Red Cross Vintage Block Complete

Five Vintage Blocks Completed out of Twenty

Three Sections Complete

Four Sections Complete

 My Red Cross Block Completed

For this block, I created a little guide pattern. I had to use small pieces of fabric because I didn’t want to cover up the piecing number order. It really did help. I did not to my knowledge reverse any of my segments, and I am happy with the way this one turned out.

Beginning Mayflower Block

Foundation Piecing

Upper Left Section

 Guide to assembly of Mayflower in book.

Vintage Block Sampler Quilt

(You can see the Mayflower block is in reds on the left, 
and the Red Cross block is right above it.)

This post is linked with Paper Piecing Party at Quiet Play.

Making Slow Progress

My Vintage Quilt Revival Block-Along Squares

As of this week I have completed three squares and am going to work on my fourth Sunday. I am definitely stitching SLOWLY...and ripping SLOWLY :-) I do a LOT of ripping.

This vintage quilt block-along is my first attempt at paper piecing. I was always afraid to even try it, but I’m beginning to understand it a wee bit at a time. It is such a learning process for me. I hope it will become easier with time.

 Square 2 ~ Riviera

Unfortunately, I’m going to have to take this apart.I was not pressing the pieces properly so this square ended up small. My guild friend, Sandy, at our local quilting shop told me to take the 4 sections apart, press the pieces correctly and fully open, sew it together again, and that should resolve the issue. UGH! I won’t make that mistake again. She also suggested that I leave the piecing paper on the blocks until I assemble them in the end so I can be sure of correctly matching up points. 

 Square 3 - Dakota Star

With this one the points were a little bit off at the center, but Sandy showed me how to clip the seam a wee bit freeing up the fabric. After I ironed it, the points matched up just fine.

Here are my three finished blocks.

I also pieced another square for my 100 Modern quilt Block project, but I photographed it upside down...oops. After thinking about it for a bit, I decided to not use the black but instead some of my red geometric and red polka dots. Thanks to seeing the way Jennifer from Knotted Thread was posting hers, I decided to follow suit and take pictures of the squares alongside the page in the book. I just need to remember to place them going in the correct direction.

This post is linked with:

Slow Sunday Stitching over at Kathy’s Quilts

Sew Darn Crafty over at Karen’s Sew Many Ways

Paper Piecing Party at Kristy’s Quiet Play.