I first became aware of the Farm Girl Vintage quilt at our quilt show last October. One of our chapter members completed one and entered it in the show, and I liked it soon as I saw it. I bought the book and soon after found Lori's website and a
FGV Quiltalong she did in 2015. Her quiltalong consisted of a weekly Friday post about two of the blocks in the quilt, an occasional construction tip, and sometimes one or more alternate projects, like smaller quilts, pillows, aprons, and so on.
For the last two months, I've been sharing the links with our chapter members and working on the blocks. So far I've finished 15/48 blocks and 39/106 flying geese for one of the borders. Some of the blocks are pretty easy, some are more challenging. I'm making the quilt with 30s repros and using as many of my scraps as I can. I've added the sashing to just the first block right now. Here are the other blocks I've made.
The Milk Cow block is not in the book, but there's a Milk Day block, so I decided I needed a cow to go with it. I purchased the pattern separately from Lori's website. Definitely a challenge but worth the effort. Very cute!
We had Baby Girl last weekend for three delightful days. She's seven months old now and such a good baby, always smiling.
t seems you are sticking closely to the colors of the quilt in the book. I think working on a project with friends is a great way to keep inspired.
ReplyDeleteYou are off to a good start. I need to pull mine out and work on it again.
ReplyDeleteGreat job on the block, especially love the cow one. Too cute! But you have to understand that if you put a picture of an adorable baby like this one is, she will steal the show! She is the cutest! ;^)
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