Bee In My Bonnet: Red Sampler Quilt Along

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Monday, August 2, 2021

Red Sampler Quilt Along - The Big Finish!!

Hello and welcome to the

BIG FINISH

of the Red Sampler Quilt Along!

I'm excited to show you my finished quilt:)

My friend and quilter Juli

got it finished for me in record time

so that I could

snap a few photos for you:)

Thank you sew much Juli!!

I have loved having my blocks

on the design wall in my sewing room

for the last 4 months

and I have loved sewing with you!!!

After arranging and re-arranging...

I decided that this was the order

that I wanted to sew my blocks

together ...

according to the instructions in my

Farm Girl Vintage 2 book of course!

I also decided that I really

wanted the red in my blocks to shine...

and so I chose to use a

red for just the inner border

and a background for the outer border.

Here's a photo of my

labeled fabric after I

chose everything for the finish:)

The two reds are from my

Flea Market collection and the

outer border is from my Bee Backgrounds.

I chose the red clover from my

Bee Backgrounds for the backing...

it's the same print that I used

to join my label blocks together.

And after it was all comleted...

I think that using a background

for the border worked just how I wanted!!!

I'm completely thrilled

with how it turned out...

and I love each and every block:)

Now of course going with a red fabric

for the border would work as well...

but I have made several

red and white quilts that I have

done that with and I wanted to

do something different for this one:)

The weather was beautiful last night

so I took these photos in my backyard.

I love how the red pops against

my aqua shed and you can also

see my red barn up top as well!

And as usual...

Toby had to wander into the shot

lol

Next up is my sew along

using my latest fabric collection called

STITCH

The quilt is called

"My Happy Place"

and I'll also be using my new set of

Sew Simple Shapes to make it!

The sew along starts

Monday August 23rd, 2021

and as usual...

I will be doing a

"BEE PREPARED"

post here on my blog

where I will show you everything

that is needed for the quilt

and explain all about the sew along

and how it will work.

I will be posting that here on my blog

next week

Monday, August 9th:)

I hope you will be joining me...

it's going to be sew fun!!

***FYI***

If you did not join in this

Red Sampler Quilt Along with us...

it's not too late!!

Red Sampler Quilt Along

You will just simply

CLICK on the bold words

above for my first

blog post where I

tell you all about it!

All of the posts will remain

here on my blog

So just scroll down and click

on the week

that you would like to visit!

Monday, July 26, 2021

Red Sampler Quilt Along Week Sixteen!!

Hello Again!

It's week sixteen in the

Red Sampler Quilt Along

If you are just joining us...

CLICK on the bold words

above for my first

blog post where I

tell you all about it!

I have the last three

Red Sampler 6" Blocks

for you this week!

Let's start with the

6" Shine Block

from my book

Vintage Christmas.

You'll find it on page 81.

6" Shine Block

Next up we have my

Scrap Quilt Block

also from my book

Farm Girl Vintage 2 and

it's on page 118.

Keep in mind that I used the

12" block cutting and made a

1/4 segment of the block for a 6" block:)

This block is perfect for using

up 9 of your leftover

2 1/2" scrappy red squares!

6" Scrap Quilt Block

For the remaining 6" block

I made my Country Cross Roads Block

from page 22

of my Farm Girl Vintage Book

6" Country Crossroads Block

We have almost reached the finish line!

I hope you have fun

making your very last three

Red Sampler Blocks

for the front of your quilt:)

As a reminder...

the setting that I'm using

(cover quilt from Farm Girl Vintage 2)

I need 20 - 12" Blocks

and

30 - 6" Blocks

That setting requires a background border

on each block and I showed you how

I add those borders

on my YouTube Channel.

CLICK HERE

to watch that video!

Now I want to show you

this picture of my finished label:)

I talked all about this

in my most recent video on Friday

where I filmed with Kimberly

because she is here visiting me!

CLICK HERE

to watch the video and to

enter the four giveaways!

The two additional blocks

that I made for my quilt label

are from my book Spelling Bee.

They are both 6" blocks

and I sewed them together

to make a 12" tall block:)

The FLOWER Block is on page 125

and the JAR Block is on page 134.

I'll be getting my quilt

to my friend and quilter Juli

this weekend for quilting and binding

and as soon as I get it back

I'll have a photo shoot

and I'll show it to you...

I cannot wait for you to see it!

I want to thank you sew much

from the bottom of my heart

for joining me while I played with

red fabrics and made

50 Red Sampler Blocks!!

(and blocks for my label too)

I have enjoyed making every one of them

and I hope you do too!

Lori

P.S. Here is a list of

each week's blog post

for this sew along so far:

Click on the week