My, my, my. I'm sure not doing very well at writing blog posts this summer. Who knows why? I've been sewing. Just not making very much progress.
I see Lori Holt's posts every Friday about her Farm Girl sew-along and it just makes me want to play with some light and bright fabrics. Truth be told, just about every light and bright project I've started I haven't finished. White backgrounds just haven't been my thing. But in this case I just couldn't help it. So I bought the book Farm Girl Vintage and even though I'm not actually working on her sew-along I did start playing with some of the blocks.
The first block I made was this tractor. With her great directions it went together in no time at all. Since the tractor needed something to harvest I decided to make some sunflower blocks.
Looking good so far. But they need some stems. So I used Lori's "crops" block for a stem.
Lori gives directions to make a 12" or a 6" block. So far I've been working with the 12" size. But looking at how that "sunflower" towers over the tractor I think I'll start playing with the 6" size and see if that will work better. These have been super fun to make and I can't wait to get back to it.
Along with these blocks I've also been working on a back for Grace's "I Am" quilt. Since she changed her favorite color from pink to teal I decided to make the back of it teal.
This is one of the two oversize blocks I plan to put on the back. This block measures 36" x 36".
The background is a pink floral and I hope will tie it together with the front.
So I have been sewing. I just haven't been blogging about it.
Have a great day.
Julie
I see Lori Holt's posts every Friday about her Farm Girl sew-along and it just makes me want to play with some light and bright fabrics. Truth be told, just about every light and bright project I've started I haven't finished. White backgrounds just haven't been my thing. But in this case I just couldn't help it. So I bought the book Farm Girl Vintage and even though I'm not actually working on her sew-along I did start playing with some of the blocks.
The first block I made was this tractor. With her great directions it went together in no time at all. Since the tractor needed something to harvest I decided to make some sunflower blocks.
Looking good so far. But they need some stems. So I used Lori's "crops" block for a stem.
Along with these blocks I've also been working on a back for Grace's "I Am" quilt. Since she changed her favorite color from pink to teal I decided to make the back of it teal.
This is one of the two oversize blocks I plan to put on the back. This block measures 36" x 36".
The background is a pink floral and I hope will tie it together with the front.
So I have been sewing. I just haven't been blogging about it.
Have a great day.
Julie
3 comments:
For a gal who doesn't like brights and whites, you sure are making some cute blocks. Okay I may be a little bias because I love brights and whites no matter what the pattern.
The tractor & sunflowers are great & look like so much fun! Can't wait to see what they turn into!
. .Looking good!! Cab't see the pink but you said it's there, so I'm sure it is.
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