On Your Marks, Get Set, GO!!!

Woo Hoo!!! It’s start day!!  Start day of what you ask?  Why, the 1930’s Farmer’s Wife QAL that Angie over at GnomeAngel.com is hosting.  The first Farmer’s wife quilt has been on my To-Do list for quite a few years and the announcement of this QAL pushed me over edge inspired me to start not only the 1930’s version but the 1920’s version from a few years ago.  That will be a total of 210 6 inch blocks.  I am so glad there is a FB group of support I will need it to make these finishes.  It’s definitely not too late if you want to skip over and join our little group.

Here is block 12 Becky

And here is block 16 Bonnie

And because I am a silly over achiever right now here is Bonnie and Becky in a scrap version so yeah, maybe 3 Farmer’s wife quilts out of this QAL. 

Swirly Sheep

I have had this jelly roll sitting on my shelf for longer than I like to admit.  This has occurred for 2 reasons. First, I have too much fabric but can’t seem to stop shopping for more and second because I just like to look at all the pretty colors.  Anyway, I was looking at this particular jelly roll and thought it would look perfect with swirly sheep embroidery from PurelyGates Designs and it gave me excuse (reason) to buy a new embroidery disk.   

For the quilt I simply sewed the strips together length wise.

Then measured 12 ½ inches for the right side and cut it.

Each sheep was cut into a 9 ½ inch block then sewn in a column.

Sew the row of sheep where we cut the sewn strips earlier and TA-DA one of the cutest baby quilts I have made in a long time. 

This quilt will for sale in my shop if you can’t stand to not have this cutie in your baby’s room.

Cutting Up Some Denim

I have been loving my Go! Cutter this week.  I have been hording old jeans forever and I have them stored everywhere and anywhere they will fit.  I decided this week was the week to cut some the jeans down, which is the first step to them actually becoming a quilt.  This will not be a quick project, heck, it has taken me years to get to this step.  I have decided on a faux cathedral window pattern that will also be quilt as you go so at least I won’t have to quilt this beast when it’s done. 

This is where my Go! came in handy, with my 6 inch circle die and was able to get the entire stack of jeans that was hiding in my laundry room cut down to a easily stored stack of circles in just a few hours. 

Autumn Tint Block

I know you thought I abandon my blog again but no I am here.  I got food poisoning and was in recovery mode.  I did manage to get some sewing done; not too much though.  I did the next block in the 1920’s Farmer’s Wife book.  Here is Autumn Tint block. I am sure purple, teal and grey are autumn colors somewhere

Also, being very jealous of some of the desktop design boards I decided to make one with stuff I had around here.  I took a picture frame, glued a piece of batting to the back board, removed glass and TA-DA my own table top design board. 

Farmer's Wife 1930's version

I have finally chosen my colors for the 1930’s Famer’s Wife Quilt Along!!  I went with a color group vs. a fat quarter bundle so that I could add to it over the year.  I just know I will see some beautiful fabrics over this year span and will want to add to it. I think the blues and greys will suit this quilt well and Chris said they made him think of the civil war when he saw them.

In trying to say organized I stopped at Goodwill and picked up a storage basket to hold all my QAL items.  I love Goodwill for baskets and vases people usually get rid of them and I can pick them up for almost free this one was $1. I just need to get a small storage box to keep done blocks in so they won’t fray or get lost in my sewing room.  I am set for September 28.