I'm Farming Again!

Who knew farming could be so much fun!  I have 9 new additions on the farm.  A total of 24.  Yes, I have a way to go but boy oh boy is it fun!

You can play along anytime you wish!  

And Karen at 

laugh yourself into stitches

has great tips and techniques to help you with this project.

Visit her blog or click the button on my side-bar for more information.

I've Been Farming!

These past few days I made several more Farmer's Wife Blocks.

They are so much fun and addicting!

I cannot wait until March for the next pattern.

It is never too late to join.

Just click the button on my side-bar.

And now, a parade

#1 Attic Windows

#12 Broken Sugar Bowl

#16 Calico Puzzle

#20 Churn Dash

#21 Contrary Wife

#41 Friendship Star

#54 Kitchen Woodbox

#55 Linoleum 

#68 Postage Stamp

#80 Single Wedding Star

I made a little collage of the finished blocks. It is nice way to view the blocks. It gives me an idea of what colors are lacking.

Crazy for me to say but I think I need more pink!

Happy Sewing!

Zipper Pouch

When my girls were little they had a "church purse". It was brought to church and they could look at it during the Homily.  They also brought it to restaurants.  It contained, little pencils, paper, little stamps, Holy Cards, small sticker books.  Just enough to keep them entertained.

So, I thought I would make some for the grand-babies.

This young lady has the best tutorials!!

I used her's when I made my hexie pillow and now this one "How to Make a Zipper Pouch".

This first pouch took two hours! I am a slow learning!!  The second took 20 minutes!

Here they are....

For the rest of the weekend I will be cutting Farmer's Wife Blocks.

See I have the fabrics picked out for several blocks.

Of course it is snowing!!!  Oh well.

Off to cut.

Enjoy the rest of your weekend.

A Few More

I am hooked!  I love making these little Farmers Wife Blocks!

I love Karen's Pattern. Not only does she give you the measurements for the blocks, she also gives you tips. With my eyes the idea of templates was not going to work for me, but this works!

Let's see...

I bought her patterns  HERE

I joined this flickr group  HERE

This flickr group HERE

and

This yahoo group HERE

(they have the patterns in a paper piecing format, if you want to make them that way)

My latest blocks.

#2 Autumn Tints

 #73 Rainbow Flowers

 #92 Streak of Lightning

Yep, I am hooked!

I have some new fabrics in my stores if you want to take a peek.

Links on my side-bar

Happy Sewing!

Friendship x and + Swap

I hope everyone had a lovely Thanksgiving.

Just got home from 7 hours of Black Friday Shopping!  I am pooped!!  But so well worth the day! Great deals and a lot of fun.

As I mentioned in a previous post I am involved in The x and + Friendship Block Swap.

My partner choose. red, light green, and blue for this month's blocks. We make 4 twin blocks . I keep four, I send my partner four.

Here are the four I will be sending to the UK!

This month it is my turn to pick the colors from our palette.

I choose; Navy, Yellow, and Blue.

Here is a peek at some of my fabrics.

Just a reminder, you can join anytime!  Come take a peek at the flickr page to see other blocks from different color palettes.

Happy Sewing, have a wonderful weekend and do something you love.

One Little Click!

One little click!

Wow, what one little click can do!  I was on pinterest just looking, nothing special just browsing, when I can across a picture I just loved. For the life of me I have no idea which one!  But I clicked on the owner and was cyber swooshed to Susan's blog Patchworknplay What a great blog! I started to follow her through Feedly.  I noticed in one post that she and her friend Carla from Lollyquiltz  (another fun blog) were holding a friendship swap.....

Hmm....what could that be?

I'll tell you!  Super fun!  Each month you make eight blocks.

4 different blocks, twice. Twins!  You keep one set of four and send the other set to your partner.

This is the block we are making. It is a + and X Friendship Block.  The pattern is from Amy Badskirt. Tutorial found HERE

My partner is a lovely blogger named Maria from the UK. This is her fun blog. She Love To Sew.

    

You and your partner pick a color palette together. 

This is the palette we choose with some modifications. For us there was a few too many blues and we wanted to go outside our box and stretch our comfort zone. We choose our palette from Design Seeds (amazing site) 

Our colors are:

blue 

red

light green

mid tone green

yellow

WAIT FOR IT!!

Navy!!

I cannot wait to make my first eight blocks.

But first a trip to the store.

Navy!  I have none but I know there are some beauties out there just waiting for me!

 Not too late to join, here is the LINK.

So... from one little click, three new super great blogs, three new super bloggers and a swap!!

Wow, now that is what I call fun!

I am raising the roof!

Yep, I am raising the roof. Well actually three!  I have a spot in mind for my barn quilt so I made three more this week. I have a total of six. Not sure how many more I am going to make, but, boy are they fun! There is still time to play. Just click the link on my side-bar.

Have a wonderful weekend. Do something you love.