Farm Girl Friday - Week 13!!!

Oh my Heck!

I've been waiting 

impatiently for this weeks

Farm Girl Friday:)

I'm having so much fun

with this sew along 

and following

 everyones progress and

 adorable blocks

on my Instagram feed!

So grab your copy of 

Farm Girl Vintage

and let's get started!

First I want to show you

 what I did with my

 Milking Day 

block on page 45.

I love the scrappy squares that

makup the bottom of 

the milk can of this block...

And I used twelve 

6" blocks to make a small quilt 

using the County Fair setting

 on page 112

of the book.

But I also thought it would be

 fun to do another mash up!

I decided to work with

 this color palette

for todays blocks:)

Instead of cutting 

the "J" scrappy squares 

for the bottom of the can…

I cut 2 - 2" x 6 1/2" strips

and

2 - 2" x 9 1/2" strips

And sewed them around a 6" Mama Hen block...

And used that section for

 the bottom of a 12" Milking Day block!

I think Mama Hen looks super cute

on Milking Day…don't you?

And speaking of

 Mama Hen…

turn back to page 42

because she is our 

next block for this week:)

I made this large quilt for the book

also using my County Fair setting on 

page 112 of Farm Girl Vintage.

I'm not even kidding when I say that

 I could be happy sewing 

Mama Hen blocks every day!

So many different color and fabric combination:)

I decided to stay with my

 same color palette

and stitch another mash up 

Farm Girl block for you!

I'm making pillows

 from these two blocks

 and I'll be using the cute

 milk bottle print

 for the pillow backing:)

First I made a 6" Simple Star block

on page 61

of Farm girl Vintage

Then I cut a 1 1/2" x 6 1/2" strip for the top

and a 2 1/2" x 6 1/2" strip for the bottom.

I cut one more strip that measures

2 1/2" x 9 1/2"for the side.

These strips and blocks take the place of letters G,I,J and L

in the cutting instructions for the 12" Mama Hen block.

You don't need to cut

a wing (P) either.

The rest of the cutting is exactly the same as the book.

I just sewed the strips around the Simple Star 

and then finished the rest of the block

until I had these 3 sections 

and then sewed them together.

And here is my latest

 Farm Girl mash up block:)

Any 6" block will fit

 inside a 12" Mama Hen Block…

As well as the bottom 

of a 12" Milking Day block

YeeHaw!!!

Thanks so much for sewing with me

this week!

P.S.

I'm super happy to announce that 

Fat Quarter Shop will have a few of the companion farm girl PDF's

 ready for purchase early next week!

YeeHaw!!!

I know you have been waiting

 for them to be ready!

I will do an Instagram 

and a blog post 

the very minute that they 

are available….

 so stay tuned to both places!

Don't forget to visit this

weeks awesome guest bloggers!

xx

Lori