This post is part of the Economy Block Parade Sew-Along! See all posts.

We’re wrapping things up and moving quickly toward a finished quilt. I hope you’ve been enjoying the journey whether your sewing or just following along.

Are you sewing-along? Please share your progress pictures, wherever you are in the process, on Instagram with #EconomyStar. I love to see what you’re up to!

It’s time for the last installment of this sew-along.

Week 4: Sew Outer Border blocks

This week the goal is to sew just 16 economy blocks for our 72” square throw-size quilt. These standard economy blocks will fill in the gaps at the outer boundaries of the Economy Star Parade quilt.

Have fun with this last batch of simple, yet playful economy blocks. I hope you find the process of cutting center squares and choosing coordinating fabrics to be totally consuming in a fun way! I tend to enter a sort of trance and can’t stop until all the fabrics are satisfactorily grouped.

Happily I’ve received a complete set of economy blocks from all contributing members of do. Good Stitches sewing bee, Comfort circle. They’re even early this month! Cheers, ladies, for a job very well done!

Now I’m off to assemble the quilt blocks into rows and then into a finished quilt top. The longarm machine should be humming over this one real soon! It’s been a quiet season for longarm quilting, so there’s no reason why I shouldn’t have my Economy Star Parade quilt finished and ready to be donated by the end of the week!

Sew Along to Win

I hope you’re enjoying this project! One lucky participant will win QuilterSpace - a PDF course is designed to help you organize and beautify your sewing space in five detailed modules!

You don't have to keep up with our schedule to qualify.  Stitch at your happy pace and enjoy!

How to Enter: Share your Economy Star Parade progress on Instagram with tag #Economy Star. Each photo is a chance to win! Winner will be selected randomly at the end of June.