Penny Pig

Penny Pig is a bonus block from Lori Holt that goes with the Farm Girl Vintage blocks, but is an extra purchase.  Recently I purchased 3 of her extra blocks but this is the only one I've made so far. Isn't it cute? 

I can't wait to make the cow block too. Maybe later this week. 

I'm linking up to Design Wall Monday at http://www.patchworktimes.com 

More Farm Girl Vintage

The teapot block is my latest Farm Girl Vintage block. Our Sew Vintage group met yesterday afternoon and this is the block assigned next. And it's been fun to dig into my stash of 30s reproduction fabrics as I work on these.  

The Sew Vintage group "sew-along" accounts for 9 of these, plus the star block was last week's assigned block for a Facebook group I'm following. And I made the house blocks - just because. These are 6" versions and I'm also doing the 12" version of each block so far. 

The blue and pink block in the second row doesn't look like it's big sister, because I laid it out wrong and decided I wasn't going to do any ripping out to fix it. I can live with it, I think.  

I have another Farm Girl Vintage block cut out and ready to sew.  Charming - that is what I would call these blocks. 

March Madness

No sewing or quilting - or working - for me that past few days because I was on a mini-vacation. We love college basketball so this is a fun time of year.

My husband and I spent the past 4 days attending the Summit League basketball tournament in Sioux Falls, and watched both the women and the men Jackrabbits win. So both teams will advance to the NCAA tournament.

We met as sophomores at South Dakota State University and have been loyal Jackrabbit fans ever since. We are season ticket holders and make that 2 hour trip to campus frequently for games. But this tournament was held in Sioux Falls and that is only an hour away, so very convenient.

Now, today I have to get back to reality and had to go back to work. Although we may go watch some high school girls basketball at the state tournament later this week. March Madness!!

Marking quilting lines

How do you mark your quilts before quilting? When hand quilting I really like the purple pen with disappearing marks. 

This little table runner is all Easter egg colors so the purple shows up nicely. And it fades quickly so I only mark part of the project as I go.

On dark fabrics I have a white pen that erases easily with a damp cloth. I've also used masking tape for straight line quilting. I only hand quilt small projects because I have a short attention span - or at least that is my current excuse.

Sunday stash report

It's not a good photo, but the blocks are all made for the Yellow Brick Road quilt. Ironically I was so focused on the assembly-line sewing on Saturday morning, that I made a couple of small errors, but I dug into the stash and found some additional green, yellow, and orange fabrics to add into the mix. And it turned out just fine.  The top should be complete later today. Now I need to get back to work on the yellow and grey chevron baby quilt.

I didn't purchase any fabric again this week but I forgot last week to add in the backing for my RSC15 quilt, so that is 6 yards added to the "in" numbers. And I'll be looking for backing soon for the 2 baby quilts I'm working on.

I finished the binding on the Cottage in the Woods quilt, so that is 8.5 yards to add to the "out" column. Yay! 

In this week: 6 yds

In this year: 17.75 yds

Out this week: 8.5 yds

Out this year: 33.5 yds

I am ahead of my stash by more than 15 yards. And so far most of the "in" numbers reflect backing for finished quilts. 

Farm Girl Vintage blocks

Our Sew Vintage group here has been working on the Farm Girl Vintage blocks each month. I've been making both sizes - 6" and 12" and using my stash of 1930s reproduction fabrics. Such cute blocks! This last month we made Out To Pasture.

And now I'm following along with a Facebook group working on the blocks, with a new one every other Friday.  I just couldn't resist joining in. Today's FB block was the Simple Star. I made both sizes right after work and they were quick to sew. They were done before supper.  I used a 30s print for the center with solid star points. Loving this one!

Ready for assembly line sewing

As usual, I can't be happy just working on a single project at one time. So, since I only had about a half hour in my sewing room last night - I got another quilt top ready to sew. 

These strip sets are all cut and ready to sew for a kid-friendly version of Yellow Brick Road. That pattern is an oldie from Atkinson that I've used several times. It is fast to prep and sew, and is really set up to use fat quarters. I had pulled out of my stash 3 bug prints, a sun print, and 2 "kind of solid" fabrics weeks ago and put those fat quarters into a bag with the pattern. 

And I cut lots more 6" squares for the baby chevron quilt that I'm working on - lots of yellow, grey, and white squares.  So I'm ready for some focused assembly line sewing this weekend when I will finally have some time in that sewing room.  I'm hoping that by Sunday night I'll have 2 flimsies done and ready to quilt.