Bee Patriotic Sew Along - Week Four!!

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)

Okay ...let's get started!!

First up is the 

SPARKLE BLOCK

on page 84 of the book.

The center square in this block is

 the perfect place for fussy cutting:)

The second blocks is 

VINTAGE PINWHEEL BLOCK

and it's on page 105

This is a classic block with an

 easy twist on putting it together...

it always looks good in any 

two color combo or even scrappy!

Our last block is 

WOOL STAR BLOCK

and it's on page 107

I of course designed this as a 

winter block but I think it's fabulous

 as a summer block too!

Well that's all 12 blocks...

 and now you can sew your 

quilt top together and quilt it...

YaY!!

Next week we will talk about 

the binding and how to 

add the Vintage Trim inside...

and I'll show you 

what I made for my label:)

But before then...

Remember those projects that I 

told you about that I made 

at the beginning of this year?

That's when I planned out 

this sew along and chose 

all of the fabric for the bundle.

Last week I showed you my

Bunting Tutorial

CLICK HERE

 if you missed it

And this week I'm showing you

 two more things that I made.

You got a sneak peek of one of them

if you watched the tutorial:)

It's my Bee Patriotic Table Runner.

For the runner I chose 12 reds

 from the bundle and also the 

navy gingham from the bundle 

for points in the star.

I used the same Bee Background 

from the quilt for the 

white star points...

And I chose to use this background

 from my Farm Girl Vintage collection

 for the white stripes.

From the white I cut: 

3 strips - 2 1/2" x 32 1/2"

From the red prints I cut:

32 - 2 1/2" x 4 1/2" rectangles

Next step is open the 

Vintage Christmas Book to page 22.

This is the Christmas Star 

block pattern 

that I used to make the 2 stars.

I made them 12" Blocks.

I used C120-DENIM for the background 

which is a Confetti Cotton Solid

 by Riley Blake Designs

I also cut borders for BOTH blocks:

Cut 4 - 1 1/2" x 12 1/2" 

and sew to sides

Cut 4 - 1 1/2" x 14 1/2" 

and sew to the top and bottom...

Like this.

Remember to make two of these blocks:)

They should each measure 14 1/2" square

 after the borders are on.

Now for the red stripes.

I just laid them out on my 

design wall until I 

liked the placement.

I laid out four stripes...

each with 8 of the rectangles.

I sewed them together like this:)

Each strip should now measure

2 1/2" x 32 1/2" wish is exactly 

the size that you 

have cut the white strips:)

Now to sew the 3 white strips

 in-between the red ones:)

After sewing the strips together 

they should still measure 32 1/2" long 

and  14 1/2" tall which is the

 same height as the star blocks.

*Now let's chat about this for a minute.

I made my stripes this long 

because this runner fits 

perfectly on my farm table.

You can easily customize the length 

of your runner by making your

 stripes longer or shorter

 to fit on your own table.

Simply sew the 2 star blocks 

and then cut your stripes 

whichever length is 

needed for your own table.

Take note that the 2 star blocks

 will take up 28" of that

 measurement in length.

After sewing the two 

star blocks on the end my

 Bee Patriotic Runner measures

14 1/2" x 60 1/2"

Now I'm going to show you how

 I made my Bee Patriotic Flag for my wall.

I used the same block pattern 

and same fabrics

 and made one 6" block.

I cut borders for this block as well;

Cut 2 - 1" x 6 1/2" 

for the sides

Cut 2 - 1" x 7 1/2"

for the top and bottom

After adding the borders...

 your block should measure 7 1/2" square

I cut 7 strips of fabric...

four red and four white:

1 1/2" x 16 1/2"

After I sewed them together they measured

 7 1/2" tall and 16 1/2" long.

*Now let's talk about this for a minute.

At this point I wanted to show you

 how easy it would be to sew another

 star block and make a half sized version

 of the Bee Patriotic Runner.

I wanted to give you a choice of making

 a runner...or a flag...or both!

Sometimes you just need a small runner

 for a sofa table or maybe your 

coffee table or piano top etc.

If you want to make a flag like I did...

Cut 3 white strips and 3 red strips:

1 1/2" x 23 1/2"

I sewed the strips together and

 added them to the top section.

After sewing my cute little

 wall flag measures 13 1/2" x 23 1/2" 

And there you have it...

Bee Patriotic Table Runner

and 

Bee Patriotic Flag

I chose to use my denim plaid

 108" widleback print for the 

backing on both of them.

 I chose the Bee Backgrounds

 Denim Circles for the runner binding

 and I chose the Farm Girl Vintage 

background for the flag binding.

Then I left the rest up to my 

friend Juli Stubbs who quilted

 them beautifully for me.

I hung the runner on my design wall

 for the tutorial filming and

 I love how they go together:)

I took a few close up pictures of the 

flag hoping that you could see the quilting.

I asked her to quilt them the same:)

Thank you sew much for joining

 me this week for the 

Bee Patriotic Sew Along...

I'll bee right back here

 next week for the big finish!!

xx

Lori