Happy 4th of July!

This past year (or more) I have slowly been working on quilts that reflect the time of year or season.  I finished a Lori Holt Christmas quilt in January and a Valentine's pillow for February as well as a Valentine quilt this spring (photos to come later).  Well, this "Stars & Stripes" patrio...

Farm Girl Vintage Quilt & Featherweight Sew Along - Block 4 (Baking Day)

Yay!  It's so much fun to be moving right along with these Farm Girl Vintage blocks by Lori Holt... When cutting out block 3 (Baby Chick), I loved the colors so much that I decided to make cutting easy and continue with the colors of pink, yellow and red.  My great-grandmother had a "big yellow ...

Farm Girl Vintage Quilt & Featherweight Sew Along - Block 3 (Baby Chick)

Today, we are featuring block 3 of the Farm Girl Vintage Sew Along at the Featherweight Shop!  Last block we learned about pressing seams open and cutting accurately when we sewed Block 2, Autum Star.  This installment we will be adding a small, but new technique to our blocks with simple embroi...

Farm Girl Vintage Quilt & Featherweight Sew Along - Block 2 (Autumn Star)

Today, we are featuring block 2 of the Farm Girl Vintage Sew Along at the Featherweight Shop!  Many of us began by learning some of the quilting basics as the first block, Apron Strings, was completed.  Many gained new confidence while preparing, cutting and sewing block 2, the Autumn Star.    R...

Farm Girl Vintage Quilt & Featherweight Sew Along - Block 1 (Apron Strings)

Today is the beginning of our Farm Girl Vintage Sew Along at the Featherweight Shop!  The gals were eagerly anticipating this gathering after all packages were ric-rac tied and shipped because today we are featuring the start of a new quilt - some of us for the very first time.  Awww, sweet Wen...

Featherweight Shop Sew Along - Farm Girl Vintage Quilt

This past week, the Featherweight shop staff met and chose the Farm Girl Vintage Quilt Book as our next sew along.  The quilt is adorable and appeals to many styles, the blocks are smaller at 6 1/2" square and will be fairly simple to construct (especially with Lori Holt's wonderful instructions...

Baby Quilt for Baby Thompson

Some of you probably remember when we hired our very first employee, Rebekah.  Then a couple of years ago we were so excited to see her get engaged and married to Burl.  Well, they are expecting their first baby any day now and we had a baby shower for her just this past Sunday.  A friend and I d...

Cozy Christmas Quilt Top -- for the Christmas Eve Finish!

December 24th, 2017 This year I made haste and got all of our Christmas presents wrapped and under the tree so we could relax and have an enjoyable day on Christmas Eve as a family.  In the afternoon, we made a yummy casserole for supper, frosted Christian's 18th birthday chocolate cake... then s...

2nd Place

Our daughter Ruthie submitted her first quilt in the local Quilt Show.  It was her first quilt from start to finish on her Singer Featherweight; she selected the fabrics using a mini-charm pack and a Moda Candies Pattern.  She then configured the block layout and accomplished all the piecing by h...

Ohio Star King Size Quilt

This weekend is our nearby town's BBQ Days event, and every year our quilt guild hosts a local Quilt Show and Pie Sale.  Yesterday, I assisted the guild members with the check-in of many quilts and quilted crafty projects.  I must say, it was quite fun to see everyone's talent as it trickled in o...