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The Vintage Flower Sampler Quilt - Lattice Fan and Strawberries

Wowza! It's week 11!!! One more week to go! But if you are still stitching, please continue to post your blocks and use the hashtag. We will have "Meet Up" dates to chat about finishing the quilt. Look for a blog post on those dates to come.  This week we leave the Y-seams behind and say hello to the curves! Perhaps that's out of the frying pan and into the fire!  Our patchwork block is Lattice Fan and our applique block is Strawberries. Lattice Fan - Lots of curves in this block! And to make it even more exciting we...

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The Vintage Flower Sampler Quilt - Tallahassee and Cherries

It's Monday! And it's week 10 of The Vintage Flower Sampler Quilt Sew Along! This week our blocks are the patchwork block, Tallahassee, and the applique block, Cherries.    Tallahassee -  I used Reynolds Freezer Paper to make my templates. Press the Freezer Paper to the fabric and cut each piece with scissors or a rotary. I also used a scant quarter inch.  The Tallahassee block consists of 4 smaller pieced squares. The book instructions have open quarter inch seams where the Y-seam is created. They are indicated by the small dot in the diagrams.  I deviated from the instructions...

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The Vintage Flower Sampler Quilt - Farmer's Daughter and Apples

Happy Monday! We are beginning the last 4 weeks of The Vintage Flower Sampler Sew Along. Can you believe it? This week we are working on the patchwork block, Farmer's Daughter and the applique block, Apples. Farmer's Daughter - For the Farmer's Daughter, I traced and cut templates from Reynolds Freezer Paper and pressed them to my fabric before cutting.     Once all my pieces were cut, I arranged them on my mat. I also made sure my machine needle was set to allow for a consistent scant 1/4 inch. Sew all the B/C templates together, making sure you mark...

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The Vintage Flower Sampler Quilt - Lost Children and Oranges

It's week 8!!! We are more than halfway through the quilt! If you have previous week's blocks to complete, worry not. We have another "catch up" week the week of August 14th. This week we have the patchwork block, Lost Children... and the applique block,Oranges. Lost Children -  This is the first time in this quilt that we have dealt with the dreaded Y-seams! But luckily this Y-seam is wide and gentle. So let's get started! I used the template to create my small triangle shapes. And placed all the shapes out in front of me before deciding on a...

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The Vintage Flower Sampler Quilt - Parisienne and Grapes

Yay! It's week 7!!! Our patchwork block this week is, Parisienne. The applique block is Grapes.  Parisienne -    The Parisienne block consists of (4) X patches, a center block and setting triangles. Create your templates for the block using your favorite method. I traced mine onto Reynolds Freezer Paper and pressed my templates to my fabric. When pressing the setting triangles to fabric, place the long edge along the straight of grain. This will eliminate any wavy edges along the outside edge of your block.   I found it was best to use a scant quarter inch when piecing...

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