NEW Book!!!...Introducing FARM GIRL VINTAGE 2!!

I am sew excited because

 it's time that I can finally

 announce what all of the

 "secret sewing" 

that has been going on is all about!

Introducing my next book

Farm Girl Vintage 2

If you want to see all of the 

quilts and projects inside my new book

CLICK HERE

It's a perfect companion to

 my first 

Farm Girl Vintage book:)

When I did this first book 

I had so much fun with it 

and I knew right then and there 

that I would eventually do 

another one when the timing was right.

One of the things that I wanted to do

 for it was to design a fabric 

collection specifically for the book 

and so now you know another reason 

for my current fabric collection

 Farm Girl Vintage

I made sure that there is

 a wide variety of prints...

In many of my happy vintage colors...

That reminded me of fabrics 

my grandma and her sisters

 made their quilts from.

I love this collection and I can

 tell you that I have used it for

 literally every project in the book...

And I've used my 

Bee Backgrounds

 prints throughout as well.

A little info about the book...

Farm Girl Vintage 2 

will be spiral bound 

just like my other books.

It has over 200 pages and 

will be released in September.

There are 45 Farm Girl Blocks 

in the book along with several 

other projects and new 

Mix and Match settings 

for you to play with!

The blocks also come in two sizes...

6" and 12" and can be used 

with all of my other books 

with the same size blocks:)

There are 50 blocks in the cover quilt

 and because there are 45 in the book 

I doubled up on five of them.

 I did that for this simple reason...

  I am hoping for the sew along 

that you will choose 5 blocks 

from my first book 

to pop into those 5 spots!

YES!! 

I said sew along:)

There will be an epic sew along 

and we will be bringing back

 #FarmGirlFridays

YeeHaw!!

You can pre-order your copy 

from the publishers if 

you would like by clicking 

HERE

Okay...

with all that being said 

I know today is Thursday and 

I have no vintage block for you:(

The photography for the book 

is taking place here in my home

 just like all or my other books...

and that will be in a few weeks.

As you can imagine...

I am super duper busy still sewing

 and getting everything ready for 

Kimberly and the girls to get here 

so I will have to skip a few 

Vintage Block Along 

posts until photography is over.

I pinky promise that the

Vintage Block Along 

will resume immediately afterwards!

Thanks so much in advance

 for your understanding ...

I appreciate all of your kindness 

and support that you always give to me

 and my designing schedule! 

In the meantime I will 

keep in touch with you via

 INSTAGRAM

and let you know everything that is

 going on here and show you pictures 

of the photo shoot as well!

Chat with you later...

xx

Lori

Vintage Block Along - Week 16 - Farmers Daughter Block!

Hello again!

Today is Thursday and that

 means that it's time for 

another episode of the 

Vintage Block Along

I'm sharing another block with you

 from my Grandma's pattern basket:)

I'm using Farm Girl Vintage fabric 

for my vintage blocks and 

all of the blocks will 

eventually become a quilt ...

that is...

 when the Vintage Block Along is over:)

So far I don't see the end 

in sight yet lol sew...

 let's just keep making vintage blocks

 until I feel it's time to

 put them all together!

I'm also using my 

Bee Backgrounds Collection 

for the blocks. 

I do this often when making quilts

 because I love the style and the

 interest that using all different backgrounds in one quilt looks.

For this sew along that works out 

perfectly because I cannot give you 

yardage needed for the background 

of the quilt as I do not

 know it's size yet:)

The vintage block for this week

 is the good old tried and true

 Farmers Daughter Block

It has been known by many names

 over the years but my favorite

 and the name that Grandma 

always called it was Farmers Daughter...

and because I am a farmers daughter 

and also my Grandma's grand daughter

I decided to keep the name as it is:)

If you participated in my 

Farm Sweet Farm Sew Along 

then this block is VERY familiar to you!

I used it in this quilt because 

of the name and the scrappy happy

 nature of the design made it perfect

 to go between the rows of applique.

Those are the 5" blocks and

 the ones that we are making this week.

I also made 10" blocks 

for the corners of my quilt.

I like how the 2 sizes work together:)

During the sew along 

I loved making these 

little blocks so much...

they are so happy and it's really fun

 to put all different fabric 

combinations together for each block.

This is the 10" size.

You can see that each block

 simply needs 3 different prints

 and a background.

I also sewed one of the 5" blocks

 for the barn in my

 Farm Sweet Farm Quilt.

Notice in this one that I 

actually used five prints...

a yellow...a red...a background

 and 2 different aquas.

You could do that as well 

if you wanted because 

"You are the BOSS of your own quilt!"

Just sew you know...

we will need to make 4 

of the 5" blocks for our quilt:)

Last night I posted

 this photo on my 

INSTAGRAM 

as a little teaser 

for today's episode.

This is my Farm Girl Tin Mug 

that will be available next month!

Isn't it cute with a few prints

 from Farm Girl Vintage inside?

The cup features 4 of the

 Farmers Daughter Block

 and because we need 4 

in our Vintage Block Quilt...

I thought it would be fun 

to make my four blocks exactly 

like the ones that are on the cup:)

I used 4 different 

Bee Backgrounds for the blocks.

Cutting for ONE block:

Background- 

Cut 4 - 1 1/2" x 3 1/2"

Cut 4 - 1 1/2" squares

Center-

Cut 1 - 1 1/2" square

Cut 4 - 1 1/2" squares 

to go on each side of the center

Cut 12 - 1 1/2" squares 

for the corners

CLICK HERE 

for the tutorial that I did 

on how to make the 

Farmers Daughter Block 

during my 

Farm Sweet Farm Sew Along

FARMERS DAUGHTER BLOCK

5 1/2" x 5 1/2" 

BEFORE you sew them into our quilt

I love these blocks sew much 

and I hope you have fun with yours too!

Thanks for riding along

 with me during the 

Vintage Block Along...

See you right back here

 next week for 

another stop on our journey!

xx

Lori

PS. If you are just joining us...

Here is the list of blocks 

that we have done already.

Click on each one for the tutorial:

1. Grandma's Star

2. Pattern Basket

3. Around the Corner

4. Little Farmhouse

5. Rhinestone 

6. Vintage Lily

7. Star Shine

8. Humble

9. Egg Money

10. Quilting Bee

11. Sunday Star

12. Sweet as Honey

13. Bear Hug Block

14. Front Yard Flower

15. Memory

Farm Sweet Farm Sew Along - The BIG Finish and a Farm Sweet Farm Animal Stack!!

YaY!

Today is all about the 

big finish of the

 Farm Sweet Farm Quilt:)

I'm sew excited to 

show you my quilt finish...

I took a lot of photos at

 several different angles 

so that you could see how it

 looks all put together and 

also see the awesome job 

that my friend Juli Stubbs 

did with the quilting.

She always goes above and beyond 

and I'm thrilled with

 how it turned out:)

Scroll through each and every photo

 and when you get to the end

 I have a surprise tutorial for you!

I'm so happy that the weather 

was nice enough to take my quilt

 out on the deck for natural lighting.

I adore the yellow houndstooth

 print for the binding...

And I love how all of the little

 5" Farmer's Daughters blocks 

look so cute all in rows:)

I absolutely love how the 

BEEHIVE Vintage Trim looks 

tucked inside the binding.

If you haven't done this before...

check out this YouTube tutorial

 on how I do it.

CLICK HERE

Now for the surprise!

If you have participated in 

my other sew alongs then you know 

that I usually do a tutorial 

for a quilt label at the end...

And this sew along is no exception!

I used the 

Farm Sweet Farm

 Sew Simple Shapes 

to make a 

Farm Sweet Farm Animal Stack:) 

First I cut 

8 - 3 1/2" x 9 1/2"

scrappy Farm Girl Vintage prints.

Then I sewed them around a 

12 1/2" x 18 1/2" piece 

of the leftover linen background.

I made appliqués for the 

cow...pig and chicken 

just like we did in the quilt...

With the addition of a heart for the pig:)

I also decided to make 

this milk cow black and white 

and make hooves:)

I cut the piece for the legs

 5" x 7" and a strip for the hooves

 1 1/2" x 7" and sewed it to the bottom.

I pressed my seams open.

Then I simply traced the 

entire Sew Simple Shape legs 

like this and sewed them. 

After turning they look like this

 and are all ready to go!

I stacked my animals a little

 to the right of the block 

to make room for the 

embroidery on the left.

If you are not making your block 

for a label you could stack 

the animals more in the center 

and make an adorable 

mini quilt or a pillow!

I typed what I wanted my 

label to say and then

 printed it out.

I traced the embroidery on

 with a pencil and used my 

Easy Trace Light Box

I think it's important to

 label your quilts...

even if you just simply put

 your name and the year.

Here is what it looks like 

with the appliqué 

and embroidery completed!

I love it it looks 

on the back of my quilt:)

To put it onto the 

back of your quilt just

 press the outside edges

 under about 1/4" and applique

 it onto the 

Farm Life 108" widleback.

I used the one in COTTAGE 

color for the back of my quilt 

but any of the 3 colors 

that it is available in would work!

I know that I always say this

 about each and every quilt 

at the end of a sew along...

but this is one of my very

 favorite quilts ever!

Thanks so much for joining me 

and as always...

the tutorials will remain on my blog

 for ever so just find the link

 for each week on the 

right sidebar here on my blog.

Remember that you must be 

viewing the full web version

 of my blog to see the right sidebar.

Even though this is the 

last tutorial for the

 Farm Sweet Farm Quilt...

I am still having fun and 

playing with Farm Girl Vintage fabric

 for another sew along 

that I have been doing called the

 VINTAGE BLOCK ALONG

and it's perfect for 

using leftovers from your kit!

Here are the first four blocks

 and we are up to 

block 15 right now...

and I'll be posting block 16 this Thursday.

Each block is a free tutorial 

of a vintage block from my 

grandma's pattern basket and 

they will all eventually become a quilt.

CLICK HERE 

for week one and to read all about it.

And some other exciting news...

You are invited to join my 

Granny's Garden Sew Along 

that will start at the end 

of this coming August.

We will be using my circle rulers 

and a new set of Sew Simple Shapes...

To make my new 

Granny's Garden Quilt 

(76" x 86") 

out of my Granny Chic fabric collection

 that will arrive this summer.

The quilt consists of 

42 - 10" finished blocks that we will 

first applique shapes onto circles.

It will be super fun and easy...

if you did my very first 

sew simple shapes applique quilt called

 "BLOOM" you will love this one too!

Thanks again for sewing with me.

If you want to know what is 

going on with me and my designs 

from day to day you can 

catch up with me on my 

INSTAGRAM

  

Tune in right here this Thursday 

for block 16 of the 

Vintage Block Along:)

xx

Lori