Its Done! - My Farmer's Wife Quilt

**Edited to add this picture 2-26-12**

I started this quilt in July 2011 and 8 months later it's done.

Finally!!!

My Farmer's Wife Quilt

I did all of it.

The cutting (so much cutting!), the piecing and the quilting.

It is 72 blocks total. 

I planned on making all 111 blocks but I just couldn't do it.

The fabric is mainly Sunkissed from Sweetwater

but also some Flea Market Fancy

and Denyse Schmidt's new line called Aunt Edna

and other misc fabrics that I mixed in.

I alternated the blocks between a

square and diamond shape after seeing this one,

loved that idea.

So glad it is finished.

It is very hard to get a good picture of it by myself.

Hopefully I will get a better one soon!

My baby is 5

My little one turned 5 years old today.

Happy Happy Birthday sweet boy!

Love you so much baby!

Farmer's Wife QAL

Farmer's Wife Quilt Along Progress

63 Blocks complete

These are 2 of my favorite blocks.

20 more to go and I will have enough for the twin size.

Getting Ready for Christmas

 We are getting ready for Christmas around our house.

I finished this quilt that I started last year and never finished.

And the boys are thrilled that a little elf arrived at our house on the 1st.

They named him Freddie Rudolph.

He appeared in our house hanging upside down from a red zipline.

 We are ready for Christmas.

Hello October

I am so neglectful of my little blog.

I cannot believe I haven't posted in a month and a half.

These people keep me busy, really busy!

Pumpkin Patch day was this past Sunday.

My sweet babies are so big now,

especially after seeing the little ones at the pumpkin patch this weekend.



I am over at Gen X Quilters

Thank you to AnneMarie at Gen X Quilters for featuring me today

on First Quilts on the 1st!

 

Click here to visit Gen X Quilters

Photo Challenge Days 17-22

Day 17 - On the Shelf

Fabric of course, I really need to use these up.

And  hanging from the shelf are my grids.

Estate sale find.

Day 18 - In my bag

Not too exciting, but I got a new Vera Bradley for the fall.

Wallet, checkbook, glasses and case, gum, iPhone and hand sanitizer.

Day 19 - Where I slept

My side of the bed.

Don't let the innocent lab on the ground fool you, she slept there too.

Little one left his blankie. 

Day 20 - What I read

I read on my iPhone, yes on my phone with the Kindle app.

I have not read this much in a long time but it makes it so easy.

I have read these books months ago and I am currently reading Ethereal.

Hoping to see The Help very soon.

The Hunger Games is coming out as a movie too.

Day 21 - A pretty pattern

Grandmother's Flower Garden

This quilt was made by my great grandmother, probably in the 1930's or 1940's.

My Aunt had the quilt top and she gave it to me.

I had it quilted and finished the binding and now it lives in my bedroom.

Day 22 - Trees

Pink Tabebuia Tree

I took this back in March of this year, these are not at all blooming in FL right now.

I absolutely love this tree...

The bad part about FL is that we do not get the fall leaves changing,

but we do get this for a couple weeks.