I had a chance to work on some Farmer's Wife blocks this week...had a lot of fun making these! First up is block #87, Star Gardener. I eliminated some of the half-square triangles as shown in the book and substituted flying-geese blocks.
This is certainly a new favorite--block #27, Darting
Wordless Wednesday (Ruby Edition)
Work in Progress
Most of my "works in progress" for the next month or so will be Christmas gifts. But I have one work in progress that I keep coming back to; I've decided I want to get this finished up before the end of the month. Because I love it. And because I can't wait to see what it will
Building (And a Modern Blocks Giveaway)!
After Carrie posted this amazing pattern for a lumbar pillow made with just five house blocks from her "Full House" pattern, I had to get started making some Christmas houses! I just need to quilt this up and make it into a pillow now!
Then I felt a bit bad about not finishing my
Farming with Quilt Blocks
I have more Farmers Wife Blocks to share today! It seems like the hardest part about working on this quilt is figuring out which block to sew next--I love them all!
First up (and this is one of my favorites) is Block #39, Friendship. This block seemed destined to be made in my California Girl
Modern Blocks
Modern Blocks: 99 Quilt Blocks from Your Favorite Designers published by C & T Publishing is available now! There have been several "sneak peeks" of some of the blocks showing up here and there...and here and there!
And today I'd like to introduce you to "Follow the
Housework and Back to the Farm
I've been catching up on a little "house" work lately. Probably not the kind I should be catching up on...but these "Full House" little houses have been so much fun to make!
I have all 18 houses finished and now just need to make my patchwork borders.
And I'm still a Farmer's Wife,
Le Petite Parade…the Prizes
Just a quick post to mention that there seems to be a little something special for some of our Le Petite parade participants!
Schnibbles and Such…
Well, I'm squeezing this post in just in time...today just flew by! Anyway, today is the day for sharing some Schnibbles and Le Petite projects from the last year. I made a little collage of some of my projects above.
Then I noticed I had left out my Paganini and a few others; This one is
More Market Sewing…
This is Aneela Hoey's booth at International Quilt Market (thank you Kimberly from FatQuarterShop for the photo)! I was anxiously waiting to see a picture of this booth...
and this is why...just a couple of weeks ago I got a chance to make a fun quilt with Walk in the Woods which debuted this
Blogger’s Quilt Festival
It's International Quilt Market time, and that means it's also Blogger's Quilt Festival time. If this is your first time visiting my blog, thanks so much for stopping by! I know I've shared this quilt recently; however, "Gumdrops" is a favorite for a
Star Blooms
Photo courtesy of Joanna
Pretty
Just finished a quilt today for a friend's daughter. I love this quilt! It's got such a fun combination of fabrics, each one from a different collection I believe.
The pattern is called "Pretty in Pink," and it's from Heather Mulder Peterson's book Livin' Large. This quilt went together
Rhythm
Things have slowly but surely slowed down, and with the welcome (calmer) change of pace the familiar fall rhythm has taken over. I'm loving the cooler temperatures (especially in the evenings), and it feels good to have a plan to accomplish everything on my lists. This weekend I
Farmer’s Wife Blocks and a Giveaway
This weeks Fig Tree version Farmer's Wife blocks were made from market sewing scraps. In fact, all of the half-square triangles were cut-offs from bigger blocks, and even the flying geese were made from scraps that were pretty small!
This is the block I shared the other day--Block 26, Cut
Pretty Pictures
It's been a crazy weekend, crazy in a good way as I had a lot of fun making three market quilt tops in less than a week. I heart them all and will share them as soon as I can. So this afternoon I was blessed with that wonderful way of feeling "caught up." Just for a minute, anyway!
Multi-Tasking
Yes, there's definitely a lot of multi-tasking going on here this weekend. I just finished market quilt number two using the yummy stack of brand new Fig Tree fabrics above (finished market quilt number one on Thursday evening and have one yet to make)!
I had some little scraps from
On the Bookshelf
Quilt market is just a couple of weeks away, and that means I've been working on some market sewing this week! With not much quilty goodness I can share just yet, I thought I'd share a new to me quilting book. Quilting those Flirty '30s is one of those books that has both
Farmer’s Wife Quilt Along–More Progress!
This week I made three Farmer's Wife blocks...one for my Christmas (Flurry) set and two for my Fig Tree version. This is Block 92, Streak of Lightning. I had fun trying to get the zig zag effect with this!
For the first time in over a month I got all the blocks out and had a
Fabric on Saturday
I was hoping to do another Fabric Friday post yesterday, but it just didn't happen...so here's some fabric I'm loving on Saturday! First up is the Sandi Henderson Henna Garden fat quarter collection I was able to get from her shop. Usually I miss out on fabric finds like this one, so I
Gumdrops!
Just ran in quickly today to one of my "local" quilt shops (well, an hour away either north or south is about as local as it gets for me). To my surprise, Volume Two of American Patchwork & Quilting's Sew Scrappy Quilts for Fabric Lovers was in the shop and for sale! I've been eagerly
A Little Weekend Sewing
I didn't get to sew a lot this weekend...but I did finish up a work in progress (yay)! I've needed to finish up another Charming and Cheerful bag (my own design, published in the August 2011 American Patchwork & Quilting). This bag will be a shop sample for a little while, and then I'll
How About Some Fabric?!
I've got a fabric giveaway today thanks to the folks at Robert Kaufman and Amanda Murphy, the designer of this great collection, Veranda! I have some of this terrific fabric to play with myself, and I also have two Ten-Squares and two Roll-ups to give away!
I'll keep the comments open until
Happy October First!
Happy October first! And happy Schnibbles parade day! To start off, I just had to share one of Carrie's "Full House" quilts (photo from Carrie's blog). I am seriously in love with this quilt. It's made with her Nine Dots fabric; the quilting is absolutely stunning as well. This project
Patchwork Gift Bag Tutorial
I've
been working on some little handmade gift bags to have on hand...and I
thought today I'd share a tutorial showing how I make them. They're
super easy and can be made with just a couple of fat quarters and some 2
1/2'' squares.
(For a printable PDF of this tutorial, visit my Etsy shop
Last Week’s Farmer’s Wife Blocks
Last week was pretty busy, but I did manage to fit in a little time on Saturday to make my Farmer's Wife blocks. I am determined not to get behind in this quilt along, so I picked some easy blocks this week.
This is block 71, Puss in the Corner. I used some softer Fig Tree fabrics and love
Blogger’s Block of the Month
I'm excited to share my block with you for the Blogger's Block of the Month! This quilt-along was organized by Jackie of Canton Village Quilt Works; back in August she sent each participant the most gorgeous group of Kaffe fabrics from which to create our blocks. I had so many
Another Bite of Schnibbles
(Forward: Please know that I received this copy of Another Bite of Schnibbles from Martingale Publishing. I was not paid or compensated in any way to do this review).
It's no secret that I am a Schnibbles/Miss Rosie's Quilt Company/Carrie Nelson fan! I love all of
Fabric on Friday
My friend Nanette always posts the most amazing fabric collections on Fridays...I look forward to those posts every week--her stash is certainly amazing! I have a few pieces I've fallen in love with lately that I'd like to share! Above are Flour Sacks and Tossed Bread by Windham. I
In Love…
I finished my Denyse Schmidt "Swoon." I'm smitten with this quilt...absolutely in love with it! Is it odd that I love this quilt sooo much?! That Camille is a genius...this pattern is genius...and I love it in every fabric I've seen it in. Also, I'm planning another one
Secret Garden Giveaway
I'm in love with Sandi Henderson's new Secret Garden collection...I love all three color ways...Sunset Garden (pictured above), Tea Time Garden, and Midnight Garden. And today I'm happy to present a sponsored giveaway for a fat quarter bundle of one of these collections.
To find out all about
Slow but Steady
Progress on quilting stuff this week has been slow but steady; sometimes that's just how it has to be! I'm really trying to savor any sewing moments I have during busy days and weeks. I was really happy to get the scrappy binding machine stitched onto my Swoon quilt--seems that's the
Bittersweet…
I normally decorate with "Americana" quilts and accessories from Memorial Day through Labor Day. This year I just couldn't seem to get motivated to put them away. I finally figured out that I needed to leave them up until after September 11th; I felt much better about that,
Blogger’s Choice and Simple Summer
If you've already stopped by the Jolly Jabber this morning, these fabrics might look familiar...Last spring I had the fun of putting together a Blogger's Choice fat quarter bundle for FatQuarterShop. I was ready for summer and dreaming of the ocean when I set out to pick fabrics; I was
Hexagons and a Giveaway!
Lately I've been working with Hexagons...I just can't get enough of designs using them! These fun hexies are from the Moda collection Hometown by Sweetwater. Hometown is a terrific collection, and I've discovered they coordinate wonderfully with my Moda 1974 stash...I'll have more on
I’m Still a Farmer’s Wife
It seems like forever since I've had a chance to work on my Farmer's Wife blocks. This past week was week 15, so everyone should have 30 blocks to be caught up with the quilt-along going on around blogland. I have 33 blocks in each of my sets, so I'm okay, but I am hoping to get some
Just Around the Corner
I was recently contacted by Kari who asked if I'd be interested in reviewing a copy of her latest book, Just Around the Corner: Quilts with Easy Mitered Borders (That Patchwork Place). Of course I was thrilled to have the opportunity. I'd never actually done a mitered border (just
This and That…and a Book Tour!
I've been working on little bits of this and that (finished a couple of more blocks that I first shared here using scraps from my Swoon quilt) but just had to pop in and let you know about a blog tour going on right now...
Kari of New Leaf Stitches has written a wonderful new
Quilt in a Day!
I wonder how many of us started quilting with Quilt in a Day quilts by Eleanor Burns. I know I made about 8 quilts from her Double Irish Chain book before feeling confident enough to try other patterns. (I happened to get on an elevator with her at Spring Quilt Market, and thanked her
Happy September!
September first...wow...I can't believe it...where did June, July and August go?! Anyway, I'm happy September has arrived; hopefully the cooler fall temperatures will arrive here soon as well. And today is Schnibbles Day here at AQuiltingLife and over at Sinta's Pink Pincushion blog. We
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