Farm Girl Vintage Quilt Along - Farm Girl Friday's - Week Six!

Hello again!

Thanks for visiting my blog today...

For our Farm Girl Friday's Week Six!

We are using my newest book 

Farm Girl Vintage 2

And Farm Girl Vintage Fabric...

And making 2 Farm Girl Blocks each week:)

Last week we made the 

Cross Stitch Block

 and the 

Curious Crow Block...

I'm showing them to you this week because 

  I was not able to post last week

 as I was out with pneumonia. 

Today's first Farm Girl Block 

for this week is 

DADDY'S TRACTOR

on page 41 of the book.

I named this block after my Dad of course!...

my childhood memories are chock full of 

Dad on his tractor and he taught me 

to drive on a tractor too:)

I'm happy to say that I can still

 find him on his tractor when I 

go home for a visit...

either that or taking the water turn:)

For the sampler quilt in the book 

I made my block 12" and used 

green fabric for a John Deere...

but then I made a 6" red Farm All Tractor

 and put it into one of my 

Farm Girl Pin Pillows on page 196.

These Pin Pillows are sew fun! 

You can use any of the 

45 - 6" Farm Girl Blocks 

or any of the 45 from the first book:)

I also had fun with the 6" red tractors

 and made them into one of my small 

Mix and Match Quilts 

on page 156 of the book.

This size is the cutest for a baby quilt...

it's crib sized or a super cute wall quilt.

Remember that just because this one 

is the small sizes quilt...

it could also be made using

 12" Farm Girl Blocks and then 

it would be a twin size!!

I used the "Two by Four" 

Mix and Match Block for the 

alternate block in this quilt.

Speaking of Mix and Match Blocks...

Let's talk about 

scrappy happy sewing for a minute:)

On page 155 in the book there are 

3 Mix and Match Blocks 

to use with the Farm Girl Blocks.

This one above is called Quarter Pasture.

Remember a few weeks ago when I 

showed you that I have been 

sewing squares (2" squares)

together for my latest 

starters and stoppers project?

I have been sewing them together

 in sets of two...

And then making them into four patch blocks.

I have been making

 7" Quarter Pasture Blocks 

for my latest 

Scrappy Happy Bonus Quilt

They are the ones that I used 

in the small Mix and Match Quilt 

for my kitchen:)

I used my chicken tracks fabric 

for the center strips in that quilt

 but for my new Bonus Quilt I've been 

using one of my new 

Confetti Cotton Solids...

called SONGBIRD.

I love how the block looks

 with a solid color 

for those center strips too!

Here's a pile of my progress...

I've been using up my

 2" and 1 1/2" scrappy squares.

So far I have about 1/4 of the 

quilt top completed...

I'm going to make it a queen size 

for the bed in our trailer:)

Any of the 3 Mix and Match Blocks 

are perfect for 

scrappy bonus quilt sewing...

a super fun way to

 use your stash to make

 happy patchwork quilts!

I included this picture of my 

Scrappy Project Planner 

with my photo of the tractor

 because inside of it is

 where I outline my 

complete method of sewing scrappy.

I'm always getting emails about my method...

so I'm just reminding you that inside my planner I explain in detail:

How I buy fabric...

What sizes I cut it and why...

How I store it... 

and more importantly ...

How I USE my scrappy stash every time I sew.

(I also included 6 more scrappy quilt patterns in there for you!!)

Okay!Let's talk about the next 

Farm Girl Block for this week:  

EVENING STAR

is on page 45 of the book.

This is a great scrappy block as well!

I simply adore star blocks and

I think this one definitely says country:)

In the instructions I show you my

 easy method of making 

quarter square triangles...

four at one time...

which makes constructing 

this block a breeze!

I made mine in the 6" size 

for the sampler quilt.

I also used 5 of them in

 12" size for the 

October Skies Quilt:)

I hope you have fun making your two

 Farm Girl Blocks this week...

be sure to use the hashtag

#FarmGirlFridays

when posting on 

INSTAGRAM

I'll see you right back here 

next week and I'll chat with you

 about the next two Farm Girl Blocks!

xx

Lori