Buttern Churn Blocks for Farm Girls Friday QAL

Hi everyone! It's Saturday afternoon and we are going to have another round of spring storms this afternoon and evening. I'm not a fan of tornado warnings but everything is such a lovely green and the flowers are everywhere because we've had so much rain. I've just sort of vegged out today. I did do the Butter Churn blocks from Lori Holt's Farm Girls Friday. Here's the 12" block:

And here's the 6" block:

I don't know why but I didn't love making these. I measured and trimmed everything but they were still hard to fit together. Anyway, no more blocks from Farm Girl Vintage until next Friday. What are you up to this weekend? Hope it's a good one! XO from Bev

Waiting for the Villagers to show up with Torches and Pitchforks....

Happy Saturday morning! I've only done a few blocks in the last couple of days because I'm working on that stupid quilt to sell that I used too small a quilting stitch on and it's taking forever. I may have to keep it because, if it sells, I will make negative money.... Here's the Stash Bee block that Jackie chose for May. Let me just say that in my entire sewing career, there is one pattern that I can never get right. It is the Kaleidoscope block. Of course, that what Jackie wants. Here's my sad little block:

Oh well, I'm not going to re-do it. Jackie can toss it if she wants. I did some more of the Flower Box blocks for the Sew Along:

Good excuse to use that adorable bicycle fabric. Now you are probably wondering about the title of this blog post. Let me just say...I DIDN'T MEAN IT! Here's the story. I am on Instagram now. Lori Holt has a Farm Girl Friday Quilt Along going and a lot of people are posting their blocks there. There was a lot of hype touting this quilt along during the last month or so. Of course, I love everything Lori does and so I was eagerly awaiting the first Friday's project. Apparently we are going to make blocks together from the book, Farm Girl Vintage. I thought instead that she would be designing a whole new quilt using the blocks from the book and some new ones, like she has always done in the past. Here's the first block that was our assignment this week:

So I mentioned on Instagram that I was wishing for more than just doing blocks from the book. YIKES! You would have thought that I suggested that we all get together and shave down all the Shih Tzu's in the world or something equally as heinous. Lori Holt is VERY popular. I love her. I love her patterns. She is a designing and marketing genius. Please, if you are a Lori supporter, don't scold me! I have been handily shamed! So that's my exciting life. Wish I could learn to keep my mouth shut! Oh well, you know me...sigh. Hope you have a great weekend! XO from Bev

I got a present!

Hi everyone! Well Monday is over for all intents and purposes but I had to blog about a present I got from my friend, Camille! She sent me the Farm Girls Vintage book by Lori Holt! She apparently won one in a giveaway but had already bought it. I am so excited! Thank you SO much Camille! I made 2 quick blocks from the book yesterday. They are cute and easy. First, I made the strawberry block:

and then I made the baby chick block:

I still have to embroider the little feet. There are so many cute blocks and cute projects in this book! And, on May 1st, Lori is starting a Farm Girls Quilt Along. I'm sure it will be adorable. You remember her Row Along quilt that started all of her book publishing. So that's all the news I have. I'm still working on quilting a piece to list on eBay and Etsy. I started out doing the background quilting too small and now it's taking forever.  Hope your Monday has been great! XO from Bev

Stuff I'm Selling

Good morning all! We made it to Friday-Woot!  I'm listing things in the Etsy shop today because I still haven't found gainful employment and Mr. Darcy apparently doesn't like old, fat women. Seriously, it's hard for an old woman to find a job. So, I'm selling some things that I was going to keep for myself. First, for lovers of Lori Holt fabrics, I'm selling this Fat Quarter Bundle of Sew Cherry fabrics. I don't know of anywhere else that you could find this. It was so popular and sold out almost right away everywhere. It's in my Etsy shop HERE.  NOTE: SEW CHERRY BUNDLE IS SOLD

I'm also selling a fat quarter bundle of Sweetest Thing fabric. It sold out quickly too. It was designed by Zoe Pearn, the Australian designer. I used these fabrics in my Farmer's Wife quilt. Sweetest Thing is listed HERE.

Please check out the Etsy shop HERE because I've listed fabrics on sale for $4.50 a yard. Some of it is on sale for less than wholesale. These fabrics are perfect for stash building and for quilt backs. In addition, I've listed some of my quilts and will also be listing unfinished tops in case you want to quilt something but don't want to piece it yourself. One of the quilts I'm selling is the Farmer's Wife quilt that was quilted by Karen Walker, the long arm quilting and Farmer's Wife expert. She has wonderful classes on Craftsy for this quilt and you can find her HERE if you want to make your own or have something quilted. Seriously, she is awesome. Anyway, here's the Farmer's Wife quilt:  NOTE:  FARMER'S WIFE QUILT SOLD

You can find the listing HERE. If you need a little wall hanging to brighten up a room, check out this listing for my modern Baltimore quilt:  NOTE: SMALL WALLHANGING HAS SOLD

I quilted this one myself. You can see the listing HERE. I'll be listing more quilts and unfinished tops this weekend. If you don't want to buy anything, please send me good thoughts and virtual hugs. It sucks to be alone and poor! Have a great weekend! XO from Bev

Ice, Snow and Frigid Air--Tomorrow 70 Degrees!

Hi guys! I'm just staying in today because we have ice, sleet, rain and snow today. It is SO cold and windy. As is typical for Oklahoma, tomorrow it will be sunny and 70 degrees. My sinus cavities are going crazy. Lola is mad a me because we aren't driving anywhere today. She sat and stared at me until I got up and followed her and she went right to the door to the garage and sat there. She thinks I'm slow and just don't get it. I'm finishing the rows for the Tulip Patch quilt--here they are just hanging . I only have one more tulip row and 2 more filler rows to go and then I can put it together. 

It's so cheerful and bright that it makes me think of spring. I'm also doing more blocks for the FlowerBoxSewAlong from Lori Holt. The link to her blog and that pattern is HERE. It's a fun, quick block to make. 

That's about all I can handle right now although I have tons of things I can work on. What are you doing today? Do you have a Wednesday WIP? Well, take care! XO from Bev