Good Morning Farm lovers!
We are moving right along with
and we are already into week 19!
So grab your book and let's get started
on the blocks for this week:)
To get a copy of your own...
Turn to page 62 and
let's talk about my
Spring Star Block
It's an easy block to construct and
I like that it has
three color combos to play with:)
A perfect choice for scrappy happiness.
I used my
"County Fair"
Mix and Match Setting
on page 112 to make a
fun little quilt
using twelve 6" Spring Stars:)
Even though these two quilts
are the exact same setting...
they look completely different because
I used the same background fabric
throughout the entire Spring Star quilt
instead of using scrappy fabrics
for the borders like in the Milking Day quilt.
I LOVE how this cute little quilt turned out
and I think that the red gingham binding
adds the perfect Farm Girl Vintage touch!
I love the addition of the
Spring Star
in the sampler quilt
on the cover of the book...
you can never have too many
star blocks in a sampler!
Speaking of star blocks...
let's move on to our next block
Simple Star Block
on page 61 of the book.
I have talked about this block already
in a few of my previous posts
but this week is finally
it's turn to shine even more!
I used my
"Picnic"
Mix and Match setting
to make this summer quilt.
I dug into my scrappy stash of
blues, aquas, reds,
pinks and whites for this one:)
I love the Picnic mix and match setting
because it uses both the
12" and 6" block sizes...
and looks great with other quilts!
A farm girl can never have
too many quilts
so let's talk about one more
to add to the pile!
Remember when I did this
farm girl block mash up
using my Crops block and my
Sunny Sunflower block?
Well...for my
I always design a few
Farm Girl Vintage companion blocks
for my students to play with.
I designed a few more flowers
to go on the top of my crops block.
Poppies and Tulips!
I think they look great
with the Sunny Sunflowers
and makes for a super cute
Farm Girl Vintage Flower bouquet:)
I designed 3 different
variations of my "Poppy" block...
and 3 different variations of
my Tulips block.
Both in 6" and 12" sizes of course:)
These are some of the 12" sizes
and I made them into a runner using the
Harvest Table runner setting on page 124.
Then I made even more
Farm Girl Vintage Flowers
( 12" blocks )
because they are so addicting!
Then I made 4 of Farm Girl Vintage Flowers
in the 6"size blocks for a fun pillow:)
I'm not kidding when I said these are addicting to make.
I just can't stop sewing them!
I love flower blocks so much
and in my opinion...
there should be
lots of flowers on my farm:)
And as usual...
these blocks are an
amazing way to use your
because the color combos
in the Farm Girl Vintage Flowers are endless.
By request...
(a BIG thank you)
All of my companion blocks
will be available at
Fat Quarter Shop
as PDF patterns.
Fat Quarter Shop
is of course the
amazing publishers of my books
and this is a way that
we could get these
"companion block patterns"
out to all of those who
aren't able to attend my
Farm Girl Vintage
Workshop/Rereats:)
Farm Girl Vintage Flowers PDF
is now available.
to get your copy if you want to
grow some tulips and poppies
in your Farm Girl Vintage garden:)
There will be more
Farm Girl Vintage Companion blocks
because I'm still teaching my workshops.
YeeHaw!
Coming soon are my...
Corn and Tomatoes 2
Vintage Hand Mixer
Homemade Jam
(my 6" Farm Girl Blocks fit for a jar label)
to get my Penny Pig PDF
to get my Apple Picking PDF
for the Farm Girl Friday's
sew along schedule and
to see this weeks bloggers:)
Thanks for playing
Farm Girl Vintage with me today...
let's play again next week!
xx
Lori
Love the excitement and 'coming soon' patterns. Love that all your new patterns are PDF's and I can 'scoop' them up quickly. Your new Flower Blocks are definitely a stash buster in such a beautiful way. Love them! I love your Spring Star and Simple Star blocks and have used them in one of your quilt patterns from your book. Thanks, Lori!
ReplyDeleteI am always amazed at your creativity Lori and this week is no exception ! I have been admiring the quilts from your retreats! I'm glad I didn't hit the send box yet on my shopping cart at FQS. (where I have the pink stiching guide). I especially love the pillow project you surprised us with!
ReplyDeleteLori. Your creativity truly amazes me. I was loving the sunflowers and thought how cute and clever. Then I scrolled down and saw the poppies and tulips and was beside myself (yes, I squeeed). But when I saw the corn and tomatoes, I was totally amazed and smitten.. Those are beyond adorable!! I can't wait to sew more flowers and produce... I love your scrappy look and have adopted your "scrappy happy" expression. :)
ReplyDeleteI love seeing all the inspiration. I love flowers and want to make a garden full soon but I'm working on my Pink and Purple tractor right now. I have the tractor finished and will be starting the field of pinwheels this weekend. THIS IS A 10 STAR BOOK! Love it. I have my eye on the corn & tomatoes and piggy for the future too.
ReplyDeleteLori what is the fabric background... Ie kraft color?????❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
ReplyDeleteDo you do retreats in Texas?
ReplyDeleteI love the flower blocks and hope to make a cute table runner with these soon :o) Hard to pick one block to make when they all are so beautiful! Perfect scrapbusters!
ReplyDeleteLori thanks to you I know exactly what I want to do with my stash I am fully inspired my whole world has changed I no longer feel stressed about using up my scraps that I have hung on to for oh twenty years or more . Now theres not enough hrs in a day so much to do I love it your the greatest!:) your friend steph
ReplyDeleteThank you Lori for your books. I love them and yes, it is addicting.
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