Grab your hot cocoa, your Christmas cookies, and most importantly, your Vintage Christmas Book because the A Very Vintage Christmas Sew Along starts next week! We are sew excited to launch this sew along for Lori Holt of a Bee in my Bonnet’s newest book, Vintage Christmas! Step into Lori’s scrappy happy vintage world this Christmas season with all-new quilt blocks and over ten quilty projects.
To help you make the quilt, we have a Vintage Christmas Quilt Kit and Backing Set that uses Lori Holt’s Cozy Christmas collection for Riley Blake Fabrics. Lori also has a Bee Basics AuriFloss Thread Box and Cute Little Buttons Bag to add the finishing touches to your completed Vintage Christmas quilt! (*You will need to order the book separately from the Quilt Kit to complete the quilt.)
Fabric Requirements
Get a head start on getting prepared for our Vintage Christmas Sew Along with the Vintage Christmas Sampler Quilt Fabric Requirements! Whether you decide to make the quilt with the Cozy Christmas collection or one of your own choosing, here’s what you’ll need:
A Very Vintage Christmas Sew Along Schedule
In this Sew Along, we will make all 42 blocks in Lori’s Vintage Christmas Book! We will feature 5 blocks each week on Instagram and Facebook (@fatquartershop on Instagram, Fat Quarter Shop on Facebook) for this 9 weeks. On our blogs, we will also do 3 periodic summary posts during the sew along of all the blocks! The summary posts for this sew along will cover the first week on Friday, October 26, weeks 2-4 on Friday, November 16, and weeks 5-9 on Friday, December 21.
Here is the complete schedule for the A Very Vintage Christmas Sew Along for Instagram and Facebook (@fatquartershop on Instagram, Fat Quarter Shop on Facebook)!
Week 1 – Friday, October 26
Away in a Manger Block – Melanie of A Bit of Scrap Stuff |
Candy Canes Block – Christopher of The Tattooed Quilter |
Candy Swirl Block – Heidi of Butterflies & Buttons |
Christmas Candles Block – Sherri of A Quilting Life |
Christmas Star Block – Debbie of Happy Little Cottage |
Week 2 – Friday, November 2
City Sidewalk Block – Connie of Freemotion by the River |
Cozy Star Block – Jina of Jina Barney Designz |
Dolly Block – Cynthia of Dream, Quilt, Create |
Fresh Cut Tree Block – Debbie of Happy Little Cottage |
Gingerbread House Block – Kerry of Very Kerry Berry |
Week 3 – Friday, November 9
Glimmer Block – Connie of Freemotion by the River |
Glisten Block – Sherri of A Quilting Life |
Holly & Ivy Block – Jennie of Porch Swing Quilts |
Ice Skate Block – Kristie of @crosshatchquilts on Instagram |
Jingle Bell Block – Anorina of Samelia’s Mum |
Week 4 – Friday, November 16
Little Deer Block – Jina of Jina Barney Designz |
Little White Chapel Block |
Merry Mug Block – Anorina of Samelia’s Mum |
Mistletoe Block – Joanna of @cottonjo on Instagram |
Mitten Block – Sinta of Pink Pincushion |
Week 5 – Friday November 23
Mr. Cookie Block – Cynthia of Dream, Quilt, Create |
Mr. Snowman Block – Christopher of The Tattooed Quilter |
New Puppy Block – Melanie of A Bit of Scrap Stuff |
Old St. Nick Block – Kristie of @crosshatchquilts on Instagram |
Poinsetta Block – Andy of A Bright Corner |
Week 6 – Friday, November 30
Reindeer Hooves Block |
Shine Block – Amy of Diary of a Quilter |
Snowflake Block – Amy of Diary of a Quilter |
Sparkle Block – Greg of Dogwood Grey Studio |
Stained Glass Block – Greg of Dogwood Grey Studio |
Week 7 – Friday, December 7
Stocking Block – Sinta of Pink Pincushion |
Taffy Block |
Toy Drum Block – Heidi of Butterflies & Buttons |
Toy Soldiers – Joanna of @cottonjo on Instagram |
Toy Train Block – Elizabeth of In the Boon Docks |
Week 8 – Friday, December 14
Twinkle Block – Elizabeth of In the Boon Docks |
Under the Tree Block – Andy of A Bright Corner |
Vintage Ornament Block |
Vintage Pinwheel Block – Kerry of Very Kerry Berry |
Warm Hat Block – Snoodles of Lily Pad Quilting |
Week 9 – Friday, December 21
Wool Star Block – Jennie of Porch Swing Quilts |
Wreath Block – Snoodles of Lily Pad Quilting |
See ya on Friday, October 26 on the Jolly Jabber for our post of the first week of the blocks! Keep up every Friday on our social media and with the sew along hastag #aVeryVintageChristmas.
Happy Vintage Christmas Sewing!
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9 comments
Lori Holt had made my life complete! I just received my Vintage Christmas book and it’s perfect in every way! Thanks to FQS and Lori Holt!
I am new to a sew along. So yo-yos Friday what happens next? Is there a video to watch before we start?
Hi Cheri, we are sewing right along in order of the blocks in the Vintage Christmas book. There is no video, just sewing the blocks with the posted schedule!
Hi, I just received my Vintage Christmas book and have all my fabric so I can get started. My question is…are there any reference sheets as to which colors to use for each block, like Bee Happy quilts and others had? I found them to be very helpful in cutting our my fabric.
Hi
I just made my first 6″ block and am now reconsidering if I want to do the 12″ instead. Could you give me a suggestion on a good configuration for a queen size quilt using 12″ blocks?
Thanks,
I’m playing catch up and like to visit/read the blog post of each designer. I can’t find the blogs for the Candy Cane and Holly and Ivy block when I follow your link or search your page. Are these designer’s not posting them to their blogs? Thanks.
The away in a manger block makes no sense. Are there corrections for that block? I can’t get past the star it’s so completely not at all the way the directions say. Where can I get the corrections?
When will the fabric be available?