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!

the farm quilt: some fruit blocks

Here are the 5 new blocks for my farm quilt:

all the patterns are from the "farm quilt vintage" book

by Lori Holt.

the cherries,

the pumpkin,

the strawberry,

the pears,

and the acorn.

And here are the first 15 blocks:

Still 20 more to go....

Happy sewing!

the farm quilt: some animal blocks

I am up to a really good start on my farm quilt:

On top of my five blocks from last time,

 I have now 5 more blocks of animals!

First, we have a blue bunny,

that one is paper pieced and not from the farm girl vintage book.

Blue might seems like an unusual color for a bunny (except for ice cream...)

it comes from one of my favorite childhood musical: Emilie Jolie.

And of course, we need a dog in this farm!

I was very inspired by Bosco (our latest puppy),

and the pattern is from Ellis and Higgs.

Now we are back to 3 blocks from the book:

the hen,

the chick,

(I think the addition of the heart is perfect!)

and the sheep.

I still need to add all the hand stitch details, 

like the eyes and legs....

But first, I must make more blocks...

Here are the first ten:

Happy sewing!