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