Vintage Housewife Sew Along - Week Ten!!

Welcome to week ten of the 

Vintage Housewife Sew Along

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 if you need to download the 

Sew Along Guide and 

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if you are just joining us and 

need to read the Bee Prepared post 

that tells you all about this sew along:)

We are using Vintage Happy 2 Fabric...

And my new Sew Simple Shapes

Vintage Housewife

To make the 

Vintage Housewife Quilt

74" x 82"

These are the blocks that

 we have done so far:

BAKING BLOCK

CANNING BLOCK

IRONING BLOCK

TYPEWRITER BLOCK

TELEPHONE BLOCK

TELEVISION BLOCK

CLEANING BLOCK

SEWING BLOCK

Today we are going to hang the clothes

 for the Clothesline Block!

Okay...lets get started!

All of your clothes should be prepared

 and ready to glue baste 

if you followed last weeks tutorial:)

***NOTE***

It's very important that your

 background fabric for this block is

 cut 14" x 60" exactly 

as called for in the sew along guide.

I am telling you where I am placing 

the clothes according to that measurment.

Time to start!!

First measure 1" down 

from the top and draw a line.

This line will need to be drawn 

along the entire width of the fabric.

This is your top CUTTING line

 for AFTER your appliqué is completed.

Okay!

 Now from that line measure down 1 1/4"

 and draw another line

 across the width of fabric as well.

In other words...

2 1/4" from the top edge.

This second line is for the clothesline 

and where you will 

stitch the small Songbird Vintage Trim.

Let's do the dress first.

It's almost right in the center.

What I did is to find the center 

of the block (30" in) and place a pin...

you can see it in the photo above.

Notice that the center of the 

right collar aligns with the pin 

and that's where you will 

glue baste the dress.

Also...

I place all of my clothes 1/2"

 down from the clothesline.

Glue basted into place!

Now let's do the left edge of the block.

Grab the yellow socks and measure

 1/2" down from the clothesline and

 3 1/2" from the side edge...

 just like in my photo.

It looks like my socks are 

a little under 1/2" apart.

Glue baste into place!

The jeans...shirt...and nylons go 

in-between the yellow socks and the

 dress so you can go ahead 

and glue them down:)

Just lay them out spaced 

the way that they look nice...

remembering to measure 1/2" down 

from the clothesline.

Half of the block is glue basted!

Now for the remaining half:)

Start with the right edge this time...

and the red pair of socks.

Again...

measure in 3 1/2" from the side edge

 and 1/2" down from the clothesline.

Next place the laundry basket.

The BOTTOM of the laundry basket 

should measure 10" down from the 

clothesline and measure 

4 1/2" in from the edge.

Add the folded clothes and the 

very curvy 1/4" strips that have been

 cut on the bias for the handles.

I glued the boxers next just 

a little to the left of the 

laundry basket handle and 

1/2" down from the clothesline.

Three down on this side and two to go!

I placed the t-shirt next about 

1/2" away from the dress.

Now for the apron:)

Place it in the center 

so that you have room for the apron strings.

I cut my tie piece in half

 so that I have two!

Press one end of each apron string under

 and then place the raw edges

 under the waistband first.

I placed little drops of glue

 onto the back of the apron string...

and shaped my apron string 

 curvy like this and glued down...

now repeat for the other side.

The bottom of my apron measures 

6 3/4" up from the edge.

Apron is glue basted!

Entire block is glue basted...

YaY!!!

View from the other end:)

Now for the basting the clothesline:)

Remember that I used aqua because

the Songbird was not available yet.

I lightly glued mine down and then

 stitched it down with matching thread 

during the applique.

Clothesline on!

Now for the clothespins:)

You will need to prepare 18 

that measure 1 1/2" long after 

pressing each end under.

All ready to pin the clothes to the line!

Measure 3/4" down from the CUTTING LINE 

(your first line that you drew)

and glue baste your clothespins 

in the center of each sock like this:)

Continue on down the line

 LOL pun intended:)

Clothes are all hung on the line

 and now we are ready to applique.

YaY!

After applique it's time to trim up 

so that you can add the borders.

You will need scissors and the 

12 1/2" Trim -It Ruler.

Start by using the scissors to 

cut on the top line that you marked.

Now use the ruler and place it

 on the top edge and trim the

 bottom edge all along the block

 so that it all measures 12 1/2" tall...

Like this!

Now for the sides.

Place the center of the block 

onto the your cutting mat like this.

I placed pins on my center again 

so that I know where it is.

Use the mat lines to measure and cut

 28 1/4" from the center of the block...

Like this.

Repeat for the other side.

Your block should measure 

12 1/2" tall and 56 1/2" wide 

at this point...before borders!

Sew the two 1 1/2" x 12 1/2" 

side borders on first.

Sew the 3 - 1 1/2" x Width of Fabric 

strips together.

I like to join mine on the 

diagonal and press my seams open.

Sub cut into 2 strips that are 58 1/2" long.

And sew to the top and the bottom.

Oh my goodness!

Our clothesline block is 

completed and I love it!!

Next week we will piece the apron

 and sew the border squares.

I'll be right back here then with

 the tutorial for you:)

xx

Lori