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

Hello and welcome to the very last week of 

Farm Girl Vintage 2 Quilt Along

#FarmGirlFridays

Grab your book

Farm Girl Vintage 2

And your Farm Girl Vintage Fabric...

And let's make one more Farm Girl Block!

Our Farm Girl Block

 for today is 

WINTER QUILT 

on page 135 of the book.

What a fun scrappy block...

it's another one that is perfect to 

use up your leftovers and colorful prints

 from your scrappy stash...

It's the kind of block 

that I really love to make!

Grandpa's Quilt Block is the 

last of the 8 quilt blocks 

that are used to make the doll quilts.

You know I love doll quilts sew much...

But I also love mini quilts and these 

doll quilts are perfect for wall hangings

 and because they are so small they are 

so easy to tuck here and there 

throughout your home for a 

scrappy happy bright spot!

I placed this one in a

 painted wooden tray and

I love the way it looks.

It also looks great on any surface

 as a small table topper:)

By the way...

Aren't these pears cute??

You can make some of your own

 and other fruit shape softies

 by using the set

 FRUIT SALAD 

Sew Simple Shapes:)

I hope y'all have had so much fun 

sewing all 45 Farm Girl Blocks 

from the book during this sew along ...

And that you enjoy putting

 your quilt together.

The pattern for putting it together 

is on page 138 of the book.

The JOLLY JABBER BLOG

is doing a fun giveaway 

to celebrate this sew along 

so be sure to go over and check it out!!

Remember that there are more quilts 

in the book using that 

same setting pattern...

OCTOBER SKIES

BEEKEEPER'S GARDEN

And the surprise quilt from

 a few post's back...

FARM GIRL CHICKEN QUILT

And of course besides those quilts ...

there are MANY MANY more quilt patterns

 and projects throughout the book.

If you would like to see each project 

in detail from my kitchen...

CLICK HERE

 and check out this awesome video!

Thank you so much from the 

bottom of my heart for sewing along with me.

It's been an honor celebrating

 my second Farm Girl Vintage Book with you!

As you know I am a true blue farm girl

 and I'm vintage too!! lol...

and so each and every project comes

 from my heart and from my memories

of growing up on a farm:)

And what a nice surprise that 

this very week my newest book 

just came off the presses!

QUILTERS COTTAGE

is now available for sale 

on my publishers website.

CLICK HERE

to watch the video of 

each and every project

CLICK HERE

if you would like to purchase.

Follow me on my 

INSTAGRAM 

feed so that you know what I'm up to...

see you there!

xx

Lori

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

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 

STRAWBERRY JAM 

on page 127 of the book.

I just love this block...

and I designed it with a few possibilities

 in mind besides just the sampler quilt:)

One thing is...

I think it's the sweetest block

 for a pillow.

I'm going to make this very block 

into one and put it on the

 bench in my kitchen:)

Speaking of my kitchen...

here is another look at the 

kitchen quilt that I made using the

 Small Mix and Match pattern

 on page 156 of the book.

I love making projects both 

large and small to decorate my kitchen 

in my farmhouse cottage style.

The kitchen is the heart of the home!!

I've been showing you the new 

kitchen quilt that I'm making with the

 12" Farm Girl Blocks...

And this week I made another block to add.

SCRAPPY STRAWBERRY

is on page in the first book

FARM GIRL VINTAGE

I think its going to be a cute block to add!

I used several pinks and corals and 

greens from my fabric collections.

By the way...

this is my Scrappy Strawberry Blocks 

in both red and pinks.

It's made into a quilt using the 

County Fair setting 

on page 112 of the first book.

Sew sweet!

Okay...

back to the other idea

 that I had for my Strawberry Jam Block.

I made this strawberry from

 the label on the jar.

When you make just the strawberry

 from the 12" Block it is a 6" block.

YaY!

I added 1 1/2" strips for the borders.

Then I made 3 more!!

I see a new strawberry quilt in my future!!

*Notice that when I added the borders 

I added the sides first 

(cut 1 1/2" x 6 1/2")

 on two of the blocks...

 and the top and bottom borders

 first on the other two.

Then I added the final borders 

on all four blocks

 (cut 1 1/2" x 8 1/2")

The reason that I did this is so that

 when the blocks are sewn together

 it adds an interesting design 

in the aqua scrappy strips that 

become the sashing for the quilt:)

Our next Farm Girl Block is 

TENDING THE GARDEN

on page 131 of the book.

I styled this after the many vintage

 watering cans that I collect and use:)

I made another 12" block

from different Farm Girl prints...

And added it to my 

BUSY BEE FLOWER FARM QUILT

The pattern for this quilt

 is on page 144 of the book.

You can customize your own quilt

 to match your own farm:)

YeeHaw!!

Well that's it for this week quilty peeps...

thanks so much for joining me on the farm!

I'll be right back here next week:)

xx

Lori

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

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 

SPRING BLOSSOM 

on page 125 of the book.

I always have to include blocks

 for the seasons in my Farm Girl books...

because the farm depends upon 

the seasons and the weather:)

This one represents spring of course...

and I sure do have spring fever!

I made a 6" Block to add to my 

growing pile of blocks for my 

6" Farm Girl Sampler Quilt.

By the way...

my newest tin mug will soon be here...

check with your fave quilt shop 

to be notified when it becomes available!

I also made a 6" Starry Night 

from a section of the 12" Block:)

It will also be added to the

 6" Farm Girl Sampler Quilt.

It's the other Farm Girl Block

 for this week and it's on

 page 126 of the book.

I spent a lot of nights on the farm

 gazing at the stars...

there is nothing like wide open spaces

 to enjoy the night sky.

It remains one of my

 favorite things to do.

I also used units from the

 6" Starry Nights Block for this

 Medium Doll Quilt...

the pattern is on 

page 189 of the book.

I've been talking about the

 doll quilts a lot in the last few posts

 of the sew along and I

 continue to love love love them!

Doll quilts were one of the first things 

that I sewed as a girl and

 I have fond memories of playing outside

 with my dolls in the summertime.

All of my doll beds are vintage. 

I have collected them over the years

 at thrift shops...

 garage sales and antique stores.

If you want to start your own collection

 you can find them by searching

 in the same places.

I always enjoy the hunt and the elation

 of finding each one

 to add to my collection.

Most of the time they are so beat up that they need a re-furbish.

I have painted all of the doll beds

 pictured in my book and

 during the sew along.

For painting them I use my

 Farm Girl Chalky Chicks Paint

 and it's the same paint that I use for all of the other things in my home.

I have curated a collection of 

18 colors that match my fabrics

 and my cottage farmhouse decorating style.

I have all of these colors listed in my

 ETSY SHOP

It's so fun to mix and match 

the quilts onto the beds.

In my book I also give instructions

 for covering the mattress 

and making doll pillows as well.

Just go to page 192!

A few weeks ago I talked about the 

6" block units 

that that are used for each 

doll quilt in the book.

CLICK HERE

if you missed that post.

As we are nearing the end

 of our Farm Girl Block sew along

 in a few weeks...

I just wanted to show you

 a few pictures of other quilt patterns

 in the book besides the sampler quilt 

on the cover...because trust me...

my book is packed with lots of patterns!!

Here are my

 Farm Girl Gingham Quilts.

You will find 10 sizes...yes...

I said 10 sizes...

 in the book starting on page 166. 

I styled this photo 

for the book to say 

"spring picnic"

I also painted my vintage picnic basket

 with my Farm Girl Paint...

color is BABY CHICK:)

Another spring looking quilt

 in the book is my 

HAYRIDE BARN STAR 

on page 175 of the book.

It finishes at 36" square 

which is perfect for a wallhanging 

or a newborn baby quilt:)

Thanks so much for tuning in this week...

I'll meet you back here

 with two more blocks next Friday:)

xx

Lori