Farm Girl Vintage - Rows

I have all 8 eight rows sewn now.  

I had intended to duplicate the quilt on the cover of the Farm Girl Vintage book, yet, some of the blocks are not.  Some of the blocks were made, color-wise, as they were shown inside the book.  I don't know why I chose to sew them together this way.  At this point, I don't want to unsew blocks just because they aren't just like the cover quilt.

I like how my computer drawings look, side-by-side, with my quilt rows.

Till next time,

- - - - Jane - - - -

Farm Girl Vintage - Hand Embroidery

As I was assembling the next few rows, I realized that I still hadn't embroidered a few of the blocks.  I was in the flow with sewing the blocks, I had said to myself, "I can embroider that later."  And now is the time!

The Fresh Pears block had two seeds embroidered on one of the pears.

The Baby Chick Block had its legs and eyes embroidered.

The Woolly Lamb block, also, had its legs and eyes embroidered.

The Mama Hen block has its eye embroidered.

Till next time,

- - - - Jane - - - -

Birthday Mystery Quilt - Another Idea

Laundry Basket Quilts' Birthday Mystery quilt is in its 9th week.  I've received the Cocoa Blue fat quarter bundle and the birthday bundle, so I'm ready to start my blocks in March.

Edyta has stated that there may be several choices of setting options, at the end of the year, once all the blocks are finished.  And I would like to incorporate the taupe background fabric somewhere in this quilt.

I had envisioned alternated the background colors in the blocks.

Or I could use the taupe fabric in the sashing.

But to be safe, I'm going to trust Edyta and her ideas.  She has never disappointed me. I'm going to have to wait until the end of the year.

Till next time,

- - - - Jane - - - -

Baby Tahoe is Finished

We are finally here!  The Baby Tahoe quilt top is finished!

Since this quilt is a smaller version of the original Tahoe quilt, I was fairly surprised with how well it came together.  Don't get me wrong, the tiny 3/8-inch diamonds were a chore to line up.  I'm proud of myself for not giving up, when it got frustrating.

My Baby Tahoe quilt top measures 32 1/2 x 32 1/2 inches square, compared to the Tahoe quilt, which measures at 84 1/2 x 84 1/2 inches square.  Although it's not a miniature sized quilt, it is approximately a third of the size of the original.

My Baby Tahoe quilt.

An image of the Tahoe quilt from Laundry Basket Quilts.

Did I come close to replicating it?

I had placed a dime, to show just how little the 3/8-inch diamond is.

I have purchased the batting and I'm hoping to be able to get the backing fabric today.  Now, to figure how I'll quilt it.

Till next time,

- - - - Jane - - - -

Farm Girl Vintage - Rows 0ne and Two

I'm getting the rows sewn together and it's finally feeling like I'm making some good progress on this quilt.  As long as I keep moving forward, I can see this quilt top finished.

Below, I have the first two rows sewn together.

Till next time,

- - - - Jane - - - -

Another Valentine's Day Project? - Part Two

I love the images of the Heart to Heart pillow, from Laundry Basket Quilts.  I would have loved to replicate the pillow, exactly, but the Strawberries and Cream charm pack didn't have all the 5-inch squares that were used in the image.  

The charm included all the fabrics, that were used in the image.  In the charm pack, some of the fabrics were doubled, which worked out perfectly when that fabric was used twice in the pillow.  There were singles of some fabric, but unfortunately, it was used twice in the pillow.  I was lucky that I had some of this background fabric, from an another unfinished quilt.

 

This is the image from the Heart to Heart pattern.

With a bit of rearranging, I ended with this compromise. 

Now, I've got figure how I'd like to machine quilt the pillow.  I'd like to quilt something simple, something more than just straight-stitch quilting.  Maybe a meandering stitch, or a meandering-heart stitch?

Till next time,

- - - - Jane - - - -

A Valentine's Day Pillow - Part Three

I've made too many envelope blocks, for a pillow, at least.  I don't have enough to make a bed size quilt, but since the fabric is on clearance at SewTech, I just might get some more fabric to make a small size quilt to make a bed runner for the guest bedroom.

I placed 9 of the 6 inch envelope blocks together to create an 18 inch panel block.  

I'm not planning on quilting this pillow.  In the Valentine Love Notes Pillow Cover pattern, there is red, large, hand-quilted stitches in the white background fabric.  I think its a perfect accent to a very cute pillow.

I have added a link, below, to the From the Heart fabric I used in this pillow.

Til next time, 

- - - - Jane - - - - 

Farm Girl Vintage - Simple Star Blocks

We're finally here!  The last four blocks!  And these blocks finish off the four corners of the body of the quilt.

All the blocks are complete, and I can start building the body of this quilt.  It will feel more like a quilt, than just bits and pieces.

Next, I'll be connecting the blocks with the sashing, to create the rows.  I'm hoping that it will go quickly.

Till next time,

- - - - Jane - - - -

A Valentine's Day Pillow - Part Two

Where were we when we left off in the last Valentine pillow post?  We were at the finished envelope block.

Next, we'll be adding the cute little applique heart.

I had made my heart template from a plastic lid from a cottage cheese container.  I collect lids from margarine, dips, etc., containers.  The lids are easy to cut shapes for template.

To adhere the heart to the envelope, I used a fusible web, Steam-A-Seam 2.  I trace the heart template to the grid side of the fusible web.

When you cut the fusible we, cut outside of the pencil mark.

Then, peel the back side of the fusible web.  The fusible web will be tacky.

I placed the fusible web on the back side of some red fabric.  Since it is tacky, it allows you to reposition the fusible web, if you need to.

Now, cut out your fabric on the pencil line.

Once it is cut out, peel the paper on the back side and place the heart on the envelope. The back side will be sticky/tacky, so you can reposition the heart before adding the heat of the iron.  That's why it's my favorite fusible web!

Once the heart is ironed to the block, I was able to start machine appliqueing, using the blanket stitch.

Til next time,

- - - - Jane - - - -

Farm Girl Vintage - Cool Threads

For me, the Cool Spools block was fun to make.  I've always had a fascination with sewing themed projects, such as quilts and bags.  I feel the fabrics are sometimes a bit silly, but I still find them irresistible.  I'm planning on making and/or finishing some sewing themed quilt in the future.

I think the spools like a lot like bow ties!

As you can see, I had used a Y-seam when I added the background.

And I was very proud of how lovely the points came together in the center of the block!

The next two block are the Butter Churn block, the Milking Day block, and the Tumbleweed block.

Just four more block and we'll have all the blocks done!

Till next time,

- - - - Jane - - - -