the farm quilt: the last 10 blocks!

Here are the last ten blocks of my farm quilt:

Most of the patterns are from the "farm girl vintage"

by Lori Holt,

except this little turkey:

Lori had a tutorial for it on her blog:

It is cute and childish, perfect for this quilt!

but let's get back to the book:

a little basket,

a sunflower,

a flower stem,

and some threads!

These next 2 blocks are also from Lori,

but from individual patterns.

Soon I think they also will be in her new book:

a sweet pink kitty (a memory for my sister!)

and a cow of course,

lots of cows where we grew up!

For mother's day, I received a new quilting book:

"spelling bee"

which is the perfect addition to my farm quilt,

the blocks are also 6 x 6.

So I choose the globe,

which I will embroider with a map of the US and Europe,

and a little butterfly.

My last block is this Dala horse from Moda Bake Shop

not really farmish,

but ideal for a little girl born is Scandinavia.

I previously made a cute little bag with this block:

So here are all my 35 block: 

first row: here,

second row: here,

third row: here

fourth and fifth: here.

now it is time to assemble the top,

quilt and bind it

and all of the details....

Happy sewing!

the farm quilt: some farm building and a tractor!

I have been hard at work on my new farm quilt,
and today I am sharing 10 new blocks!

While there are many 6 inch blocks in the book "farm girl vintage",
there are a few much larger ones, like the silo barn
that are quite larger (14 x 14 inches),
so I tried to scale them down to 6 inch block.

So here is my mini version of the silo:

it is not a perfect representation, 

but it keeps the same vibe,

with a dog in the attic,

and a simple quilt as the door.

I did the same thing with the quilty barn block,

also a 14 x 14 inches,

into a 6 inch block to match all my other blocks.

It is also slightly different, but recognizable!

There is also a dog in the door and a mouse in the attic,

and of course a little quilt on the side.

The last one I revisited is the tractor block, the original size is 16 x 20 inches, so a lot harder to downgrade to 6 inch square. Luckily Lori (of bee in my bonnet) has just written a new book "farm girl vintage 2", and in it she has a small tractor block. So between the pattern for the large tractor and the picture of the small one, I was able to make a tractor block:

it is not perfect and still need some hand embroidery

for the steering wheel, but it kind of looks like a John Deer tractor!

(and I know my niece will recognize it has there is a dealer near my parents.)

And here there are together:

quite cute, even imperfect, I like the "I spy" aspect of this quilt  with all the dogs and mice hidden in the barns!
I made 4 gingham blocks:

just perfect for the 4 corners of the quilt.
And I made 3 "kitchen" blocks, nice and easy just following the directions:

the canning jars block,

the tea pot or kettle block, 

with cherries, we do live in DC, a big symbol!

the bowls and mixing spool block.

And here there are altogether:

you can check here for the first row,

here for the second row,

and here for the third row.

25 blocks, just 10 more to go!
Happy sewing!