Monday, September 28, 2015

Country Roads Part 3 Finale

Here is my Country Roads little quilt finished.  I love it and the cheddar/gold is perfect for fall here in Central Oregon.
You ready to finish yours?
From your gold fat quarter cut four (4) 5 1/2" squares. Cut two (2) 4 1/2" squares and cut each once on the diagonal  for 4 half square triangles. These are the four corners of your quilt. 
For the setting triangles cut two (2) 8 1/2" squares, then cut each one  twice on the diagonal for 8 total quarter square triangles.
Lay them out like the photo.


Sew them in rows, as shown. I like to sew my side triangles before sewing the corners. When assembled, hang up and admire your work!
Here was my inspiration quilt, (seen on ebay)
 Of course if you make it larger you have more opportunities to mix it up.
Here's the same block in a controlled setting. Barbara Brackman's book calls it Country Lane and I thought it suited it well. (even though I ended up changing the name of my quiltalong)
Instead of a red border I opted to bind it in red. 
 Instead of the dreaded "Quilt as Desired" I thought I'd show you what I chose to do. And no, this isn't the big stitch! lol


My label still says Country Lane but I am going to change it. I hope you enjoyed sewing along and I hope you love your little creation!!

More of my France trip, including the quilt show, on Wednesday!
Happy Monday!



31 comments:

  1. I'll be watching for the quilt along!

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  2. Beautiful! Now I wish I had stitched along with you all. But I'm inspired to do one "someday"!

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  3. Love it! Can't wait to return home again in 10 days...look out stash I'll be home soon to play!

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  4. Let's go !! I love yours and thank you for the tuto !

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  5. The inspiration quilt is a beauty. You always find great quilt for your quilt along. It was fun and I love my little quilt. Thanks Lori.

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  6. I LOVE it!! I'm heading into my studio to cut into my cheddar fabric, right now :)) cheers... Marian

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  7. Oh, Lori, this is the dearest little quilt! I didn't quilt along from the beginning but I will have to choose fabrics and make this quilt. I like how you showed the inspiration for the quilt, too. (I just started a "Quilty Inspiration" link-up and this post would fit nicely.) Thanks for sharing your skills with us.

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  8. Thanks for sharing the "inspiration". So glad I sewed along this time--I love this little quilt!
    I may get one of the two I made all set for quilting today.

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  9. Oh I like your mini better than the larger bed sized version! The gold goes perfect with the blocks.:)

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  10. Cute little quilt. Thanks for taking the time to post it!! I do like yours better than the original, by the way!!

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  11. It's wonderful, Lori! I love seeing your inspiration pieces. You do such a great job with the quilt alongs - thank you! I'm debating between two of my cheddar pieces. Looking forward to having another little quilt before too long! :)

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  12. Thanks for the QAL, Lori! It was most enjoyable and I hope to finish the top this week!

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  13. This was a fun quilt along. I will finish my little quilt tonight. Thank you for having this :)

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  14. Thanks for the quilt along. So much fun to have a small project to work on every week. It's beautiful!

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  15. Thank you for the fun quilt a long. I put mine together this afternoon. This was fun to make.

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  16. OH!!! I love this quilt ! The colors scream Fall , I can see pumpkins on it and a glass of apple cider !!

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  17. I forgot to ask you where you got that cheddar orange for the background it is so pretty !

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  18. Thanks so much for linking to "Quilty Inspiration," Lori. I really appreciate it!

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  19. Yes, I dread the words "quilt as desired" as I never know what to do. Thankyou for showing how you did yours, it is very pretty.

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  20. I sort of love cheddar orange. Isn't it just so vibrant? In it's own way? Nice quilt - I'm glad to have found you from Nancy's Quilty Inspiration.

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  21. I sort of love cheddar orange. Isn't it just so vibrant? In it's own way? Nice quilt - I'm glad to have found you from Nancy's Quilty Inspiration.

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  22. This has been a fun quilt along. I can't wait to finish mine. It looks like you had a great time on your trip, love seeing your pictures.

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  23. I have ejoyed this little quilt along and loce to see the pictures on Facebook. Thanks for adding me to the group

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  24. Thanks for sharing the inspiration quilt. I think I may try a narrow red inner border on my mini too. Fun mystery quilt-a-long. Thanks for doing it!

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  25. It is a lovely quilt, I love the fabrics you used especially the cheddar, it combines so well with all the other fabrics. And handquilted too!

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  27. That Backing fabric is incredible!!! I absolutely love it! If my dear M-i-l were still alive, I'd buy a couple yards for each of us!! :-D Love your quilt too!

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