easy sewing with some scraps.....

I took a thin piece of batting

took some scraps I had in my bag

sewed them onto the batting

and flipped it

then I chose something fun for a lining

and grabbed a zipper

and made a zippy bag

hubs likes it for his glasses.

another little project done

and more scraps out of 

my baggie

what are YOU making with YOUR scraps?

E i E I O and on his farm he had a ..........

I am so excited to show you the farms. we have a few participants and all the blocks are so adorable and different. how fun to put our own fabrics into the mix and make our personality shine thru......

Jan- was the cow and milkcan
Feb was the strawberry and pumpkin
Mar was the pear and the barn
Apr will be the star and the mother hen

so without further ado............lets see what Old McDonald had on his farms around blogland......

Julie of julierosequilts 

had her grandfathers farm

in the winter in mind

Her cow and blocks

are making a runner for her table

and are so adorable......

here is the back......

Barbara from  wonttobequilter 

had a hen get lost.

she wandered or did she cross the road?

so she made some pears and another hen

and maybe her hen will come back home. LOL

love her pears and fun chicken fabric

Our friend Colette from whataboutrheema 

 managed to make a 

friendship star with a heart

and an apple.......

Jenna  of slamminthescreendoor  made the barn. how cute are the

flowers in her windows!

the pumpkin is adorable too

strawberry.........

old glory..........

and her pears. love this pear block

so so fun

and Kathy of  sunshinesews made this yummy cake!

love it

her quilt top is gorgeous and being put together

one of her barns

she made two

and her cow..........

these are my pears

the dark one is a bosc LOL

I am saving all the embroidery for the end

and for my barn I had trouble finding a red

I liked

so I found this pinkish red print

and thought ok

weathered barn

I LIKE IT  

don't you look at the piece on the left

and tell me I put the fabric backwards

nope it is more weathered 

as that is the sunny side of the farm

(LOL thats my story and I'm stickin to it!)

but lookie! I wanted to put Moms fabric somewhere in my quilt

so I made my door 3d to open

to show the girls playing in the barn

and the boys teasing them. yep! just like 

on our farm. us girls were outnumbered LOL

once I finished them I was itching to sew more

so I sewed my cherry block

and liked them so much I cut out

some blueberries

they are partially sewn

gotta figure out how I can make some green

gooseberries

they have that little woody stem thing

so will see how I do with that..........

waiting on Jacky's farm..........

how fun to see all the creative blocks made

feeling like Spring

I was itching to sew something

that I didnt have to "think " about

so I went to my handy dandy bins

that hold my UFO projects and  

fabrics that I think I can use with them

and grabbed a piece of cut off

batting

I quilted about quarter inch away from the blades

all the way down the runner

then a wavy design in the borders

I trimmed it up

and now it is ready for binding

one more finish from my UFO listing

ALMOST........

what are YOU working on?

I get by with little help from my friends..........

sometimes in life you need a super power

to help you deal with everything going on

yep

I found this one at my house

spider crazy man!

or sometimes you just need pinterest

to distract you from life hee hee

my 5 inch squares would look awesome

in a quilt like this..........

hmmmmm

I value my friends....

ALL of them........

from internet friends who gift you with fabric and 

pretty flowers............

to past home owners who gift you with a beautiful garden.......

to old landlord friends who

take a class with Bonnie

THE BONNIE HUNTER

and let you live vicariously thru them

to friends who live close enough

that you can stash shop

anytime...........

<3

to farmgirl friends

who plod along making 6 inch blocks

with a gazillion pieces

and inspire you.........

to turkeys and babies who need a friend

to survive.

thank you friends

for all the help you have given me

I dont think I properly thanked you 

or told you how much you mean to me

THANKS.............

my farm is growing.....

I got these pears done and I loved them!

I can see a pear quilt

I can ........

then proceeded to cut my barn

and all the while I was cutting 

I was thinking how can I put

some kids in the barn playing?

especially Moms fabric

so I picked out some pinky red

weathered wood and yes the left 

side has a more weathered side

(used the back.......on purpose uh hem 

of course LOL)

put the hay in the loft

and two bratty boys in the windows

and made my door 3D

so that you can peek in at the girls

and the cats

playing too

dont the boys look like they are gonna

try and harass the girls? LOL

yep, just like at home 

here is a closer look.

love it!!!! 

and here are half of my blocks............

and now the other half.

so so happy to have March's blocks

of pears and barn done

how is YOUR farm coming? 

I will post everyones progress at the end of the month

those teeny scraps are starting

to look great! the blocks are only 6 inches

linking up with Beth of lovelaughquilt

and Cynthia of quiltingismorefunthanhousework

and I played again...........

I am liking this book

there are some really cool patterns

of course they are all different sizes

but that is ok

this was from some leftover squares

and two more HST

I like this one too........

kinda like dark on one side and light on

the other

see the size difference?

but they are still helping

me bring color

into the dreary snowy

winter that wont leave

color can surely cheer you up!

what are you working on?

using it up

as I was straightening out my room a bit I found

this

I had forgotten all about it

so I looked inside

and said hmmmm

I have some HST that need trimming

and some new block loc rulers to try out

and this pattern called to me

so I set out to trim and grab some strips

and this bright block was born......

YAY

another block to play in the UFO block stack

They do not interest me right now

so I figure if I make some

new blocks

maybe a quilt will start to call to me...........

" come to the machine.........sew me up.........."

Yeah I know

it is scary to hear voices

hee hee