Farm Fresh Sew Along - Week One!!

 

Welcome Quilty friends!!

Today is week one of the

FARM FRESH SEW ALONG

YaY!

We will be making the 

FARM FRESH Quilt 

which finishes at

 88" x 95"

It consists of 50 pieced 

Farm Girl Blocks

from two of my books...

Farm Girl Vintage

and

Farm Girl Vintage 2

 There will be a mix of both

 6" and 12" blocks in our quilt:)

I'm so excited to be 

sewing from these books again...

it's been a wonderful trip down

memory lane for me as I have been

 preparing for this sew along 

and I want to thank you 

for coming along with me:)

We will be making this quilt with 

my latest fabric collection...

FARMER'S DAUGHTER

***This sew along will work

 a little bit differently than my

 other sew alongs because...

 The patterns along with

 step by step instructions

are in the books, so I will be sewing

each and every one of the blocks 

right along with you!

No need to sew ahead of time for me

as I usually do for tutorials.

For this sew along there is 

no need for block instruction

because everything is already in the book:)

This format also allows you the choice

to sew your entire quilt at once

or space it apart like the schedule!

Of course I did the week one video

on my YouTube channel to kick it off!

CLICK HERE 

to watch my video

and please leave me a comment

on my channel after watching the video:)

Here are this weeks blocks

which of course you saw in the video!

All are 6" finished blocks and 

from the first book

FARM GIRL VINTAGE:

BABY CHICK

BAKING DAY

BUTTERCHURN

CANNING SEASON

COOL THREADS

I talked about several other things and...

Did a quick tutorial on the embroidery:)

 I also talked about cutting your fabrics 

and how to use the guide for this sew along.

I'm also going to be listening to

 this book aa I sew along with you...

Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm

And if I have time I'll also listen to

 The Egg and I 

And as I get time I'll be 

working/playing with my 

Farmer's Daughter Junk Journals 

that I briefly told you about in my video...

I've made the 5 signatures and have 

just started to

lay the foundation for all kinds of 

tuck spots and pockets for 

my journaling tags and cards.

I'll show you progress on the pages

here each week as promised

and I'm hoping to have some by next week!

Now it's time for me to get busy sewing,

listening and journaling about

all things farm!.

I'm sew happy!!

Thanks so much for joining me today

and I'll be right back here next week

to show you my five finished blocks 

from the Farm Girl Vintage 2 Book!

Until then...

have a Quilty kind of day:)

xx

Lori

Other Places to find me:

@Beelori1 Instagram

Lori Holt/YouTube

 

SAY-IT SEW ALONG - #2 Spring Banners!!

Hello quilty friends!

Today is the day for the second

tutorial in the 

SAY-IT Sew Along 

 I have done the

 "Bee Prepared"

post that explains everything that 

you need to know about this sew along

CLICK HERE

if you are just joining and

CLICK HERE

to download the free sew along guide.

We are using the 

TYPE/ography

fabric collection...

The GLYPH Sew Simple Shapes

and the LETTERS Sew Simple Shapes

For the kick off to this sew along 

I did a video tutorial on my

 YOUTUBE Channel 

to show you how to make the banner shapes 

that the letters (or numbers) go on 

as well as how to make the letters too:)

CLICK HERE

to watch my video

The same tutorial applies to making 

the banner shapes and letters

for the spring banners too.

The first one is the 

"Be My Valentine"

You will find all of cutting

and fabric information in the guide:)

Okay let's do this!

I started by sewing all of the

 shapes that use interfacing

and clipping all inner curves 

and cleavage areas.

This includes all of the letters...

And the four rectangles.

The four frames do not use interfacing 

but backing fabric instead. 

Trace onto the wrong side 

of the front pieces then place right sides

together and stitch directly

 onto the line just like I showed you

in the week one video.

Do the same for the ten heart shapes.

For these I trace half of the heart

and then flip it over to 

trace the other half.

Sew and clip...

Turn and shape:)

Time to go to the work table

 and lay them all out for glue basting:)

Add the letters too!

Glue baste the small pieces on the A and B.

Center the rectangles onto the frame

and the B onto the rectangle...

then glue baste and pin:)

Same for the remaining three!

Now for the hearts and their letters.

Remember to set one aside because it doesn't have a letter on it:)

I decided to place a ruler 2 1/4" up 

from the bottom of the heart to place

 my letters to try and make them 

as even as I could.

EASY PEASY and ready for applique!

I supe LOVE these!!

I'll be using the Bee Cute Lace 

and the Clothespins to hang my banner

for Valentines Day decor.

Okay let's do the EASTER EGGS!

As usual, the cutting is in the guide.

The letters use the interfacing 

and I sewed those first.

Don't forget to clip the inner curves 

and cleavage areas before 

turning and shaping!

Trace the eggs onto the wrong side 

of the fabric and sew with 

right sides together onto the 

backing fabric like the other banners.

Turn shape and press...

to get ready for glue basting!

I started with the yellow egg because 

it has the "t" and and it is the tallest

 of the rest of the letters on the eggs

 so I wanted to gauge where I wanted to 

place my Ric-Rac Vintage trim.

I used my 4 1/2" wide ruler to keep

 my two lines of trim straight

 with each other and spaced evenly.

I cut it a little longer than needed 

to trim afterwards and then 

simply glue basted it down.

Then I glued down my letter "t"

I continued on the same with the rest

 of the Easter Eggs...

 adding the trim first and then 

the letters in the center.

Buttons are of course optional 

and I have a big variety of 

CUTE LITTLE BUTTONS 

that match my fabrics and

 are a cute vintage style.

This is my bowl of buttons 

that my little grandson Reid 

plays with when he comes over.

Notice the little toys in there too 

LOL

When adding the buttons use matching thread

 or you could use a Latte color for

 all of them to match the Vintage Trim.

I trimmed my Ric-Rac even with the edge

 of the eggs after the glue was dry...

then I applied a little Sue Glue on the

 edges to keep them from fraying.

Ready for applique!

I'll be doing machine applique 

with matching thread including on the 

Vintage Trim as well.

These Easter Eggs are sew fun!

I'm looking forward to hanging 

this banner on my fireplace mantel.

I'll be using the Bee Cute Lace and

 Quilty Clothespins with it as well.

Thanks so much for doing me today

for the second tutorial

for the Say-It Sew Along!

I will meet you right back here in

 April for the Summer Banner tutorials:)

Until then,

HAPPY SEWING

xx

Lori

           Other Places to find me:

             @Beelori1 Instagram

              Lori Holt/YouTube