The Quilty Barn Along - Fast and Easy Pinwheels Tutorial for the Vintagey Farm Girl Tractor Block !!!...

It's been a while since I've posted about my

Quilty Barn Along 

I posted when I finished the top of my quilt…

and sent it off to the quilters:)

Because I am getting my quilt back 

from the quilters anytime now…

I thought I would share

 with you how I finished

my vintagey farm girl tractor label 

for the back…

and hopefully give you

 a few ideas on your label

 if you haven't done it yet!

The purpose for my quilt label was;

1. To document the name of the quilt along

2. Say who made the quilt

3. Year the quilt was made

4. To be a cute addition to the theme of the quilt:)

I thought it would be fun to embroider the info 

coming from the smoke stack of the tractor.

I just wrote the info with my mechanical pencil 

and my stitchy stunt double Kassidy embroidered it for me. 

The steering wheel is done with 

a satin stitch using 4 strands of floss:)

Of course she used my Stitchy Kit:)

Thanks Kass!!!

After the embroidery was complete…

I chose the backing and the binding for my quilt.

I used this cute baby chicks fabric in yellow

 by Whistler Studios for Windham Fabrics.

I'm going to use Sew Cherry red gingham

 (fabric designed by me for Riley Blake) for the binding.

I think it will look great with the red barns!

I wanted to add some colorful patchwork to the tractor block…

something that would make it look like

 a little quilt on the back of a big quilt!

I added a red inner border first.

If you remember…

the vintage farm girl tractor block 

unfinished size is 18 1/2" x 22 1/2".

I used 1/8 yard of red fabric by Cosmo Cricket for Moda.

I cut 2 strips 1 1/2" x 22 1/2" 

and sewed to the top and the bottom of the block.

Then I cut 2 1 1/2" x 20 1/2" and added to the sides.

I pressed my seams towards the red inner borders.

I used 1/4 yard of Classic Moda chicken wire fabric.

 I cut 4 - 2 1/2" x 24 1/2" 

I sewed 2 of them to the top and bottom first…

then added the remaining 2 on the sides.

I pressed towards chicken wire.

I decided to make my 

fast and easy pinwheel blocks

 for the patchwork border.

I thought they would represent 

the movement of the tractor wheels turning…

and also be cute and colorful

 around the tractor and 

against the yellow backing fabric!

I grabbed my 2 1/2" strips and squares basket from my quilty stash

to choose the fabrics.

I decided not to make any yellow pinwheels...

 so that they would not be lost against the

 yellow chick fabric on the back of the barn quilt:)

The colors that I used for the pinwheels

 are all in my barns on the front of the quilt….minus the yellow.

Red, aqua, green, brown, pink and gray.

I made 30 - 4" finished pinwheels.

I cut them all from my 2 1/2" quilty stash basket.

I just needed a 10" strip of fabric to cut 4 - 2 1/2" squares.

I cut and paired up the colored squares background squares.

For each pinwheel I cut;

 4 - 2 1/2" color print squares

and 4 - background print squares.

I chain pieced them and stitched

 a color to a background from corner to corner.

Trimmed off the excess about 1/4" past my stitching line...

and pressed them towards the colored triangle.

In no time I have 4 fast and easy

 1/2 square triangles to sew into a pinwheel!

I pressed these seams open for less bulk 

in the center of the pinwheel block and

 so that the pinwheel will be nice and flat:)

at this point it measures 4 1/2" square.

***TIP make sure that all 30 of your pinwheels

 have the dark and light triangles on the same side:)

The back of my block.

I continued sewing and chain piecing pinwheels until I had 30:)

I joined 6 of them and sewed to the sides…

and then joined 9 for the top and the bottom:)

I love me some scrappy happy pinwheels!!!

a classic block that I never get tired of sewing:)

Have a quilty kind of day!

xx

Lori

The Quilty Barn Along...First Quilt Top Complete!!!...

Last week while I was on retreat...

I was able to finish up the top of the first quilt in 

The Quilty Barn Along

YaY!!!

If you happen to follow me on

 Instagram...

you watched my progress every step of the way:)

It has been so much fun to piece this quilt...

Each and every barn has been a labor of love:)

 I made all of my barns in this quilt red...

And I used

 colorful prints in the 

sashing's to set off the red barns nicely.

I also added another set of sashing strips around the outside...

So that there would be 2 strips on all 4 sides of each barn.

I'm not adding additional borders.

I don't think it needs them and

 I'm happy with the size of the quilt.

(it's a twin)

I cut a - 2 1/2" square for each corner.

They are all different fabrics ...but all are aqua.

I cut the outside sashing strips...

2 1/2" x 20 1/2"

(you will need to cut 14 of them)

 "Quilty Barns" 

64" x 84"

Designed and made by

Lori Holt

of Bee in my Bonnet

I am working on finishing up

 the embroidery for the Tractor label

 on the back...

so that I can get it

 off to the quilters.

I'll show you the label 

as soon as it's complete!

Leave me some bloggy love and

 let me know what you 

think of my first Quilty Barn finish!

Have a quilty kind of day...

xx

Lori

The Quilty Barn Along - Silo Barn 7 and the Patchwork Pumpkin!!!...

YaY!

It's Quilty Barn Along day!!

This is Quilty Silo Barn #7...

can you believe it?

And this is my

 "Patchwork Pumpkin" 

block that I designed for this barn.

We are into October now 

and of course...

 the barn is always full of

 pumpkins in October!

YaY!

Building barn 

around scrappy pumpkin!

I just had to use the cute skull fabric 

in the loft in honor of October 31st!

I hope you like this weeks

 Quilty Barn Along block...

tomorrow I'll show you 

the finished top of my Red Barn Quilt!!! 

xx

Lori

The Quilty Barn Along...Silo Barn 6 and the "Canning Season" block Tutorial!...

"Canning Season"

Because we are deep into September...

that means it's harvest time:)

YaY!

(click here for a canning guide)

Because I grew up on a farm,

we had plenty of room for growing.

 Every year we had several large gardens

 to take care of and when September rolled around,

 You could always find my mom,

along with my sisters and I in

 the kitchen with jars piled high!

It's my favorite time of the year...

So of course I had to design this cute little block of canning jars:)

(don't worry...canning is easy)

Sew a white strip to each side of

 the gray strip and press towards the gray...

 like this.

Now choose your fabrics for the jar sections.

Here I have chosen;

 orange for carrots or peaches

green for peas or sweet pickle relish

gold for pears or sweet corn

purple for beets or plums

aqua for an empty jar! (vintage of course)

red for cherries or tomatoes

Sew 4 easy corner triangles onto each jar.

The larger squares go on the top...

and the tiny squares go on the bottom.

Trim off the seam allowances...

and press towards the triangles.

Now sew a lid onto each jar.

Press seams open for less bulk.

Sew jars into 2 rows of 3 across.

Press seams open again:)

Sew the 2 rows together to form your

 Canning Season block!

Back of my Canning Season block.

Don't you just love how canning jars 

look lined along the shelves of your pantry?

Now build your cute 

barn with a silo

 around your Canning Season block!

All of the bounty from 

your garden is now put away 

so that you can have a taste of summer

during the long cold winter:)

YaY!...

4 of the barns on my design board.

Now get to sewing and 

have a barn buildin' kind of day!

(after you get all of your canning done... of course:)

xx

Lori

(cute canning supplies)