Welcome - My Final Farm Girl Vintage Block

Hello, Friends!

Today I'm going to wrap up my Farm Girl Vintage series

with the beautiful block called Welcome.

If you have the Farm Girl Vintage book,

you will know that this is not the "last block" in the book.

They are listed in alphabetical order,

and there are a few more blocks after this one.

I decided to make this block last,

because it looked so much easier to construct

than the Winter Star or Wooly Sheep blocks.

I figured I would finish with a quick and easy block.

{Insert uncontrollable giggles here.}

Well...for some reason,

I found this block to be kind of difficult to make.

I enjoyed stitching it, but, when I measured

my finished block, it was about 1/4" too big!!!

I just couldn't cut off those tips and be happy.

I thought and thought about it, but...that would not work for me!

So there was only one thing left to do...

make another block.

This time I paid careful attention to the size

of each unit within the block.

I measured and trimmed,

and I noticed that my piecing was not as good

as I thought, along the way.

There was a bit of crookedness here and there.

Even this time, being soooo careful,

my new block had some seams that didn't line up perfectly.

That's okay...I really loved my new combination

of fabrics, and I learned how to be more precise along the way.

In the end, my new block was just about the perfect size.

Guess what I found,

literally the day after I finished this block!

{You'll never guess...I'll have to tell you.}

I saw a post at Fig Tree Quilts, featuring this awesome,

brilliant, sweet pattern, made up from this same block!

This pattern was being featured as Fig Tree Quilts is bringing back

some of their most popular fabrics, in Strawberry Fields Revisited.

{I.Can't.Wait.}

Star Crossed Pattern by Fig Tree Quilts

I really love the way people create new projects using

genuine vintage-style blocks that have been around

for generations.

The finished block is the same...

but there have been so many creative minds

working to make this block their own way, their own style,

for their own life and family.

That is the appeal that quilting has for me!

Now that I've practiced this lovely block...

no matter what it's called...

I hope to make more of them.

I think I'll make this slightly super-sized one

into one of the Farm Girl Vintage pot holders.

It will be a pleasant way to remember the Farm Girl Vintage sew along.