Farm Girl Vintage Strip Quilt Blocks...

"Mama Hen" quilt blocks...!

from Lori Holt's Farm Girl Vintage book (there's a link at the end)

They just HAD to be done on a chicken wire background.

Interject some "vintage tulips" by thimble blossoms.

couldn't decide between a row of strawberries...

and a row of floral red...

so I did both!

From Lori Holt's book Farm Girl Vintage 

"Wooly Sheep" quilt blocks

I appliqued the heads on the wooly sheep instead of piecing. It seemed so much easier.

One little Piggy...

I realized later that I forgot the grass! It got into the final quilt. see that here.

I actually kind of like them without grass now that I'm comparing..

Here's the book...

It has over 30 cute quilt block patterns in it. You get measurements for 6" and  12" sizes.

it's for sale in lots of places. here's one.

Farm House Lane Quilt from Farm Girl Vintage Book

"Farm House Lane" 

Love, love love this house quilt!

 

So much fun to make each house

 

Polka dot background! of course...

 

Love the orange, turquoise, yellow, green combo...

 

Such fun little blocks to make...

 

Just the right green for the border...

 

You can see a little how I machine quilted my house quilt here...

 

Done!

(Thx hubby for holding it up the picture! :D)

Hexie Quilt

 

Large Hexagon Quilt!

 

My tips on how to do a hexie quilt.

I lay the hexies out on a bed sheet so I can organize the whole thing. Then I can roll it up in between sewing sessions. That way I don't have to rearrange every time I get it out.

Sew together first in rows, then sew the columns together. Those pesky Y seams aren't so bad when the blocks are big.

 

I sew them together slightly differently than the tutorials I've seen. I sew all the way across the side when sewing the columns together. No back stitch or stopping 1/4" away from the corners. Then, when I'm sewing the Y seams, I leave my needle down in at the corner and just pull the next two sides flat and then sew. I find I don't need to draw dots. I can stop at the seam and eyeball where the 1/4" seam allowance would be. It works so much better for me.

 

 

 

 

Pretty machine quilting done on my juki TL2000

 

Chubby Chicks Quilt

 

Here is my Chubby Chicks quilt.

 

 

I changed it just a little from original pattern. Colored triangles and no green border.

 

 

the little birds are so cute!

 

Polka dots!

 

"Flower Girl" by Thimbleblossoms Quilt with a stem!

 

Finished the Flower Girl quilt that I made with Cathy and Brittany.

It's a Thimbleblossoms pattern but we added a stem.

 

We started with these fabrics...

 

and added some reds and bright pinks...

 

Almost went with the large brown dots. I still like this....a lot.

so hard to decide.

 

 

 

Agonized over it...red or brown....maybe both?

NO. 

 

 

Echo quilting around the stem.

 

 

 

 

 

there's the polka dots...

 

 

 

 I thought this was a cute way to machine quilt the flowers in "Flower Girl"

 

You can see it best on the white...

 

 

Pretty!