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Hey friends-
I'm gearing up to start in on another month of Groovy Girls stitching!
~k

Farmer's Wife: Month 5 blocks (37-46)

Welcome to month 5 of the Farmer's Wife blocks. Can you believe we're almost half done already??? Doesn't it seem like just yesterday when we started in on these little beauties?

This month I made 10 blocks.

Please note that block 37-Flower Pot and block 43-Garden Path both have the beloved Y-Seams.

Confession...up till now, I had managed to NEVER sew a Y-seam and the thought made me really nervous. That's when I went and found this video clip on YouTube that really made it simple and I'm happy to say that all my Y-seams turned out perfect on the FIRST try. Here's the magical video.

Now that you've been educated on the simplicity of the Y-seam, we move on to our blocks.

Block 37: Flower Pot

This block has 2 Y-seams. Don't get stressed, just watch the clip a couple times and then move on and stitch :)
You can do it, I have confidence in you!!



Block 38: Four Winds

Nothing to technically difficult, just take your time and be sure your seams are scant!



Block 39: Friendship

So my seams "nested" nicely, I pressed the "red" blocks to inner little triangle and the "blue" blocks to the outer big triangle.

Block 40: Friendship Block

Block 41: Friendship Star

Block 42: Fruit Basket

Block 43: Garden Path

This is the other little stinker that uses Y-seams. It does go together nicely though!



Block 44: Gentleman's Fancy

Block 45: Grape Basket

I opted to make a blueberry basket. Do you remember the children's book "Blueberries for Sal"?? It was one of my favorites as a child and I think my mom had it memorized! If you haven't, consider taking a trip to the children's library and give it a quick read....truly a timeless classic in my opinion. Thus, I've entitled this block "Blueberries for Sal".

Block 46: Hill and Valley

Enjoy!!

~K

Stitcher's Club - May

My sewing zone has been pretty quiet the past couple weeks till last night!

I put the finishing touches on the April portion of our club project and then created the free May project. Here's how thing worked out:

April Step - DONE!

May project - made a bunch of these - the project is now DONE!
Picture will come later. Hope the picture leaves you wondering!!

Enjoy the sunshine today

~K

Farmer's Wife: Month 4 blocks (28-36)

Welcome to month 4! Can you believe how many of these litte beauties you've already stitched up????

I appologize for the crummy pictures this month....the battery was dead on the good camera so I resoreted to the camera on my phone. I think you can still get a pretty good idea!

#28 Duck & Ducklings

#34 - 1 3/4" square

#29 Economy

This is one of my favorites!!

#31 Evening Star

#5 - 3 1/2" square
#4 - 2" square

# 32 Farmer's Daughter

(This block is stunning in person...it looks really washed out in this pic...sorry!)

#34 - 1 3/4" square

#33 Farmer's Puzzle

#29 - 6 1/2" x 1 1/8" rectangle
#30 - 3 1/4" x 1 1/8" rectangle

#34 Flock

This one got pretty washed out in the picture too...bummer!!

#35 Flower Basket

#1 - 2 1/2" square

 #36 - Flower Garden Path

I LOVE this one!

#19 - 1 1/2" square
#25 - 1 1/2" x 2 1/2" rectangle

Happy Piecing!

~K

Retreat games

So...some of my favorite retreat memories stem back to the whitty games. The theme of this retreat was "Wild Wild West".

These ladies won the draw at 6 paces. As you can see, they were armed with nerf guns and sponge/suction cup ammo. They hit the bandits painted on the windows shown behind them more than any other team.

And then these girls are champion lasso ladies...they passed a pretzel from person to person and back on a straw in their mouth, without the use of their hands, in under 15 seconds....WOW!!! Talk about real rodeo queens!

There was lots of laughter and good times for all!

~K

A little something wool

Mom and I are doing a program on working with wool for a local guild tomorrow evening and as usual decided to work up some last minute projects. I made this guy.

Pattern:

FREE at AllPeopleQuilt.com. Click here for the pattern

Wools / flannel background:
All from the stash of one Katie Zenk which has over time been collected from the Calico Hutch

Square frame:
Ready to hang art from Herberger's...took their hotel room looking art out and put my beautiful art in :) I had a challenge finding a square frame and am still in search of a smaller one...but, for now this will have to do just fine! This one was on super sale and I had a coupon too.

Enjoy the sunny day!
~K

Civil War Club

So exciting! The phenomenal quilt's we've been working on for the past 10 months are nearing completion....what an incredible sense of accomplishment!!

Here's one all done....border and all.

And Karen has hers all together with borders coming...

Same for Kim...all together with borders coming soon :)

And Bobbi brought show and tell....an old Calico Hutch Block of the Month quilt. This one has been done for a while and has resided on her bed for a few years. Pretty soon it's getting demoted and her Chronicles quilt is taking over!!

And last but not least, Violet made this cute little wall hanging for her kitchen. it's a little blurry because she lightning fast!

oh, I almost forgot!!! Here's another beautiful Chronicles quilt nearly finished...missing only the border.

So, If you're wanting to join the fun, we're starting a new quilt in May of June...I can't remember. It will be another intense project that leaves you finished with a huge sense of accomplishment.

See ya next month at club!!??

~K