Bee Patriotic Sew Along - The Big Finish!!

Hello there! 

Welcome to Week Four of the 

Bee Patriotic Sew Along

For this sew along we are

sewing patriotic things from the 

Bee Patriotic Bundle

or of course you can use 

fabric from your stash:)

Grab your book

VINTAGE CHRISTMAS 

and let's do 

three more blocks this week.

This sew along will be 

easy to follow...

simply sew directly from the book!

You can make your blocks in the

 exact same prints that I did 

by of course looking at each 

block photo for placement 

or you can 

"bee the boss of your own quilt"

 and switch it up!

CLICK HERE

to download the schedule of what 

blocks that we are sewing

each week...

as well as the 

cutting guide for the 

smaller quilt 

setting if you are making the 6" Blocks.

(12" Block setting is already in the book)

YaY!!!

All of our blocks are completed now 

and you can go ahead and sew your

 quilt top together according to the instructions in the book.

Of course you do not have to 

place the blocks in the 

order that I did...

you could do whatever looks best

 for your quilt!!

Okay lets's tank quilt label!

I wanted to use another block

 from my Vintage Christmas Book

 for my label 

and so I decided that this one

 would be so cute! 

I made it in the 12" size and 

of course used prints from the bundle.

For the window and the door window I used

 RBD Confetti Cotton solid in C120-CLOUD

 Gingerbread House Block 

 is on page 33 of the book:)

The reason that I did not use a print

 for the windows is that I wanted 

to leave this spaces to write on!

I always use a MICRON Pigma Pen 

when writing on fabric.

It does not bleed or smear.

Of course you could leave your block 12" 

or you can add borders like I did.

The measurements for the borders are

 the same as all of the other blocks:)

I decided to make the borders around 

my block scrappy prints 

instead of the background print.

By the way...

Wouldn't this be a super cute pillow?

You can piece your label right into 

your backing fabric or you can

 appliqué it on...

whichever is your favorite way:)

Okay...let's talk about the Vintage Trim

 inside the binding for a minute:)

Kimberly sewed hers last week

 and she put it on her livestream video.

It's super helpful so 

I would recommend watching it.

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to watch Kimberly

I did a binding and ric-rac tutorial 

several years ago here on my blog 

that I always link to when it comes 

time for the binding in my sew alongs

CLICK HERE

for my binding and ric-rac tutorial

As my Grandma would say...

"I'm pleased as punch"

 on how my Bee Patriotic Quilt turned out.

I'm looking forward to 

using it every summer from now on!

I hope you love your quilt too:)

Now let's talk about a few things that 

I'm going to "bee doing" 

with the rest of the

 Bee Patriotic Bundle:)

I'm making log cabin blocks

 with some of the leftovers!

I'm using these fun 

Log Cabin 

Foundation Papers 

by It's Sew Emma

I'm making the 6" size but

 the 12" would be super cute as well!

I cut a few strips from each print

 at least 1 1/2" wide 

for the 6" block size.

CLICK HERE

and 

CLICK HERE

to watch how Kimberly uses these papers. 

This is what the back looks 

like before I trim it...

And this is what the front 

looks like after it's trimmed!

I'm not sure how many I'll make 

but I am strongly leaning towards

 making 16 blocks.

I'll put them in a 4 x 4 setting 

and make them into a 24" pillow:)

Sew cute!

I can use the pillow with my

 Bee Patriotic Bunting...

and table runner...

and flag LOL

I hope you will have fun

 with the "extra's" that I have

 done with the bundle...

and I still have one more!

Whatever is left after I

 make the log cabin pillow...

I'm going to cut the rest of the prints

 into 3 1/2" squares and make

 as many

 REINDEER HOOVES BLOCKS 

as I can for another quilt.

It's the perfect block to use up

 the leftovers because it has 4

 different colors just like the bundle:)

I've had so much fun going back to my

 Vintage Christmas Book 

and taking another look at it...

and thinking outside of the box...

it's one of my favorite things to do!

Thanks so much for coming along

 with me on this fun ride!

I'll continue to do even more 

sew alongs right here on my blog 

and now that I have my own 

YouTube Channel I'll be using it 

to go along with them as well.

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each time I do a new tutorial.

I'll chat with you next time!!!

xx

Lori