Today is our very first
Farm Girl Friday:)
YeeHaw!!!
I'm so excited:)
Hello
out there cute people!
Are you ready
to sew with this
"vintage" farm girl?
Grab your book…
if you don't have one yet:)
Get out your
rotary cutter and rulers…
Your design boards…
Choose some farmin' fabric...
from your scrappy happy stash
and lets get started!
READY-SET-SEW
Turn to page 8
of Farm Girl Vintage
because we're starting
with my
Apronstrings
Farm Girl block:)
I designed this
vintage looking block
to use up scrappy leftovers.
It looks complicated
because of the angles…
but is super easy
to put together using
my method in the book.
to put together using
my method in the book.
It's a block that's
easy to choose
the fabric and colors for
because somehow the
"mismatched"
look just makes it
even more charming:)
I made the large table runner
in the book using the 12" blocks…
and I love it!
I want to make a large
Apronstrings quilt as well:)
But for this week…
I settled for one
6" Apronstrings
and one
12" Apronstrings.
I made a 6" block using my
newest upcoming fabric collection
for Riley Blake Designs…
I'm going to make another
Farm Girl Sampler
just like the one on the cover
using 6" blocks of course…
and also my new fabric:)
and also my new fabric:)
I'll be showing my blocks
every Friday.
For my 12" block...
I sewed it and
quilted it like this...
I sewed it and
quilted it like this...
Then I cut
2 - 2 1/2" x WOF strips
and sewed them together
to prepare my binding.
If you'd like to
see how I bind…
to go to my tutorial:)
It was an easy block to sew…
then quilt and bind…
and now I have a cute
"Quilty"
on my front room side table:)
I also used my
Apronstrings block
and made a cute little
Farm Girl Pincushion:)
for my step by step tutorial.
What You Need To Do -
I want to see your block!
As soon as you get yours sewn,
post it on your
favorite social media
1.Instagram,
2.Twitter,
3.Facebook,
any of them
or
all of them!
You will need to
use the hashtag
#farmgirlfridays
and of course
#apronstringsblock
so that we can all see
and join in on the
farm girl happiness.
It makes me so giddy
to know that we are
all sewing the same block
together this week...
and sewing it
Farm Girl Vintage style:)
(I may or may not have just happy danced:)
P.S. Yes…it was farm girl vintage style too!
Okay.
Let's talk about
how our sew along will work
from here on out.
Every week we will sew
2 Farm Girl blocks.
We are going in order
that they are in my book ...
which is alphabetical.
There are 45 Farm Girls blocks…
this is only a few.
You can choose to
make whatever you want
from my blocks.
Just sew one ...
or you can sew
as many your heart desires:)
The main thing is to
*have fun
*learn something new
*meet new friends
*bee happy
***WARNING***
(You may come down with
a bad case of
Farm Girl Fever ...
because the blocks are addicting)
#farmgirlblocksanonymous
I said it in my
and I said it in
Farm Girl Vintage too:)
"You are the boss
of your own quilt!"
it's my quilty quote motto
and that's how
this sew along will go.
However ...
I will be throwing in
lots of suggestions ...
several tutorials...
and different ways to use
my farm girl blocks.
And of course…
a few fun surprises
along the way!
In addition…
we have 45 bloggers
lined up that will be
"Sewing and Telling"
about one specific
Farm Girl block
that they chose to spotlight
during our sew along.
to see the schedule of blocks
and the list of our
awesome guest bloggers!
Today's guest is
Cindy Cloward…
who happens to be
my friend as well
as the owner of
Riley Blake Designs.
to see her Apronstrings!
And as always…
don't forget to tune into the
to see Kimberly and the Girls.
They are sewing
Farm Girl blocks as well!
Thanks so much for joining me
on the very first
Farm Girl Friday.
I hope you have fun today
sewing up your very own
Apronstrings blocks.
I can't wait to see them!
Tune in next Friday
for week two:)
xx
Lori
P.S. YeeHaw!!!
So so so Farm Girl excited. ...thanks Lori
ReplyDeleteStarting my first block this morning. So much fun.
ReplyDeleteSo excited to be starting this with you! Is there a "button" I can put on my blog so people can find you?
ReplyDeleteI'm in love with this book and am excited to sew each and every block (I may have already sewn a bunch just for fun). I'm not on any social media, but I'll still be here every week in my farmhouse sewing along. Thanks for such a great sew-along. Have a gorgeous day!
ReplyDeleteI cant wait to make my block this weekend! I so love all the blocks in the book. I plan to make a 6" and a 12" of each variety!
ReplyDeleteYour fabrics, your patterns and your book, Oh MY! This is so exciting . . . I love your quote, "You are the boss of your own quilt!"
ReplyDeleteKeep Smiling, Farm Girl,
and have a lovely week.
Connie :)
Very excited and impatient for the work day to get done so I can get home and sew!
ReplyDeleteI can't wait to get mine done, hopefully tonight after work. I want to get the supplies to make some design boards. I have searched through lots of my fabrics, bought new fabrics, and hopefully will have what will make me happy :) May have to buy a bit more - LOL Thanks for doing this! Can't wait !!!!
ReplyDeleteYay! It's Farm Girl Friday!! I love your new book Lori and I am sewww excited about this sew-along!!!
ReplyDeleteThis is what my granddaughter and I sing when we are cutting and organizing our quilty projects,"now I have my ABC's(alphabitties) won't you sew along with me"!
Have fun everyone : )
Tammy XO
Excited to do this. Although I still need the book. How many different fabrics would you suggest and how much of each to do the 12" blocks?
ReplyDeleteThis is my very first sew along and I am super excited! "Farm Girl Vintage" is the most beautiful quilting book ever and I just love everything in it. Thank you Lori for sharing your tremendous talent with the quilting world.
ReplyDeleteI am still waiting for my book! Can wait to get started. Have fun everyone!!!
ReplyDeleteSooo excited to be able to sew along. I am super busy this weekend and just got my book yesterday but I will get caught up as soon as next week starts! Yeehaw.
ReplyDeleteYour book is the "sweetest" quilt book I have ever seen, and so very usable with the spiral binding. I was pleasantly surprised at the binding when I opened the package from FQS as I wasn't expecting that extra touch. I'll be sewing along with y'all. I got posterboard and duct tape to make design boards today, something I've wanted to do for a long time and am now just doing it! Thanks for hosting!
ReplyDeleteHi Lori.
ReplyDeleteYou are sweet.
I hope to get this book for Mother's Day. These blocks are adorable.
You are very very inspiring.
I am taking care of my 92 year old parents and it is like having twin 5 year olds, except they are not naughty hahaha
So I can sew a little in the morning and evening. The blocks and projects you show here looks so carefree and fun, I am a lot like that too. (except now exhausted, maybe I need more cake) So these would be easy and fun. You are a very enthusiastic friend, thank you for that!
Thank you for doing this! I ordered my book and it arrived Thursday - I could hardly wait for Friday to start sewing and am so excited to sew along.
ReplyDeleteI like the new pattern line. I'm definitely getting some of those as a gift for a friend. Your six inch block is cute as anything!
ReplyDeleteI just ordered your Farm Girl Book. The yardage is gone at Fat Quarter shop. Is there any other "farm" type fabric line you might suggest? Should I just use whatever? I am looking forward to getting 'caught up'. Thanks
ReplyDeleteJudy
so much fun ahead.
ReplyDeleteOmigosh, this book is phenomenal!!! Just got mine yesterday and got so excited paging through all the blocks and then reading all about the projects and your other suggestions. I also love the samples that use other 'regular' prints. Bravo Lori!!
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