew along has a 

nice photo of the quilt and is 

sew handy for easy reference.

Inside you will find all of the 

cutting that you will need to do

 from each and every piece 

of fabric in your kit.

The guide will also tell you 

which block that piece is used for 

and which sew simple shape or

 bias tape maker that it's used with.

You will also find the information about

 each sew simple shape...

what size to cut the sew in interfacing 

and how many of each shape 

that we use in the quilt.

There are a few "bonus" shapes in 

the set and I will show you what they are

 and how to use them 

at the end of the sew along!

On pages 13 and 14 you will find 

the diagrams and basic instructions 

when it comes time to put the blocks together.

You will also find the embroidery patterns

and cord placement guides 

for those blocks that need it.

There is a super cute page for notes...

you can copy several of these pages off 

and write down tips from 

each tutorial if you would like!

And finally...

 included is the page of 

Vintage Housewife clip art for you:)

It's fun to have a a few designs 

from the quilt that you can 

make bookmarks...tags and labels from:)

I copy this page off onto nice cardstock...

and with just a few paper crafting

 supplies you can decorate your binder too.

The roller that you see is my new

 Quick Press Seam Roller...

styled after a vintage wallpaper roller 

and yes I use it when paper crafting too.

It works great to smooth papers after gluing.

Okay...now that we have the guide 

all sorted let's talk about making the quilt!

Vintage Happy 2 became available in

 December 2019 but during the 

second week of last October 2019

 I received some pre-yardage so that

 I could make my quilt to display

 in the Riley Blake Designs booth

 at International Quilt Market 

at the end of October.

I literally had 10 days to make 

(and document for tutorials)

the entire quilt...but I did it!

Normally my daughter Kassidy 

makes my sew along applique quilts

 for Riley Blake for market booth display

 and then I make my quilt right along

 with you during the sew along.

But Kass wasn't able to do it 

this time because she got married in August!

You can see my quilt here on display

 at market along with more of my 

projects made with Vintage Happy 2.

I did the tutorials for each block

 as I made the quilt just like I normally

 do and then pre-posted them for you.

They will be here on my blog on the 

date that is on the schedule:)

I loved making this quilt...

actually it was fun to just 

"lock myself in my studio" LOL

 and just sew sew sew!

I thought I'd show you just a few

 of the photos that I took 

while making the blocks 

so that you can get a peek

 of what is to come!

We will start with the Baking Block 

and I will be filming a video tutorial

 for you just like I always do

only for week one.

If you are new to my sew alongs...

CLICK HERE

to watch the week one video tutorial 

for my last Sew Simple Shape 

Sew Along called Granny's Garden.

It will give you good insight on how to

 make this quilt as the tools and process 

are exactly the same...

just a different quilt...

shapes and fabric is all.

Okay ...now for more random peeks of 

when I made my quilt...

but not necessarily in order:)

I hope that you are as excited 

as I am about the 

Vintage Housewife Sew Along

Go ahead and download the guide

 so that you can 

BEE PREPARED!

I'll meet you right back here

 on Monday the 27th for week one

 and the video tutorial!

xx

Lori

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Edited after this sew along ended:

CLICK HERE

to go to the last post of this 

sew along

to get the link to each

and every block tutorial:)