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

Good morning and welcome to 

Week Seven

of our Quilt Along:)

#FarmGirlFridays

We are using my latest book 

Farm Girl Vintage 2

And using Farm Girl Vintage fabric...

and we are making two 

Farm Girl Blocks each week:)

Our first Farm Girl Block today is

FALL HARVEST

and it's on page 47 of the book.

Let's chat about this block for a minute:)

I designed it in a way that you could

also use all three smaller blocks

 to create more blocks ny separating them.

For example:

After adding the "D" sashing strips

to the Apple Core it either is

 a finished 3" block or a 6".

That means you can make 4 apple cores

 and sew them together and it 

would be a 6" or 12" block.

Same goes with the peach.

You can make four peaches in one block...

you could make 2 and use a 

Fresh Pear Block 

from the first book and have a

 peaches and pear block together.

You could make the peach into an apple...

 just by changing the color of the fabric.

The pumpkin is short and fat...

and two of them stacked on each other 

would make a full block.

They would go perfectly with my 

Patchwork Pumpkin Block 

from the first Farm Girl Vintage Book.

I hope these suggestions give you

 some fun ideas for next year

 when fall sewing rolls around again!!

The next Farm Girl Block is 

FARM GIRL BOOTS

and is on page 50 of the book.

I decided to make a fun little 

project using this block:)

I put together this mini to 

hang on my wall and it would even make

 a cute pillow on one of my benches or sofa.

I made two 12" FARM GIRL BOOTS.

Of course I made them facing in

 opposite direction for a perfect pair:)

If you have ever wondered if it's hard 

to change the direction of a block...

it's not.

You simply cut it exactly the same 

but just lay it out going the 

other direction and sew opposite.

Easy Peasy!

My two 12" Farm Girl Boots are completed.

I just need to sew them together now.

They will measure

 12 1/2" x 24 1/2"

My books work together very well and

 for this little project I used these three.

I used my

 Spelling Bee Book 

and made all of the letters 

to spell "Farm Girl" from the 6" size.

Then I grabbed my first 

Farm Girl Vintage Book 

and whipped up a 

6" Simple Star Block.

After sewing the letter blocks I added 

1 1/2" x 6 1/2" sashing 

in-between the letters 

(except for between the 

"F" and the "a" 

I used no sashing)

For the left side of the "F"

 I cut a 2 1/2" x 6 1/2" 

and for the right of the "m" 

I cut a 3" x 6 1/2".

Then I added a 1 1/2" x 24 1/2" 

to the top and the bottom.

For this one I cut a 2" x 6 1/2" strip

 for the left side of the "G".

The remaining 5 strips are cut

 1 1/2" x 6 1/2"

I also sewed a 1 1/2" x 24 1/2" 

to the top and the bottom.

Both the "Farm" section and the 

"Girl" section should now measure 

8 1/2" x 24 1/2"

Farm word goes on the top of the boots...

And the word Girl goes onto the bottom...

I cut  2 strips to add on each side -

1 1/2" x 28 1/2"

FARM GIRL MINI QUILT

26 1/2" x 28 1/2"

I love how this turned out...

I hope I've inspired you to 

make one for yourself or maybe for

 a special Farm Girl in your life!!

I'll be right back here next Friday 

and we will do 2 more blocks!!

xx

Lori