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Jul 5, 2015

Farm Girl Vintage QAL


I've been making a lot of gifts for family members who have birthdays coming up :)
I was able to squeeze in some Farm Girl Vintage sewing, even though my life has been pretty busy lately.
This is the Egg Basket Block.
I used all Lori Holt fabrics, except for the background.
I always used to "hoard" her fabric but now I'm starting to realize that I better use the fabric I love so much!


This is the Farm Flower Block, what a cute name!
I used all of Lori's fabrics again, except for the background.
My favorite part of quilting is choosing the fabric.
I find something really satisfying and rewarding about it.
Truthfully, these 6" blocks are difficult to sew.
These two aren't bad, but a lot of the blocks have such teeny weeny pieces!
I've decided to make the Farm Girl Sampler quilt, so I'm making all of the blocks in the book in a 6 l/2" size.
I'm only 3 blocks behind....


Here's my tractor block, it's 24 l/2" X 28 l/2"!
I still need to embroider the seat and the smoke.
I'm really not sure what I'm going to do with the tractor block, I don't think I want to make 266 4 l/2" pinwheels....
but then again, they are so pretty :)
Any suggestions?

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4 comments:

  1. Beautiful blocks. Especially love, love your tractor block - the tires definitely look like large tread tractor tires. It would look beautiful with pinwheels around as a border and as a wall hanging. Beautiful!!

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  2. I was at In Between Stitches in Livermore yesterday. They had Lori Holt's tractor paired up with Thimbleblossoms' Cheerio blocks. It was very cute.

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  3. Hello Cynthia, your blocks are beautiful. You could make your tractor block into a mini quilt and make just a few pin wheels or you could sew the tractor into your backing fabrics and make a reversible quilt.

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  4. Your blocks are so sweet! and I love your tractor!!! I enjoy seeing you versions of FGV blocks!

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