Red Sampler Quilt Along - Week Seven!!

Hello there! 

Welcome back to my blog:)

It's week seven 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!

As I told you last week...

I have three 6" blocks for you today!

I have 30 - 6" blocks and only

 20 - 12" blocks to make for my quilt

 so I thought that I would 

just do 6" blocks this week.

This week I worked 

from one of my books only...

all three blocks 

are from Farm Girl Vintage 2...

and here's why!

Okay... 

so remember that we have 

already made my 6" Starry Nights Block

 that you see on the 

right in my photo above?

Well then you also know 

that there is cutting for a

 12" block as well.

That 12" Block cutting 

consists of 4 - 6" blocks.

so...what I did was cut just one 

of the stars from the 12" block

cutting measurements

and sew it up.

Now I have a 6" block

 which consists of just one star:)

Cute!

Starry Nights is on page 126

Now that you've heard my explanation

and have seen the 

3 blocks for this week...

Are you starting to 

sense a theme going on here?

Yep!

I did the same thing 

for the other two 

6" blocks for this week.

We already made the 

6" Quilting Day Block

from page 112.

Again...

I used the 12" cutting measurements

from that Quilting Day Block 

 and only cut and sewed one 

 6" Churn Dash Block:)

 

And last week we made the 6" 

Cross Stitch Block from page 37....

which consists of four cross stitch's.

This week I made a 6" Cross Stitch Block...

and yes...you guessed it!

I used the 12" Block cutting 

and only cut one cross stitch.

It was really fun to make 

3 new 6" blocks that you 

might not otherwise have known

 were in the book:)

There are actually several blocks

 in my Farm Girl Vintage 2 book

 that we could do this with

 and I plan on doing more!

I hope that you will have fun

 sewing your three 6" Red Sampler Blocks

 for this week.

I'm still really having a good time 

seeing all of your blocks on 

Instagram

I'm leaving you 

with a few photos from 

Farm Girl Vintage 2 

photo shoot at my house.

We took this one of the sampler

displayed on my backyard deck:)

This is one of my favorites 

because it shows all of the 

Farm Girl Vintage 2 Blocks 

hanging on the clothesline!

This is the Beekeepers Garden...

And this is October Skies:)

Both are made using the same 

quilt setting as the sampler quilt

 in the book and it happens to be 

the same exact setting that I am using

 for my Red Sampler Quilt!

I want to show you this picture

 from the doll quilt section

 of the book because these are 

the doll quilts made with 

three of the blocks from this week

 (and the other blocks in the book)

 that have little 3" finished blocks

 when you use the 6" block cutting measurements:)

I show my doll quilts and 

talk about them more on one of my 

recent tutorials on my 

YouTube Channel

CLICK HERE 

if you would like to see more! 

I'll be right back here next week

with more Red Sampler Blocks:)

xx

Lori

P.S. Here is a list of 

each week's blog post 

for this sew along so far:

Click on the week 

that you would like to visit!

 Week One

 Week Two

Week Three

Week Four

Week Five

Week Six

Red Sampler Quilt Along - Week Five!!

Hi there beautiful people and happy Monday!

Welcome to week five 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!

As usual I have three more blocks for you!

This week I worked 

from two of my books...

For the 12" Block I made my 

Evening Star Block on page 45 

of my book Farm Girl Vintage 2.

I used my Farm Girl Vintage

 gingham, honeycomb and also my 

chicken tracks for the background. 

I used my Calico Days Baby Chicks 

print for the center square 

and the corner triangles:)

12" Evening Star Block

I made my 6" Peas and Carrots Block 

from page 53

from my first Farm Girl Vintage Book.

This is another favorite 

and easy to make block...

you simply need two red prints

 that have good contrast from each other:)

I used my Flea Market Star Flower 

and my Prim Circles prints 

as well as my 

Bee Backgrounds "Clover" print.

6" Peas and Carrots Block

Last Friday I filmed episode #18

 in my Sew Your Stash Series

and because my block finishes at 6"...

I decided that it would be fun to

 make a block all in reds and to add it 

to my Red Sampler Quilt.

After all...

I need to make 30 blocks in the 

6" size and so I think that

 this one fits perfectly:)

It's called Granny Star 

and if you want to 

add it to your quilt

CLICK HERE

to watch my tutorial

and also to see a sneak peek

 of several more of my Red Sampler Blocks:)

This version uses a print for the 

center square instead of the background.

I used my Chicken Tracks 

background and 3 reds:

Flea Market Basket Weave

Bee Cross Stitch

Farm Girl Vintage Calico

6" Churn Dash Block

I hope that you will have fun

 sewing your blocks this week...

as for me...I'm having a blast:)

I'm really having a good time 

choosing fabric and sewing 

these blocks for my Red Sampler...

I just want to make more blocks every day!

Thanks for sewing with me this week!

This photo was taken of me 

sitting at my vintage teachers desk 

during the photo shoot 

for my book Spelling Bee.

Here are a few more photos from the shoot:

This setting is for 12" Blocks 

and would be another great choice 

for my Red Sampler Blocks:)

Well that's it for today folks!

I've shown you all of my blocks again...

now it's time for you to show me yours!

Go ahead and use the hashtag

 #RedSamplerQuiltAlong

when posting on your social media:)

I'll meet you right back here 

next week with 3 more blocks!

xx

Lori

P.S. Here is a list of 

each week's blog post 

for this sew along so far:

Click on the week 

that you would like to visit!

 Week One

 Week Two

Week Three

Week Four

Red Sampler Quilt Along - Week Four!!

 

Hello Red Sampler folks and happy Monday!

Welcome to week four 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 three more blocks for you!

This week I worked 

from three of my books...

For the 12" Block I made my 

Great Granny Block on page 5 

of my book Great Granny Squared.

I added my Bee Backgrounds Honeycomb 

print into this block along with

my Bee Cross Stitch Background. 

I also used my Flea Market 

Basketweave print for the medium tone

 which I'll be using a lot 

of as well!

I used my 12 1/2" Trim-It Ruler

 for my Great Granny Block:)

12" Great Granny Block

I made my 6" Vintage Pinwheel Block 

from page 105

from my book Vintage Christmas.

This block is sew 

easy peasy and fun to make...

you simply need two red prints

 that have good contrast from each other:)

I used two reds from my stash 

and my Bee Backgrounds "Diamonds" print.

6" Vintage Pinwheel Block

I used my Farm Girl Vintage Book 

to make the other 6" block.

It's called Churn Dash 

and it's on page 19.

This version uses a print for the 

center square instead of the background.

I used my Chicken Tracks 

background and 3 reds ...

all are from my 

Farm Girl Vintage fabric collection.

You may find my 

Quick Dash video

on my YouTube Channel

 helpful when making this block:)

CLICK HERE

to watch:)

6" Churn Dash Block

I hope that you will have fun

 sewing your blocks this week...

as for me...I'm having a blast:)

So far I have made four 

12" Red Sampler Blocks...

And eight - 6" Red Sampler Blocks

I'm enjoying using 

red prints from my stash...

and shopping for a few more to add

to my collection!

And it's always fun for me 

to sew from my books again and again.

Because I made the 

Great Granny Block for this week...

I thought that you might want to

 see a few photos of my 

Great Granny Quilt from the book.

It's made from 

20 - 12" Great Granny Blocks 

So of course it's just another 

setting option for you 

if you would want to make 12" blocks only.

 

Now if you are one of those

 that I have heard from over the years 

who are completely addicted

 to making my 6" blocks...

you could always use this setting

 from my first Farm Girl Vintage book.

This quilt setting has 48 - 6" blocks:)

Well that's it for today folks!

I've shown you all of my blocks again...

now it's time for you to show me yours!

Go ahead and use the hashtag

 #RedSamplerQuiltAlong

when posting on your social media:)

I'll meet you right back here 

next week with 3 more blocks!

xx

Lori

P.S. Here is a list of 

each week's blog post 

for this sew along so far:

Click on the week 

that you would like to visit!

 Week One

 Week Two

Week Three