Farm Girl Friday - Week 22 and a new Farm Girl Block - Corn and Tomatoes 2!

Good morning Farm Girl peeps!

It's Week 22 in our 

Farm Girl Friday's Sew Along:)

(click here for your own copy)

We are almost finished sewing 

all 45 Farm Girl blocks 

in the 6" Sampler on the cover 

of my book 

Farm Girl Vintage

but I promised you in

 the beginning that I would be

 throwing in several 

new blocks along the way:)

And this week I'm happy to 

announce that

the PDF pattern is ready for my 

Corn and Tomatoes 2!

Of course there are detailed

 instructions and also cutting

 for 6" and 12" block sizes:)

Click Here 

if you want to harvest your own

 Corn and Tomatoes 2!

I still have more Farm Girl Vintage 

companion blocks that will be

 released as PDF's 

over the next 6 weeks 

as soon as my 

Farm Girl Vintage Workshops 

are over.

 I always design

 new blocks for my students

to play that are top secret 

until then...and I can't wait to

 show you what they are!

But for now...

let's get to this weeks blocks:)

Turn to page 69...

And let's make 

Water Turn 

This is a super fun block to make...

Made up of simple

half square triangles 

and flying geese:)

I made and designed this block way back 

when we were in the middle of my 

Quilty Barn Along:)

When it was finished...

It ended up in a red barn

 with bicycles inside:)

It was not unusual to see

 bikes in our barn while

 we were growing up.

Now turn to page 70 

of the book and let's do 

Welcome 

I named this block Welcome because...

I used it in my 

Farmhouse Lane quilt 

from the book...

and nothing says Welcome 

like a farm house with

 a nicely kept front yard...right?

I think they look like 

colorful flowers 

all in a row don't you?

You can find the pattern 

and step by step instructions 

for this quilt in the book:)

Thanks for playing 

Farm Girl Friday with me today...

Don't forget to 

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for the schedule and visit

 this weeks guest bloggers!

I also have another 

fun announcement this week.

Bee in my Bonnet Design Boards 

are now available 

in ready made form!

I'm so excited about this:)

They are very handy when

 making your Farm Girl blocks...

They come in two sizes

 and 6 colors!

The 18" size are perfect

 for the 12" blocks...

And the 10" size 

are perfect for 

the 6" blocks:)

As I've told you many times...

once you have used my design boards 

you will wonder what 

you ever did without them:)

These are some of the fun things that

 Fat Quarter Shop 

has been doing with them this week:)

So if you never got around 

to making your own...

or you want to add 

to your collection...

(you can never have too many)

Click Here 

and go get you some!

Have a Farm Girl Vintage kind of day...

xx

Lori

Farm Girl Friday - Week 21!!!

Good morning and welcome to

 Farm Girl Friday!

Grab your book and turn to page 67

(get yourself a copy by clicking HERE)

There you will find the pattern and instructions

 for one of this weeks Farm Girl blocks...

"Tumbleweed"

This is a favorite and looks like it's turning...

which is why I named it tumbleweed.

I added the 4 easy corner triangles 

on the outside corners to 

give it the appearance of being round.

I used this block to make one of the 

large Harvest Table runners from the book.

I like the secondary pattern that forms

from the 4 easy corner triangles 

when you sew the blocks together...

super fun!

I know I say this all the time...

 but it really is perfect for a scrappy project:)

Did you know that sometimes I like to 

use my runners as wall decor as well?

I've always liked the way that 3 runners

 look together and you can

 hang them horizontally or vertically...depending on the room.

Wouldn't these 3 look great above a sofa?

This photo is from one of my Farm Girl Vintage retreats.

Can you sew the 3 small Harvest table runners too?

They're a great size for wallhangings as well.

The large runners are made from my Apronstrings block...

my Gingham block and of course my Tumbleweed block...

all from the book:)

Next up is my

"Sunny Sunflower"

on page 66.

This is another super versatile block.

You can sew that I used browns in the center

and golden yellow for the petals

so that it looks like a sunflower...

But when I used bright scrappy colors

they look like zinnias!

The pattern for my 

Sowing Seeds Table Topper 

is on page 122 of the book.

The Sowing Seeds topper is a Mix and Match Setting.

Here you can see two quilts I made with the Sowing Seeds

setting...one is of course with 

Sunny Sunflower blocks and the other

is my Butterchurn block which is on page 15.

When I started teaching my 

Farm Girl Vintage retreat/workshops

this year...I joined the Crops block from page 23 

onto the bottom of my Sunny Sunflowers...

Designed a new companion block for my students

to play with called Penny Pig...

Sewed up some of my Apronstrings block from the book...

And made this quilt using my 

Farmhouse Lane setting from the book.

You can purchase my

Penny Pig

pattern as a PDF download by clicking

HERE

Then we made giant

 Farm Girl Vintage Flowers 

at retreat using the 12" blocks from the book:)

Look at these cutie pie flowers

 made by my cutie pie students!

I love this photo:)

I designed even more companion blocks 

in both 6" and 12" sizes to go on top of my Crops block 

so that we could plant a 

Farm Girl Vintage Flower Garden!

These new flowers are also available 

as a PDF download by clicking 

HERE

Thanks for joining me for another episode of 

Farm Girl Friday...

YeeHaw!!!

xx

Lori

P.S. Don't forget to 

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and visit this weeks super cute guest bloggers!

2016 Cozy Cottage Calendar is Here!!!

I'm so excited to announce that my 

very first calendar has arrived

from the printers and is now available:)

2016 Cozy Cottage Calendar

by Lori Holt of 

Bee in my Bonnet

Way back when the sample yardage of my 

Modern Minis

fabric collection arrived...

I thought it would be really fun to 

dive right in and make a mini.

I used the squares from the 3 color ways

and fussy cut them for

 some sections of the blocks...

I of course used all of the

 other prints in the collection as well:)

Using the pieces together 

and auditioning each block for 

different colors and texture 

is super fun!

I chose to make mini

Cozy Cottage Blocks:)

Super cute and tiny!

Each little cottage is a different combo of fabrics

and has it's own little personality!

They eventually turned into a mini quilt...

Which is now on the cover of my new

2016 Cozy Cottage Calendar

It's on the cover because 

the pattern is included inside...

along with step by step instructions:)

I love how the quilt turned out...

and it looks so cute in my family room:)

There's no place like a cozy home!

And of course you know that I am 

known for doing my blocks in two sizes...

So I made the larger block into 

Cozy Cottage Pillows!

Of course the pattern for my pillows...

Are included in my calendar as well:)

I love how the quilt and 

the pillows look together...

COZY!!!

I'm so proud of how my

 calendar turned out.

I couldn't have done it

 without my awesome publishers...

Fat Quarter Shop

This is the back of the calendar

 and shows you the photos 

from each month inside.

All photography took place

 inside my very own cozy cottage:)

CLICK HERE

to get your very own copy 

and share each month of 2016

with me:)

xx

Lori