string of hearts

O.k. at this point I think I am a little obsessed!! But, how can I not... hearts, red, pink and aqua, birds and cute little buntings!! Just too much cuteness in one month!! This time I had to combine it all into a valentines pillow! The hearts and birds were inspired by these on pinterest!! I went a bit simpler but you get the idea.

String of Hearts...Pillow!

The hearts hanging from clothes pins!!

I just had to add some pretty pink pom poms which I also heart!! :) After putting my noel pillow away, I needed one that could replace it it for a little bit!!

I really love fun and quick projects!! Aren't the the best!!

This week-end I had the loveliest package arrive from Australia. Kylie sent them to me as it was much more expensive for me to buy them directly from the online shop...so she did the shopping and shipping for me!! :) Aren't they the cutest little tins!! I can't wait to put them to use!! THANKS so much Kylie!! I am so lucky to have the sweetest online friends!!

Happy Tuesday, my friends!!

PS. Make sure to come back later in the week as I'll be having a giveaway for a lovely dress from Shabby Apple!!

a shabby pinwheel quilt

This month on !Sew WE Quilt! they have the theme "Tool Time". I'm a guest blogger tomorrow and will be sharing a simple tutorial of my favorite quilting tool, and can you guess what I chose!?! I'm sure you know what my favorite new tool is... the Lil' Twister (I'm out of them now in my shop, but you can find there here). Yep, I'm sure you were right!! :)

I had lots of fun making a fun little lap quilt with most all of Atsuko Matsuyama's fabrics...also a new favorite!! Oh, simply some of the prettiest fabrics, how can you not love them!! And, it was perfect timing as I got my first shipment of her fabrics for the shop!! Yep, I did say first, so there will be more soon.

I used 42, 5 inch squares, so this would be perfect for a charm pack!!

I did a few borders in some Moda Bella solids and the aqua is Astuko Matsuyama's Elegant Bouquet.

A close up of the quilting.

The binding is the new flower sugar, floral stripes in red, and the backing is a soft vintage sheet!!

I have to share one of my favorite, Hey Girls!! If you haven't seen them they are the funniest!! My hubby and I have had quite the laughs over them!! As I had my hubby holding the quilt up like usual this one came to mind as it is a favorite. :)

Make sure to stop by !Sew WE Quilt! tomorrow and say Hi to me!! :)

Hope you have a fabulous day, my friends!!

back to the farm!

This last month I took a little vacation away from the farm!! I sure missed being a farmers wife, and have had a little work to do since I've been back to catch up with all my farmers wife friends!! :) For catching up, this last week I've gotten 8 blocks done, and have 4 more to do this week and then I'll be back on track!! Yippee!!


I hope you don't mind an abundance of photos, with 8 new blocks there are lots of pictures. :) These two are Flock and Square Dance.

{34} Flock

I had actually done this one when I had first started doing the farmers wife blocks but I didn't like it so threw it out! I'd been wanting to re-make it, so this is the new one, and I sure like it much better!! :)

{85} Square Dance

This one I change a little. The triangles should be facing the other direction with the point going towards the center square, but I liked it with the points going outward. I made it with the oh so cute, Tiny Reader fabric from my sweet friend Ariel!!

The next two are Old Windmill and Northern Lights!

{62} Old Windmill
I did this one a lot like how I did broken dishes. I love them with the white!! It sure makes the colors pop!!

{61} Northern Lights
I just had to break into a fat eights set of Ruby !! I love all the pin dots, florals, and scallops (I used some in the old windmill block too)!!

These two are Windows and Honey's Choice!!

{109} Windows
This one is one of my favorites!! I just love the Atsuko Matsuyama fabric and this was a perfect block to use it in!!

{50} Honey's Choice
More pin dots and Atsuko Matsuyama fabric!! :)

The last two are Friendship Star and Seasons!!

{41} Friendship Star

Leciens Antique flowers and one of my favorite polka dots from the Swell collection by Urban Chicks!

{77} Seasons
Do you recognize the pretty floral and polka dot fabric? That is the vintage fabric I had got on my ocean trip! The sweet vintage fabric worked perfect for this block!!

I love how they look together!! So pretty and fresh with bright colors!!

I forgot how much I really love making these blocks, and am so glad to be working on them again!!

pretty!

When I got home last week, I had some of the prettiest fabrics waiting for me!! I had ordered some Atsuko Matsuyama fabrics from her 30's collection a few week ago and was so excited they had finally come...all the way from Japan.!! I even was able to find out who the US distributor is so you'll be seeing some of her fabrics in my shop in the up coming months!! The ones that you see below are out of print now but I'll be carrying her new ones. :) She has a new collection coming out next month! Yippee!! I can't wait to see them!!

yummy fat quarters!

small pieces...great for my fwqa sampler blocks!!

I just had to cut into them right away!! Here are my fmqa week 11 blocks from several of these pretty fabrics!!

{47} garden path ~ this one almost had me beat!! Once I got to the y-seams I decided to go a different route (had to do a bit of seam ripping, and it was quite the headache)!! Thank goodness it ended up cute, even with its little flaws!!

{4} basket weave ~ after garden path I sure needed a nice and simple one!! Basket weave was the perfect one!! I really love how it turned out!

For shop news, to make room for the collections coming out in fall I've added a Clearance/Sale/End of Bolt section to the shop! Make sure to keep checking back for some extra savings as I'll be adding more throughout the week!! :)

Now to get going on my pinwheels in the park blocks!! I hope you have a terrific Tuesday!!