Farm Girl Vintage 2 Quilt Along - Farm Girl Friday's - Week One!!

Welcome to week one of our

 Farm Girl Vintage 2 Quilt Along

Also known as 

#FarmGirlFridays

We will be sewing all 45

 of the Farm Girl Blocks...

2 each week...

and we will do them in order

 that they are in the book...

which happens to be alphabetical:) 

If you are going to make the

 Farm Girl Vintage 2 Sampler 

on the cover of the book...

You can decide which blocks

 that you want to

 make either 12" or 6"

Instructions for both sizes 

are of course in the book.

You will need to make 

20 - 12" blocks and 30 - 6"blocks.

If you would like to make 

your quilt EXACTLY like mine...

CLICK HERE

and go on over to the Jolly Jabber 

to get this Handy Dandy 

chart to use as your guide.

*Take Note*

That there is a total of 50 blocks

 in the quilt and because there are

 45 Farm Girl Blocks in the book...

you could do some of them twice

 like I did...

Or choose 5 from my first

 Farm Girl Vintage book...

 because there are 45 Farm Girl Blocks

 in that one as well:)

Remember that:

"YOU ARE THE BOSS OF YOUR OWN QUILT" 

You can choose to place your blocks

 where you would like to in your quilt!!

You will know exactly where 

which size goes in the quilt by

 using the block placement diagram

 on page 140 and 141.

It's easy to follow and I've designed it

 that way so that you can 

make it your own:)

We are using my fabric collection called...

of course...

Farm Girl Vintage!!

The very first block in the book is

 Autumn Pumpkin

and that's pretty convenient considering

 I'm right in the middle of 

decorating for fall:)

I wanted to make a taller pumpkin

 for this book that would go nicely

 with my Patchwork Pumpkin 

in the first book:)

Of course I had to put a 

star right in the center...so fun!!

I also used this block as 

part of my 

October Skies Quilt

 in the book.

I made this quilt exactly 

like the cover quilt...

using the same block placement diagram

 on pages 140 and 141 but 

instead of making 45 or 50 different blocks 

I used only fall themed blocks.

I used the Farm Girl Vintage 

orange bandana print for the borders:) 

It's perfect for my fall decorating

 and I hope you love it too!

Here's what all of the blocks 

looked like when they were all made...and laid out just how I wanted them

 and ready to sew together for my quilt!

If you would like to make an

October Skies Quilt too...

I listed all of the Farm Girl Blocks 

that I used for mine on page 136 of the book.

Our next Farm Girl Block is 

Baked with Love

It features two oven mitts that have

 just been used to take a 

delicious homemade pie 

out of the oven to cool.

I use my Bee Basics Aurifloss set

 for any of the Farm Girl blocks that may have embroidery.

(from the supply list on page 6 of the book)

I used all 6 strands and a backstitch 

for the 12" block and when I 

make the 6" block sometimes 

I use only 3 strands.

It depends on what kind of background

 fabric I am using and how many strands 

will show up the best:)

I also use my aqua Nifty Needles...

they are the one's for embroidery.

These are also listed in the 

supplies on page 6.

I also used this block (in 6" size)

 for my Small "Mix and Match" Quilt.

I used 6 more kitchen themed blocks:

 Strawberry Jam

Mama's Apron

Cold Watermelon

Hand Mixer

Farm to Table

Corn and Tomatoes 2

Mixing It Up

I used the Farm Girl Vintage red gingham 

for the border and hung it

 on my kitchen wall:)

The small Mix and Match quilt 

is a great size for a wallhanging...

a table topper...or a baby quilt!

Thanks sew much for joining me this week

 for our sew along and continuing our #FarmGirlFridays...

be sure to use this hashtag 

when posting on social media because 

we all want to see what 

y'all are stitching up for your farm!!

CLICK HERE

to go to the Jolly Jabber blog 

and read their announcement post 

about Farm Girl Friday's 

 and everything that you will need!

Have fun making your first two blocks:) 

Join me back here next week 

for more 

Farm Girl Fun!!!

xx

Lori