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Farm Girl Vintage Sew Along - Finished Quilt with Scalloped Border At the end of February, the borders and sashing were pieced, the quilt top was finally assembled and delivered to the local longarm quilter for a small bit of custom quilting. Two years to the month and here we are... the Farm Girl Vintage Sampler quilt is completely finished! We started in March, and two years later, it's all sewn, quilted and bound. Isn't it exciting!? This quilt is probably the most time-laborious project I've ever sewn, and it's certainly the most tedious with all the sampler block...
Farm Girl Vintage Sew Along - Sewing the Top Together Last post we finished up by having all of our sashing and border pieces cut and ready. How nice it was to have everything prepared, because the quilt top sewed together so much faster than I anticipated. There are quite a few tips and hints in our final* installment of the Featherweight Shop Farm Girl Vintage Sew Along, so grab a cup of coffee or tea and let's finish this! * I just dropped off the quilt top yesterday to have it quilted, but as soon as I finish the scalloped...
Farm Girl Vintage Sew Along This post took lots of turns. And, when you're a slow sewist like me... well, that doesn't leave a lot of wiggle room for getting extra sewing finished. Nevertheless, I was determined to accomplish as much as possible. After much discussion and deliberation (and persuasion from Ruthie), I decided that my quilt will have 64 blocks rather than the original 48. No worries... you can continue as planned, but there were just so many blocks I wanted to add, it was extremely difficult to pick and choose. Thus, it was easier to make the quilt...
Farm Girl Vintage Sew Along We are finishing up one of the cornerstone blocks and replication of the Simple Star. When selecting fabric, I picked colors that balanced the previous block we made in August, because the four of them will be placed in each corner of the quilt top. Psssst! If you're just joining us and want to get in on the fun with a darling and perfect collage of farm girl fabric, then check out the Farm Girl Vintage fabric and accessories collection here. You can get the book here, too! Open your book back to page 61 for...
Farm Girl Vintage Sew Along We have four blocks in this post, which is a bit more than usual, but we can do this -- we are nearly finished! Psssst! If you're just joining us and want to get in on the fun with a darling and perfect collage of farm girl vintage styled fabric, then check out the Farm Girl Vintage fabric and accessories collection here. You can also order Farm Girl Vintage Book 1 here, and Farm Girl Vintage Book 2! Begin this sew along by opening your book to page 69, grab some fabric scraps, get them...
Farm Girl Vintage Sew Along Wait, the Sunday Morning finished block in the photo below doesn't quite match the block in the book...? Well, as the saying goes, "If you can't hide it, feature it!" Technically speaking, all three blocks sewed together beautifully, with points matching and appropriate finished sizes, but Sunday Morning didn't quite finish as planned. Nevertheless, once I realized my error, I decided to just keep sewing, frame it in and make a sewing life lesson out of it, even still. What's that other saying...? "Do as I say, not as I do?" Yes, that's it... so,...
Farm Girl Vintage Sew Along This is the month of stars! Perfect timing as we often get to view the stars and gorgeous constellations on late summer nights. We are continuing with three gorgeous star blocks as we approach the finish line for our Farm Girl Vintage Sampler quilt. Simple, Spring & Summer are our featured blocks this month. The biggest take away while sewing these was squaring up each unit as you stitched each section of your block. It made a world of difference for accuracy and block size, so let's get started... Psssst! If you're just joining us...
Farm Girl Vintage Sew Along Hello! And, how has your summer been? Ours has been flying by... especially since we had such a late spring, the extremely warm summer weather is now suddenly upon us! Thankfully, the warmer weather outside affords us time to cool off inside all the while being productive by continuing to sew our Farm Girl Vintage blocks. I've been able to do quite a bit of cutting ahead and it feels great to just sew the next block because it's all set and ready. And, it makes me feel like we are approaching the finish line...
Farm Girl Vintage Sew Along This was a very exciting Farm Girl Vintage post! First, be sure to visit our Retreat Flashback blog post from June 2019, when we were in McCall, Idaho for an entire week of Featherweights and Lori Holt Farm Girl Vintage! I know -- it was hard to believe myself, but it's true... Ruthie, Wendy, and I, along with nearly 50 other quilters and their Featherweights, were all sewing blocks under the tutelage of Lori Holt herself! We even received a few sneak peek blocks for her Farm Girl Vintage 2 book coming out in a...
Farm Girl Vintage Sew Along I have been waiting to sew this barn for quite a long time - in fact, since 2015, when the Farm Girl Vintage book first came out and when I saw all the blocks displayed in a Spokane quilt shop. The barn block they had hanging on a cute little line was made with this darling red fabric, but sadly the shop didn't have any left. The store clerk was so sweet, though... she went digging in the shop's scraps to give me all she had left -- just enough to make this block! Thus,...
Farm Girl Vintage Sew Along For our geographic area, we have officially entered what many locals call the "mud season" - that time of year when the weather can't decide to pour down rain to the point of flooding or grace us with a warm sunny afternoon. In this time of weather flip flop, and when I need a sewing break from rubber galoshes and weeding, these Farm Girl Vintage one-by-one blocks are perfect for keeping my interest and excited about the "what do I get to sew next?!" For April we get to sew: the Hen, Milk Can and...
Farm Girl Vintage Sew Along Spring is finally arriving, and we are so excited to add three more blocks to our stack of Farm Girl Vintage creations... Can you believe it?! With 23 blocks sewn we can refer to it as a stack now! For March we have: Haystack, Kettle's On (Teapot), and Kitchen Window. Psssst! If you're just joining us and want to get in on the fun with a darling and perfect collage of farm girl fabric, then check out the Farm Girl Vintage Quilt Kit. You'll have all the lovely fabrics you need to make this...
Farm Girl Vintage Sew Along This month we are sewing Blocks 18, 19 & 20 with our featured blocks for February: Furrows, Gingham & Grandma's Quilt. Wow! After these blocks, we will have 20 finished blocks -- isn't that exciting?! Psssst! If you're just joining us and want to get in on the fun with a darling and perfect collage of farm girl fabric, then check out the Farm Girl Vintage Quilt Kit. You'll have all the lovely fabrics you need to make this quilt from start to finish. You can get the book here, too! So, go ahead and...
Farm Girl Vintage Sew Along We are very excited to be working on the continuation of our Featherweight Shop's Farm Girl Vintage Sew Along! If you're just now joining us, welcome! We began the sew along doing one block at a time so that new quilters could learn before we picked up speed. So, you'll have plenty of time to catch up and sew along with us. Simply jump in now at Blocks 15, 16 & 17 with our featured blocks: Farmhouse, Feed and Seed, and Fresh Pears, and then fill in with the other earlier blocks as you can! ...
Blocks 13 & 14 are our featured blocks - Egg Basket and Farm Fresh Flower blocks! The Farm Girl Vintage Quilt Sew Along with the Featherweight Shop continues.... This was indeed the Christmas season, yet a few of us Featherweight Shop diehards still got together to work on our blocks. We waited until after our big annual sale, but we had fun discussing that when we increase to three blocks, that means we are half way through with sewing our quilt top! Both Ruthie and April opted to make a yellow and brown basket, featuring a more "realistic" or natural-colored...
Block 11 & 12 are our featured blocks - Country Crossroads and Crops blocks! The Farm Girl Vintage Quilt Sew Along with the Featherweight Shop continues.... After laying out all my blocks I noticed that mine are needing a bit more pops of red for balance. Thus, I decided to incorporate some red 30s prints for the Country Crossroads block. But, when it came to constructing my Crops block, I ended up grabbing the little white corner square pieces from the wrong pile creating some assymetrical crops. Can you see my errors? I decided to keep them and just...
Block 9 & 10 are our featured blocks - Cool Threads and Corn & Tomatoes! The Farm Girl Vintage Quilt Sew Along with the Featherweight Shop continues; block 9 was a lot of fun to be creative with the thread spools! Ruthie had the idea of using a light brown fabric print for wooden spools and I liked it so much I decided to copy her design. Block 10 was the perfect block to add some bright red color and coordinate with the yellow, being creative with the various vintage style prints. If you're just now joining us for...
Block 7 & 8 are both being featured today... Chicken Foot and Churn Dash are the two blocks for the Farm Girl Vintage Quilt Sew Along with the Featherweight Shop! Block 7 has a number of pieces forming the "Chicken Foot"; it turns out so cute all sewn together in tiny detail. Block 8 is one of my all-time favorites because it's a thirties classic - the "Churn Dash". It sews together fairly simply and brings quick satisfaction. So, how did you all do? I'd say I spent a couple of hours (attempting those points!) on the Chicken Foot...
Block 6 is here...Canning Season, of the Farm Girl Vintage Quilt Sew Along with the Featherweight Shop! This block features six canning jars -- just in time for late summer canning season. What about you? Are you canning peaches yet? If you're just now joining us, we are continuing with our Farm Girl Vintage Sew Along at the Featherweight Shop! Grab some fabric, get it prepared and cut and let's enjoy some more Featherweight sewing! This month I am experimenting with a new corner cutting (literally) technique using the "Mini Simple Folded Corners Ruler" and I really, really like it! ...
We are already on Block 5, Butter Churn, of the Farm Girl Vintage Quilt Sew Along with the Featherweight Shop! If you're just now joining us, we are continuing with our Farm Girl Vintage Sew Along at the Featherweight Shop! Grab some fabric, get it prepared and cut and let's enjoy some more Featherweight sewing! Lori Holt shows us a fun and efficient way to sew flying geese. Follow along with her instructions, making sure to press seams open when you can and being careful to be as exact with your alignments as possible. I wasn't paying attention on my...
