8 May 2015

Farm Girl Vintage blog tour

Hello all you Farm Girl fans!  Welcome to the 50 acre farm pit stop on the tour!

My name is Lorna McMahon, a modern quilter, designer and the author of Sew Fresh Quilts.



I am so excited to be a part of this blog hop.
Are you ready to Sew Along?!!!




Fat Quarter Shop kindly forwarded me a copy of Lori Holt's newest book Farm Girl Vintage!

This book includes instructions for 45 sampler blocks in two sizes (6” and 12”),
 10 quilts, 2 table runners, a table topper, and a potholder.


Farm Girl Vintage by Lori Holt of Bee in my Bonnet
is available to purchase from Fat Quarter Shop here.


Lori is hosting a new Sew Along on her Bee in my Bonnet blog.  Each Friday she will be posting a block from the Farm Girl Vintage book along with tips and inspiration for those particular blocks.
Grab a button and Sew Along!


This book is packed full of such beautiful farm fresh blocks.
It was hard to choose only one.

But that little Baby Chick block was irresistible!
And I couldn't stop at just one.


These two little chicks are just too darn cute!



The quilting was performed using my walking foot, in closely spaced organic wavy lines, using Superior Threads' Omni #3023 in Light Gray thread in both the top and the bobbin.  This thread blended perfectly with the background and was so subtle you can barely notice it.



For the binding I used my remaining Katie Stripe in Midnight by Beauty Queen.  It's not black, but a very dark navy blue and blends in nicely with the grey background and the blue backing.  For the backing I used a matching Widescreen in Pacific, left over from making this Giggles Up quilt.





These little mats were the 37th and 38th use of my 100 labels ordered from


You can design your own labels, too!  Click here!



Don't they look sweet as a set, paired up with the Pretty Piggy table runner?  You can find the instructions for the Pretty Piggy and Corn Cob blocks here.



What's THIS?!!!

A fat quarter bundle giveaway!!!!!!!!



Fat Quarter Shop has generously agreed to sponsor this great giveaway today.
Thank you Fat Quarter Shop!



How do you enter the giveaway contest? 



Follow the instructions on the RaffleCopter.com widget below!



This Giveaway is open internationally.
Winner will be randomly chosen on May 20th and notified by email.
Be sure to leave your email address on the Rafflecopter widget.


Best of luck in the Giveaway!
And remember to....

Click here to visit Lori's Blog and 
Click here Fat Quarter shop's blog, the Jolly Jabber.


Thank you so much for dropping by today!
Please do stop in and see Katie at Good Golly Ginger.
She's got a beautiful Autumn Star table runner to show you!






Linking up to Finish it up Friday with 

Amanda Jean of Crazy Mom Quilts







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Anja @ Anja Quilts said...

Ah...baby chicks...too cute.

Sandra said...

Would make some nice pillows for the bed.

Celine said...

If I win the fabric, I would use it in my Farm Vintage quilt that I am making to thank my childminder for nearly 10 years of service when she will retire in Dec :-(

Kath said...

If I had this bundle I would either make a baby girl quilt or it would push me over the edge to join in the farm girl sew along. ktsquiltdreams [at]gmail [dot]com

jade2night@gmail.com said...

I don't know what i would make yet.

Janine Baldwin said...

Cute fabric! I would make as many table runners as I could from the fabric and give them to my kids. (Of course, one might happen to stay at my house.)

erin mcsweeney said...

what else but some of the vintage blocks into a quilt...lovely

erin mcsweeney said...

i follow through email

Bernie Kringel said...

I love these projects! I would make a summer tote if I were to win the bundle. Thank you Lorna.

Katherine said...

I'm dreaming of a pretty lap quilt made from these lovelies. The colours are just so lovely! Thanks Lorna and FQS for the chance to win.

Katherine said...

I follow on Bloglov'n

Becki @ the beach said...

I adore chickens and your block is calling me to make a flock! Thanks

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