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

Hello and welcome to the 

Farm Girl Vintage 2 Quilt Along

#FarmGirlFridays

Grab your book

Farm Girl Vintage 2

And your Farm Girl Vintage Fabric...

And let's make some Farm Girl Blocks!

Our first Farm Girl Block

 for this week is 

QUILTING DAY 

on page 112 of the book.

I love this scrappy happy block ...

it has so many possibilities!

 I used it for several projects in the book:)

I made a pin pillow using the

 6" block size...

And I used the 3" size segments 

(from the 6" block as well) 

and of course made them into a doll quilt:)

I just love seeing all of the

 doll quilts on the vintage beds...

I just can't get enough!

You are never too old to play...

I guess I'll never grow up and that's okay:)

I played with some of my 

vintage dollhouse furniture 

by setting it up for this 

little photo shoot.

This is the

 "Small Alternate Block" 

Doll Quilt and the instructions

 are on page 188 of the book.

I love this little table and chairs 

and after setting it up I decided that

 the table needed a centerpiece...

So I grabbed a vintage spool of thread

 and tucked part of a cotton ball 

in the center to stick a few pins in

 for a mini flower arrangement ...

sew fun!!

Alrighty...

I'm finished playing with dolls 

for now because it's time 

to play with chickens!

Our next Farm Girl Block for this week is

 RISE AND SHINE ROOSTER 

from page 113 of the book:)

Every morning when my dad would 

wake me up he would come into my room...

shake my big toe that was 

warm and tucked under

 the bed quilt and say 

"Rise and Shine!"

Of course I had to name my rooster block

 Rise and Shine because of my dad 

and also because we lived on a farm

 so we got up with the chickens...

no sleeping in for us!

I also wanted to sew a 

white rooster for the book 

and I used my Shabby fabric 

in the color STEEL for the background...

And then I made 8 of them 

for the large Mix and Match Quilt.

The outer border is my 

Farm Life 108" wide back...

also in Steel.

The pattern for this quilt 

is on page 157 of the book.

I used the Quarter Pasture

 Mix and Match Block for the alternate.

YaY!!

Today I have a surprise for you!!

I made another quilt for you 

and it's called 

"Farm Girl Chicken Quilt"

This quilt is made using the same setting

 as the cover quilt in the book

 and it's a mash up of book one and book two!

The setting and the 

Rise and Shine Rooster Block 

are in Farm Girl Vintage 2 Book...

Mama Hen Block

 is in my first 

Farm Girl Vintage Book

As well as the 

Baby Chick Block

In the quilt there are -

ten total

 12" Rise and Shine Rooster Blocks

There are ten total-

 12" Mama Hen Blocks

There are eighteen total -

 6" Baby Chick Blocks

But wait...

you must be wondering about the eggs?

Well I designed a new 

Farm Girl Block for you!

CLICK HERE

To get the free PDF download:)

It's a pattern for my 6" 

FARM FRESH EGGS BLOCK

and there are 12 of them in the quilt!

Here is a full quilt photo

 for your convenience.

Remember that it is the 

exact same setting that we have

 talked about often during

 this sew along which is the - 

Farm Girl Vintage 2 Sampler Quilt

and

Beekeepers Garden Quilt 

and 

October Skies Quilt

The setting pattern is on

 pages 138-142 of the book.

I designed this quilt last fall 

and taught it in November to a 

large group of the loveliest ladies ever!

This quilt united us in the few days

 that we were able to spend together 

and I am forever grateful for your kindness...ya'll know who you are!!

This photo was taken during that time 

and my dear friend Shanna was 

holding up one corner of the quilt...

as I peeked around from the back LOL

I took a few close up photos for you

 in my studio so that you can see the quilting and the 

 large Vintage Trim in CLOUD color 

that I tucked into the binding.

I chose to use the red gingham from my 

Farm Girl Fabric collection for the border.

All of the blocks are scrappy happy 

and made using Bee Backgrounds and then prints from my fabric collections 

Farm Girl Vintage...Autumn Love 

and Bee Basics.

My dear friend and quilter Juli 

did an amazing job with the quilting...

a chicken wire pattern:)

Juli is always there in a pinch and I appreciate her so very much!

Hopefully these last two photos

 show her quilting off well!

Wowzers!...

we sure had a full day on the farm!

Thanks so much for joining me 

and I'll be back next week to

 talk about two more Farm Girl Blocks:)

xx

Lori

Vintage Housewife Sew Along - Week Five!!

Welcome back!

It's week five of the 

Vintage Housewife Sew Along

CLICK HERE

 if you need to download the 

Sew Along Guide and 

CLICK HERE 

if you are just joining us and 

need to read the Bee Prepared post 

that tells you all about this sew along:)

We are using Vintage Happy 2 Fabric...

And my new Sew Simple Shapes

Vintage Housewife

To make the 

Vintage Housewife Quilt

74" x 82"

These are the blocks that

 we have done so far:

BAKING BLOCK

CANNING BLOCK

IRONING BLOCK

TYPEWRITER BLOCK

And today we are making the 

TELEPHONE BLOCK

Sew Simple Shapes 

used for this block:

J-14

J-18

J-21

J-22

J-23

J-24

J-25

You will need to have a small 

1/4" of gray about 1" long for the lamp pole.

Coral 1/2" Straight Bias-

You will need 2 pieces 1 1/2" long

 after pressing both ends under.

I cut 2 more pieces 2" long and

 pressed them in half for the phone feet:)

You will need to use small red 

vintage trim for the phone cord 

and 1/4" red buttons for the dial.

You will also need a small red button

 and small vintage trim 

for the picture hanger.

You will use the aqua lace 

for the trim on the bottom 

of the lampshade:)

Ready-Set-Sew!

Before turning these 3 shapes

 you will need to clip them:)

All turned and shaped and ready for glue!

BEFORE all of that though...

use the Easy Trace Light Box 

and trace the embroidery pattern

 on page 17 of the guide.

I embroidered mine first.

I used 3 strands and a backstitch for everything and used the colors in my

 Bee Basics Aurifloss Box Set.

A close up:)

Before glueing down my cord...

I traced the lines for placement

 using the guide on page 16.

I tucked the ends underneath the phone:)

Then I finished off with

 the straight bias strips:)

I pinned my lamp and then placed 

the lace on the bottom before glue.

I simply wrapped it around the bottom

 and tucked the ends under on each side.

All pins are in!

And then came the glue:)

ALWAYS do a quick check

 with the ruler BEFORE the glue dries

 to see if you need to adjust anything.

Here are photos for you 

showing how I placed my buttons...

YaY! 

Ready for applique:)

Appliquéd...bordered and all buttoned up!

TELEPHONE BLOCK

should measure 14 1/2" 

square at this point

This is just what it was like

 in my house when the telephone rang...

all of us kids running to the phone 

to answer it first!

And most every time we picked up 

the phone to use it someone was

 already on it because we had a party line!

We shared it with 5-6 neighbors.

One was my grandma and 

3 were my aunt and uncles

Ahhh...good times:)

I still have 2 working rotary phones

 in my home because I love them.

I remember one time the babysitter 

had to ask me how to use it...

she couldn't figure it out...

apparently is was much too complicated.

This vintage chart above shows the 

ins and outs of the rotary dial:)

Let's celebrate vintage phones

 and how much the 

vintage housewife loved them too:)

I'll meet you right back here next week 

and we will watch some vintage T.V.!!

xx

Lori